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THE LOCAL SAINTS OF SOUTHERN ENGLAND. PART 1

Cuthburga, Cwenburga, and Dicul

Dmitry Lapa

    

The south of England is the warmest and sunniest part of the United Kingdom. Though mostly low-lying, it has some significant areas of rolling hills. Its main natural attractions are the coastline (bordering the English Channel that separates it from northern France) stretching hundreds of miles, the famous beautiful white cliffs of Kent, Dorset and Sussex—notably the “Seven Sisters” chalk cliffs—the Chilterns, the New Forest, the North and South Downs National Parks, the Thames Valley, along with historic castles, palaces, stately homes and gardens. The industries of the region are rich and highly developed, as is education, with the world-renowned Oxford University among its gems.

In the “Age of the Saints,” Kent was mainly inhabited by the Jutes, what is now East and West Sussex comprised the kingdom of Sussex (“of the South Saxons”), while the rest of the region mainly belonged to the kingdom of Wessex (“of the West Saxons”), which subsequently became dominant and annexed Sussex after the battle of Ellandun in 827. The southeast of England played an important role in the Christianization of England as this was the starting point of the mission of St. Augustine, sent by the holy Pope Gregory the Dialogist (the Great) from Rome. The first Christians had appeared in the south of England with the Romans¹ and merchants in the first century A.D. But the development of the Orthodox faith did not begin until the early seventh century.

Though very far away from the north with its strong Celtic (Irish) influences, the Irish Orthodox tradition penetrated this part of the country as well. Among those that lived and labored here were such celebrated saints as Aldhelm of Sherborne; Alfred the Great; Alphege, Augustine, Dunstan and Theodore of Canterbury; Birinus of Dorchester; Botolph²; Eanswythe of Folkestone; Edith of Wilton; Edward the Martyr; Erconwald of London; Ethelwold and Swithin of Winchester; Frideswide of Oxford; Mildred of Thanet; and Wilfrid, “the Apostle of Sussex.” The region has a wealth of ancient holy shrines, such as Canterbury, Chichester, Oxford, Rochester, Salisbury, St. Paul’s and Southwark (both in London) and Winchester Cathedrals; Abingdon, Battle, Beaulieu, Christchurch, Cerne, Dorchester-on-Thames, Lacock, Malmesbury, Minster-in-Thanet, Reading, Romsey, Shaftesbury, Sherborne and Westminster (London) Abbeys. A number of Saxon churches are still intact. Let’s talk about several locally venerated early saints of the south.

Venerable Cuthburga and Cwenburga, Abbesses of Wemborne
Commemorated: August 31 / September 13

Detail of St. Cuthburga window at Wimborne Minster, Dorset (kindly provided by Gordon Edgar, The Minster Church of St. Cuthburga, Wemborne Minster)    

St. Cuthburga (Cuthburgh), who reposed in about 725 (718 is also given), is venerated as the foundress of the famous double monastery in Wemborne in what is now Dorset, which then was part of the kingdom of Wessex. This monastery served as an extremely important center that trained many missionaries who later travelled to the German lands to evangelize the local inhabitants and build monasteries. The most striking aspect of this story is that most of those heroic missionaries were saintly women, highly cultured and educated, and with brave spirits, who did not fear the pagans in Germany but would fell trees, build churches and monastery complexes, were in contact with local populaces, educating, instructing them in the faith and teaching them various skills. Some of those women wrote manuscripts, excelled in crafts and corresponded with the great enlighteners of the age, such as St. Boniface, the Apostle of Germany.

