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The Traditional Latin Mass IIHow to participate at Mass


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Abb Prosper GurangerUsing the texts of the

Liturgy for Prayer

The Liturgical Year

The tradition ofSolesmes

The family of StThrse


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Pope Pius XIILiturgical movement

changes direction

Mediator Dei toexpound true teachingand correct error

Emphasis on interiorparticipation


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Vatican IILatin to be retained

No instruction to facethe people

The hermeneutic ofcontinuity

Call for full, consciousand active

participation


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Pope BenedictThe Spirit of the

Liturgy

Missal of 1962 notforbidden or

abrogatedsacred and great for

us too

Changes to PapalLiturgy


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Pontifical HighMass

The fullest form of

the Roman Liturgy

the Ceremonies go

back to the earliest

years of the Church.

High Mass is a cut-

down form of the

Pontifical High Mass


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High Mass

The celebrant is

assisted by the

Deacon and

Subdeacon.

The Missa

Cantata is

celebrated by the

priest alone when

there cannot be a

Deacon andSubdeacon to

assist.


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Missa Cantata

The usual form of

our 10.30am Mass

on Sunday


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Low Mass

Sung parts of Mass

are said aloud by

the priest

The server

responds on behalf

of the faithful

A quiet and

meditative

celebration.

This is the usual

form of our Mass onSaturday morning.


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Following the MassThe words can be

followed in a Missal orby using the bookletsand leaflets provided

The red booklet givessome explanation


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At the beginningThe choir sings the

Introit and the Kyrie

At the same time, thepriest says theprayers at the foot ofthe altar, incenses thealtar and then readsthe Introit and Kyrie

quietly

The Gloria thenfollows


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The Collect and EpistleThe priest kisses the

altar, turns to thepeople and singsDominus vobiscum.

He then goes to theepistle side of thealtar and sings thecollect.

Then he sings theEpistle


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Gradual and GospelThe Choir sings the

Gradual and Alleluia

The priest putsincense in the thuribleand asks for Godsblessing

He then goes to the

gospel side of thealtar to sing theGospel


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CreedThe priest intones the

Creed, then says ithimself and sits downwhile the choir

continue singingAt the et incarnatus

est, everyone kneelsdown


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OffertoryThe beautiful offertory

prayers are saidquietly by the priestwhile the choir sing

the OffertoriumThe altar is incensed

again and the priestinvites all to pray that

the sacrifice may beacceptable


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Preface and CanonThe Preface is sung

aloud and the Canonis then begun quietlyas the choir sings the

SanctusThe consecration is

surrounded by anawe-filled and

reverent silence


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The priests communionThe priest sings the

Pater Nosterandprays in preparationfor his Holy

CommunionHe is especially

reminded of hisunworthiness in these

prayers


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The peoples communionThe servers say the

Confiteoron behalf ofthe people

We come before theLord as humblesuppliants

The choir sings the

communion antiphonand a motet or hymn


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After CommunionPostcommunion,

dismissal, blessing

The Last Gospel isusually the prologueof St John

We kneel in honour ofthe incarnation


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After MassWe pray for the Queen

Often there is someother chant, such asthe Marian Anthem forthe season


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Differences at Low MassThe priest says aloud

the parts that aresung by the choir atHigh Mass

Low Mass is a quietand meditativecelebration of Mass

The Leonine Prayers


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Ways to participateIt is not necessary to

follow every word

Christ is present in Hismysteries

We can pray the Massby meditating onthese mysteries with

the aid of a book orthe Rosary


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St Francis de SalesHow to hear Holy

Mass

With the older form ofthe Roman Rite, there

are many possible waysto participate in theMass. This is onepossible way from asaint who wrote a bookon the Devout Lifeespecially for laypeople.


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Beginning1. From the beginning

until the priest goesup to the altar, makethe preparation with

him, which consists inplacing yourself in thepresence of God,acknowledging yourunworthiness and

asking pardon for yourfaults


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Until the Gospel2. From the time when

the priest goes up tothe altar to theGospel, consider with

a simple and generalconsideration thecoming and the life ofOur Lord in this world.


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Gospel to the Credo3. From the Gospel to

the Credo, considerthe preaching of ourSaviour; protest that

you wish to live anddie in the faith andobedience of his holyword and in union with

the holy CatholicChurch.


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Pater noster to Communion 5. From the Pater nosterto theCommunion strive to excite a

thousand desires of your heart,ardently wishing to be for everjoined and united to your Saviour byeverlasting love. From theCommunion to the end, thank hisdivine Majesty for his Incarnation, forhis life, for his death, for his passion,and for the love which he shows tous in the holy Sacrifice, conjuringhim through it to be ever propitiousto you, to your relations, to yourfriends, and to the whole Church;and humbling yourself with yourwhole heart, received devoutly thedivine blessing which our Lord gives

you by the ministry of his priest.


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Traditional Liturgy for childrenNot a constant stream

of words

Children can say theirown prayers

Crying babies are lessof a distraction

The visual cues are far

more striking


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Teenagers and the lapsedTeenagers are able to

participate asindividuals lessboring

There is less pressureupon those who arelapsed or unfamiliarwith the Church

There is less focus onthe person of thepriest


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Mutual enrichmentPope Benedicts

Marshall Plan

Recovery of thesacred

Applies to the modernrite as well as theolder form


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Candles andcrucifix

Seven candles anda large Crucifix are

the focus.


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CardinalDeacons

Use of moretraditional

vestments and the

reintroduction of

the Cardinal

Deacons inDalmatics


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Stole of PopeSt Pius X

Pope Benedictemphasises

continuity with the

past by using

vestments used by

his predecessors


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HolyCommunion

At Papal Massesnow, Holy

Communion is to be

received from the

Holy Father

kneeling, and onthe tongue


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In the history of the liturgy there is growth andprogress, but no rupture. What earliergenerations held as sacred, remains sacred andgreat for us too, and it cannot be all of a suddenentirely forbidden or even considered harmful. Itbehooves all of us to preserve the riches whichhave developed in the Churchs faith and prayer,and to give them their proper place.

Pope Benedict XVI. Letter to the Bishops of the World. 7July 2007

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