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A PATTERN FOR PARTSH LOW I\,IASS

Action CELEBRAI{TCOMMENTATOTT

(Leader of Song)LECTOR SERVERS PEOPLE

. reads ne@s-sary announ@-ments

. leads practiceof new h5mns,etc.

. introducestheme of day'sMass

practice newhymns, etc.

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JUST

BEFORE,

MASS

BEGINS

BNTRAI\CE

RITB

enters in pro-cession ( afterentrance song

is begun)

says prayers atfoot of altarquietly withministers

reads Introitor recites withpeople

invites peopleto stand

leads entrancesong

" enters in pro-cession, plaesbook on lec-tern on Gospelside

" stand

sing entrancesong and/orrecite Introitwith celebrant

answer prayersat foot of altarquietly

alternates in-vocations withpeople

gives briefintroduction toKyrie

KYRIE

alternateinvocationswith celebrant

\o-.l begins Gloria

and leadspeople inrecitation

recite* Gloriawith celebrantGLORTA

r In some places, as an effective meaDs of taking part in the "ordinary chants" at low Mass, brief songsparaphrasing (or related to) the corresponding text are sung by the people.

Action CELEBRANTCOMME,NTATOR

(Leader of Song)LECTOR SERVERS PEOPLE

A PATTERN FOR PARISH LOW MASS (Continued)

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cot,l,nct*

EPISTLE

GRADUAL,

TRAcr andALLELUIA

( songs ofmedita-tion and

response)

greets peopleand waits fortheir response

invites peopleto pray(Oremus)pauses forsummary

prays Collect

waits forpeople to beseated ( andfor introduc-tion)

proclaimsEpistle topeople (inabsence oflector)

glves summaryof collect

invites peopleto sit

may introducereading

waits forpeople to beseated (andfor introduc-tion)

proclaimsEpisfle

respond at endof reading

respond tocelebrant'sgreeting

pray silently

ratify Collectwith Amen!

listen toreading

sing briefresponsory, orrecite verses,gtc.

I Should tlere be more than one Collect, the same pattern is repeated from the Oremus.

sit

\o\o

recites verses(quietly ifresponsory issung)

leads people inbrief song, orin recitation,etc.

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A PATTERN FoR PARISH Low MASS (Continued)

Ai:tion CELEBRANTCO]VIMENTATOR

(Leader of Song)LECTOR SERVERS PEOPLE

GOSPELwaits forpeople to stand( and forintroduction)

recites open-irg dialoguewith people

proclaimsGospel(quietly, if inLatin)

invites peopleto stand

may introducereading

(if celebrantreads inLatin: ) afteropening dia-logue, pro-claimsGospel

respond at endof reading

FrOO

IIOMILY

. waits forpeople to beseated

. preaches God'sWord

. (leads prayerof faithful, ifany)

. invites peopleto sit

. sit

. listen toHomily

. (respond To

prayer offaithful, ifany)

CREED

. waits forpeople to stand

. begins Creedandleads peoplein recitation

" invites peopleto stand

. stand

. recite* Creedwith celebrant

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t fn some places, as an effective means of takingparaphrasing (or related to) the corresponding text

part in the "ordinary chants" at low Mass, brief songsare sung by the people.

BJ

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A PATTERN FOR PARISH LOW MASS (Continued)

Action CELEBRANTCOMMENTATOR PEOPLE(Leader of Song)

OFFERTORY

RITE

. greets people

. recites offer-tory antiphon(quietly, ifh1mn, etc., isbeing sung)

. receives gifts,etc.

. invites peopleto sit

. introducesoffertory, leadspeople insong

. assist cele-brant as usual

. receive giftsfrom repre-sentatives ofpeople andbring them toaltar

. respond toOrate fratresquietly

. respond tocelebrant'sgreeting

" sit

. sing hyrnn orpsalm, recite,etc.

'(representa-tivcs ) bringgtfts to sanctu-ary

. ratify Secret

with "Amen"

. respond tocelebrant'sgreeting

. recite openingdialogue withcelebrant

. invites peopleto stand

. gives summaryof Secret dur-ing Oratefratres

. introducesPreface

. waits forpeople to standand for sllm-mary of Secret

. praysSecret(s),pauses after"Amen"

. waits forintroduction

. greets peopleand recitesopeningdialogue withthem

. prays Preface

SECRET

(Prayerover the

Gifts)

PREFACE

A PATTERN FOR PARISH LOW MASS (Continued)

Action CELEBRANTCOMMENTATOR

(Leader of Song)LECTOR SERVERS PEOPLE

SANCTUS

leads people inrecitation ofSanctus

recite* Sanctus

with celebrant

t-roF

CONSECRA-

TION

if necess r!,invites peopleto kneel beforeConsecration

invites peopleto stand afterConsecration

kneel at invita-tion or bell

stand afterConsecration

CONCLUSION

OF EUCHARIS-

TIC PRAYER

raises voice toinvite people'sresponse

may gtve re-minder topeople justbefore end ofCanon

ratify eucharis-tic prayer withsolemn Amen

LORD,S

PRAYER

. pauses forintroduction

. recites invita-tion ("Oremus. . . dicere")and leadspeople inrecitation

. prays Liberanos and invitespeople'sresponse

introducesCommunionrite

recite Lord'sPrayer withcelebrant

ratify Liberanos with Amen

. greets peoPle respond tocelebrant'sgreeting

recite* AgnusDei with cele-brant

AGNUS DEI

leads people inrecitation ofAgnus Dei

tloL,I

* In Some places, as an effective means of taking

paraphrasing (or related to) the corresponding textpart in the "ordinary chants" at low Mass, brief songs

are sung by the PeoPle.

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A PATTERN FOR PARISH LOW MASS (Continued)

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Action CELEBRANTCOMI\4ENTATOIT

(Leader of Song)LECTOR SERVERS PEOPLE

after his owncommunion,leads people inDomine nonsum diguus

distributescommunionwith "CorpusChristi"

recitesprayers andcleanseschalicequietly

. invites peopleto kneel aftercelebrant'scommunion

. after Dominenon sum dig-nus, invitespeople (ifnecessary) tocome for-ward

. leads people incommunionsong

kneelCOMMUNION

' recite Dominenon sum dig-nus with cele-brant

. come forwardto receivecommunion

' respond Amen

. sing commun-ion hYmn' orpsalm

llo{

POST-

COMMUNION

reads com-munion anti-phon (quietly,if hymn, etc.,is being sung)

greets peopleand waits fortheir response

invites peopleto pray (Ore-mus ) , pauses

for summary

prays Post-coflrmunion

invites peopleto stand afterCommunionantiphon

gives sum-mary of Post-courmunion

may reciteCommunionantiphon withcelebrant

stand

respond tocelebrant'sgreeting

pray silenfly

ratfy Post-communionwith Amen

A PATTERN FoR PARISH Low I,IASS (Continued)

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Action CELEBRANT I ,9O*MENTATOR| (Leader of Song)

LECTOR SERVERS PEOPLE

' greets the I . while priest . respond to

celebrant'sgreeting andwords of dis-missal

BLESSING

andDISMISSAL

people and I says Placeat,waits for their I i"uites peopteresponse I to kneel and

respond to. dismisses the I blessingpeople (Itemissa est)

. recites Plac eatquietly

. btresses people

Fid

O\o

. recites open- l" leads people I ' leaves with I ' recite opening I ' sing closingCONCLUSION ing dialogue I in closing song celebrant I dialogue with I hy*n or psalm

with seryers

. reads lastGospel quietly

. leaves in pro-cession

celebrant

. respond at endof Last Gospel

. leave withcelebrant