Her life is related in two manuscripts of the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. St. Cuthburga, the future first abbess of Wemborne, was a daughter of Cenred, a sub-king of Wessex, and a sister of the holy King Ina (Ine) of Wessex, a pious ruler who ruled from 688–726 and refounded and endowed Glastonbury Monastery, issued a Code of Laws and later abdicated and ended his days in Rome. St. Cuthburga was married to Aldfrith, King of Northumbria (ruled 685–704), who was noted for his learning, support for the Church and his peaceful reign. Dynastic marriages were important and common in that stage of English history. According to the most popular version, after several years of marriage, St. Cuthburga, who had always longed for the monastic life, separated from Aldfrith by mutual consent and became a nun at the double Monastery in Barking in Essex, founded by the Holy Hierarch Erconwald of London for his sister St. Ethelburgh, its first abbess.

Nowadays Barking is a suburb of East London. St. Cuthburga was taught and nurtured at Barking by its second abbess St. Hildelith, who ruled both communities in Barking for many years and was esteemed for her wisdom and culture. Cuthburga’s saintly sister Cwenburga lived with her in Barking. Now well-prepared and experienced, after 705 St. Cuthburga left Barking with her sister and founded a double monastery in honor of the Mother of God in Wemborne, becoming its first superior. As was the case with other double monasteries, it was predominantly a convent and ruled by an abbess rather than an abbot. Her biographers describe St. Cuthburga as very austere to herself, but kind to others and assiduous in fasting, prayer and spiritual life. Few facts from St. Cuthburga’s abbacy survive, but we can judge it by its accomplishments, for Wemborne produced a host of saintly women, both abbesses and missionaries to foreign lands. Before her repose, St. Cuthburga fell seriously ill, and while the sisters were praying for her recovery, she revealed to them that it was the will of God for her to die. Her relics were buried on the north side of the presbytery, and was later transferred to the east end of the High Altar. Many miracles occurred at her tomb: The lame regained the ability to walk, sight was restored to the blind and hearing to the deaf. Her name can be found in a late Saxon litany.

St. Aldhelm of Sherborne addressed his De Laude Virginitatis (the prose De Virginitate), a Latin treatise on virginity, to the nuns of Barking (before 705), with St. Cuthburga among them. St. Cuthburga’s veneration was not limited to Wemborne: in the late medieval period she was venerated at Thelsford Priory in Warwickshire in central England, where a commissioner of Henry VIII during the Reformation came across a devotional image of the “Maiden Cuthburga” in 1538. It is unknown whether St. Cuthburga and Aldfrith had children, and some historians conjecture that King Osred of Northumbria (705-716), Aldfrith’s son, was born by the saint, though his mother may have been Aldfrith’s next wife. At least St. Cuthburga did not act as regent after Aldfrith’s death when his son was eight. Our saint had a brother named Ingild who was an ancestor of St. Alfred the Great. St. Cuthburga’s shrine was destroyed during the Reformation, and the same fate befell the silver reliquary with her head.

St. Cwenburga (Quenburgh, Coenburga), who reposed in about 735, was St. Cuthburga’s sister. Few facts about her life are known. She lived at Barking Monastery with St. Cuthburga and later left it to found Wemborne Monastery together with her. After St. Cuthburga’s repose, St. Cwenburga succeeded her as the second abbess. Ninth-century hagiographers wrote that there had been 500 nuns at Wemborne Monastery at that time and monastic life flourished. St. Cwenburga’s name can be found in two late Saxon litanies. The names of both holy sisters can be found in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle’s entry for the year 718.

One of the successors of Sts. Cuthburga and Cwenburga was St. Tetta, an illustrious abbess of Wemborne († c. 772; feast: September 28), who at the request of St. Boniface of Fulda helped him in his apostolate in Germany by sending experienced nuns as helpers and future abbesses on the Continent. The fact that St. Boniface turned to an abbess and not to a bishop for help to strengthen the Church in central Europe speaks volumes!

