What are the four ends of the Holy Mass?

What are the four ends of the Holy Mass?

Our ability to pray the Mass can be greatly increased by knowing “the four ends of the Mass” (as they are traditionally called): adoration, thanksgiving, atonement and petition.

What are the parts of the Mass in order?

THE ORDER OF MASS WITH A CONGREGATION

• ENTRANCE SONG. To start the Mass off, the priest and the servers walk slowly to the altar, while everyone else stands.
• GREETING. Remember how to cross yourself?
• RITE OF BLESSING AND SPRINKLING HOLY WATER.
• PENITENTIAL RITE.
• KYRIE.
• GLORIA.
• OPENING PRAYER.
• FIRST READING.

What are the main sections of the Mass?

The Mass consists of two liturgical parts: the Ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), which remains textually fixed, and the Proper (Introit, Gradual, Alleluia/Tract/Sequence, Offertory, Communion), which changes with each day’s liturgy according to the temporal or sanctoral cycle.

What are the parts of the Roman Catholic Mass?

The mass consists of two principal rites: the liturgy of the Word and the liturgy of the Eucharist. The first includes readings from Scripture, the homily (sermon), and intercessory prayer.

What part of the Mass is adoration?

At the beginning of the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, a priest or deacon removes the sacred host from the tabernacle and places it in the monstrance on the altar for adoration by the faithful.

What is the matter of the sacrament of Eucharist?

The idea seems to have been first proposed by William of Auxerre. Thus, for example, the matter for the Sacrament of Baptism is water; the matter for the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist is bread and wine. The form of a Sacrament consists of the words by which the Sacrament is effected.

What are the steps of a Catholic Mass?

Sections of the Order of Mass

1. The Prayers at the Foot of the Altar or the Penitential Rite.
2. Kyrie eleison (“Lord, have mercy”).
3. Gloria (“Glory to God in the highest”).
4. The prayers said in connection with the scripture readings.
5. Credo (“I believe in one God”), the Nicene Creed.

What are the parts of Eucharist?

The liturgy of the Eucharist includes the offering and the presentation of bread and wine at the altar, their consecration by the priest during the eucharistic prayer (or canon of the mass), and the reception of the consecrated elements in Holy Communion.

What is the sequence in the Catholic Mass?

A sequence (Latin: sequentia, plural: sequentiae) is a chant or hymn sung or recited during the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, before the proclamation of the Gospel.