Among those holy women missionaries let us mention:

—St. Agatha († c. 790; feast: December 12), a disciple of St. Lioba who assisted St. Boniface in his work in Germany

—St. Gunthildis († c. 748; feast: December 8) who became abbess of a convent in Thuringia in Germany

—St. Lioba (Liobgytha; † c. 781; feast: September 28)—her ninth-century Life is intact and very much worth reading. A relative and beloved disciple of St. Boniface, she moved with a group of thirty nuns to the German lands, where she became abbess of Tauberbischofsheim and supervised other monasteries. She was greatly esteemed for her love, wisdom and other exceptional qualities, and her activities played a significant role in the conversion of Germany. her advice was sought by both Church and State officials. Before her repose she retired to Schornsheim. Her main set of relics is in Fulda.

—St. Thecla († c. 790; feast: October 15) moved with her relative St. Lioba to Germany, where she became the first abbess of Ochsenfürt and then of Kitzingen in Bavaria. Her relics at Kitzingen were greatly venerated but scattered during the Peasants’ War in 1524-25.

An icon of St. Walburga—St. Walburga (Walburgh; † c. 779; feast: February 25) was the sister of two great missionaries Sts. Willibald and Winibald and daughter of St. Richard of Wessex. She served as abbess of Heidenheim in Germany (the only known double monastery there). Known for her good nature, prudence, gentleness, skill in medicine and a high level of culture, she wrote St. Winibald’s Life and an account of his travels in the Holy Land in Latin after his repose. Her relics were translated to Eichstätt and they still exude myrrh with many reports of healing. Portions of her relics were translated to the Rhineland, Flanders and various places in France. Her name is associated with a number of folk customs, and artists would depict her for many centuries.

The Life of St. Lioba of Bischofsheim³, written in about 836 by Hieromonk Rudolf of Fulda, has the following description of Wemborne Monastery:

“In the island of Britain, which is inhabited by the English nation, there is a place called Wimbourne, which may be translated ‘Winestream’. It received this name from the clearness and sweetness of the water there. In olden times the kings of that nation had built two monasteries in the place, one for men, the other for women, both surrounded by strong and lofty walls and provided with all the necessities that prudence could devise. From the beginning of the foundation, the rule firmly laid down for both was that no entrance should be allowed to a person of the other sex. No woman was permitted to go into the men's community, nor was any man allowed into the women’s, except in the case of priests who had to celebrate Mass in their churches. Any woman who wished to renounce the world and enter the cloister did so on the understanding that she would never leave it. She could only come out if there was a reasonable cause and some great advantage accrued to the monastery. When it was necessary to conduct the business of the monastery and to send for something outside, the superior of the community spoke through a window and only from there did she make decisions and arrange what was needed. It was over this monastery, in succession to several other abbesses and spiritual mistresses, that a holy virgin named Tetta was placed in authority, a woman of noble family (for she was a sister of the king), but more noble in her conduct and good qualities. Over both the monasteries she ruled with consummate prudence and discretion. She gave instruction by deed rather than by words, and whenever she said that a certain course of action was harmful to the salvation of souls she showed by her own conduct that it was to be shunned. She maintained discipline with such circumspection that she would never allow her nuns to approach clerics. She was so anxious that the nuns, in whose company she always remained, should be cut off from the company of men that she denied entrance into the community not merely to laymen and clerics but even to bishops. There are many instances of the virtues of this woman which the virgin Lioba, her disciple, used to recall with pleasure when she told her reminiscences.”

Rudolf mentioned two miracles of St. Tetta. First, after the death of an imprudent prioress, who had provoked resentment towards herself in the sisterhood, the earth heaped over her grave sank and the ground subsided, showing that the Lord punished her. While some sisters started rejoicing, St. Tetta ordered them to forgive her, keep strict fast and pray for her repose for three days, and when on the third day they were all praying in church, the ground on the prioress’ grave miraculously rose, and St. Tetta saw in spirit that the prioress was forgiven by God. In another instance, the nun who took care of the chapel lost the church keys in the darkness and could not find them. St. Tetta knew that it was the work of the devil. Gathering in another building for Matins, she asked the nuns to join her in earnest prayer—and soon there appeared a dead fox by the chapel with the lost keys in its mouth.

Wemborne Monastery was not only a training ground for missionaries but also a burial place for royalty, and later, a house of secular canons. Sometime after St. Cwenburga’s death there were as many as three monastic communities in Wemborne. The monastery lasted till 1013, when it was destroyed by the Danes. In 1043, King Edward the Confessor founded a college of secular canons on the site of the monastery. In 1318 King Edward II made this church a royal peculiar or stavropegia, a prestigious status which meant that the church answered directly to the monarch and not to its diocese. The Minster choir used to wear scarlet robes until 1846.

Ethelred I, King of Wessex (865-871) and St. Alfred the Great’s older brother, was buried in the Wemborne Monastery church after he died, aged about twenty-six.

Wemborne Minster SE corner, Dorset (kindly provided by Gordon Edgar, The Minster Church of St. Cuthburga, Wimborne Minster)    

The market town of Wemborne Minster in Dorset has a population of just over 15,000. It stands at the confluence of the Rivers Stour and Allen and has many buildings dating from the fifteenth to seventeenth century. Its pride is the large ancient Anglican church known as “Wemborne Minster Church,” dedicated to St. Cuthburga. Built of multicolored stone, this church is one of the finest in southern England and retains some Saxon elements. Most of the current edifice was built by the Normans between 1120 and 1180 and restored in the Victorian era. It has two towers: the older central one and the later one at the west end. The Minster receives thousands of visitors every year. Among its internal features of interest to pilgrims let us mention:

The Saxon chest under the Courtenay window at Wimborne Minster, Dorset (provided by Gordon Edgar, The Minster Church of St. Cuthburga, Wemborne Minster)    

a. A late Saxon reliquary chest carved from a single block of oak. It is empty, but formerly it housed relics. All the relics would have been removed and destroyed under Henry VIII. Before then the Minster had even kept a particle of the True Cross and tiny fragments of the Manger and the Holy Shroud.

St. Thecla Stone in the crypt of Wimborne Minster, Dorset (kindly provided by Gordon Edgar, The Minster Church of St. Cuthburga, Wemborne Minster)    

b. A stone sculpture in the crypt, known as the “St. Thecla Stone,” depicting St. Thecla. The stone was presented to the Minster when representatives from Wemborne visited Ochsenfürt, Germany, for the signing of the Twinning (between the two towns) documents in November 1988. The stone was carved by an Ochsenfürt mason. There is a picture under the stone which shows a statue carved by the same mason. That stone is located in a vineyard in Ochsenfürt and is where her Abbey was situated.

Inscription of St. Thecla stone at Wimborne Minster (kindly provided by Gordon Edgar, The Minster Church of St. Cuthburga, Wimborne Minster)    

The inscription reads: “Holy St. Thecla, patroness of our countryside, bringer of the faith of our fathers, you who taught us to cultivate the corn and grapes, keep us in the faith. Hold out your hand in protection over town, village, field and vineyard.”   

The High Altar and Ethelred I's brass at the Wemborne Minster Church, Dorset (photo from Wikipedia)    

c. Ethelred I’s brass to the left of the High Altar.

The fourteenth-century astronomical clock at Wemborne Minster, Dorset (photo from Geograph.org.uk)    

d. The famous fourteenth-century astronomical clock where the earth is shown in the center of the solar system. Made by Monk Peter Lightfoot of Glastonbury, it is situated on the wall in the baptistery and was recently repainted. Similar clocks can be found in Exeter, Salisbury and Wells Cathedrals.

The Chained Library of the Wemborne Minster Church, Dorset (photo - Wikimedia Commons)    

e. One of the four medieval “chained libraries” in existence in the world. It can be found above the choir vestry. It houses over 400 books, along with a collection of church music, and is the second largest in the country.

f. A twelfth-century stone corbel of the Prophet Moses with horns and a beard to the right of the High Altar.   

g. A Victorian stained-glass window depicting St. Cuthburga in the Minster’s giftshop, formerly the Consistory Court which was an important location within the Minster and was not demolished.

The 'Quarter Jack' painted statue on the west tower of Wemborne Minster Church, Dorset (photo - Wikimedia Commons)    

h. The painted statue of a grenadier guard called “Quarter Jack,” set in the exterior of the later tower. It strikes the quarter-hours on a pair of small bells.

i. Medieval wall paintings in the north transept, the oldest of which is the thirteenth century.

Some believe that St. Cuthburga’s relics survived and lie somewhere under the floor. She had previously been buried under what is now the Choir near the steps up to the High Altar. When the wealthy Bankes family (the landowners who possessed much of east Dorset) wanted to have their burial vault constructed under the choir, the supposed grave of St. Cuthburga was “inconveniently in their way” and had to be moved (presumably underneath the crossing in front of the lectern and approximately where the pulpit was located). Even if the holy princess, queen, nun and abbess lies within this church, her grave is unmarked.

The town’s faithful commemorate St. Lioba annually at the end of September: the service alternates between the Minster Church and the RC church.

Thomas Hardy lived in Wemborne Minster for two years and it was there that he wrote his novels Two on a Tower and A Pair of Blue Eyes.

Saint Dicul of Bosham
Commemorated: April 18 / May 1

The Holy Trinity Church in Bosham, West Sussex (photo from Wikipedia)    

St. Dicul (Dicuill, Deicola) was Irish and lived in the second half of the seventh century. Though obscure, his legacy in West Sussex is still alive. He is one of the Irishmen who in the seventh century emigrated to England to preach Christ to its largely pagan kingdoms. While such Irish saints as Aidan of Lindisfarne and Fursey of Burgh Castle played a significant role in the conversion of the English, St. Dicul remained uninfluential and never attempted to organize a large-scale mission. Yet the glorious Saxon church in Bosham in West Sussex founded by him is a true gem visited by pilgrims.

The holy Abbot Dicul of Bosham with a tiny community of five or six monks was discovered by St. Wilfrid when he was evangelizing this kingdom—the last of the early English kingdoms to embrace Orthodoxy—between 681 and 686.⁴ St. Wilfrid built a church in Bosham too, but no trace of it survives. It was not surprising to find wandering Irish monks outside their homeland as self-imposed exile for Christ’s sake was an Irish ascetic tradition. Besides, the south of England served as an overland route for the Irish travelling to the Continent.

As for St. Dicul, some scholars believe that he first preached in Norfolk in East Anglia and was associated with the mission of St. Fursey, who founded a monastery at Burgh Castle in Norfolk. (The village of Dickleburgh in Norfolk may well be named after St. Dicul as he might briefly have lived there). After the pagan King Penda attacked East Anglia and St. Fursey with his companions had to move to the continent, St. Dicul may have travelled south to Sussex and founded Bosham Monastery in about 670. Among his companions at Bosham may have been the holy brothers Botolph and Adolph, who also had to flee from East Anglia for a time. The year and date of St. Dicul’s death are unknown. According to one version, his grave was at Delgany in County Wicklow in Ireland.

The name of St. Dicul occurs in several early martyrologies, which indicates the authenticity of this saint. Today the only place of his veneration is Bosham.

The chancel arch of the Holy Trinity Church in Bosham, West Sussex    

The Saxon church in the idyllic coastal village of Bosham (two miles away from Chichester at the foot of the South Downs National Park), founded by St. Dicul, is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and is used as an Anglican parish church. This imposing edifice is one of the most impressive early English churches of the UK. The original church and monastery founded by St. Dicul were wooden and smaller, and the present structure of rubble is mainly late Saxon, with many Norman additions.

The crypt chapel inside the Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, West Sussex (photo - Wikimedia Commons)    

Inside the church an atmosphere of holiness still reigns. The early lofty and splendidly carved chancel arch is one of the most remarkable features. It appears (with the church itself) in the famous Bayeux Tapestry: an intact fine embroidered cloth, about 230 feet long, illustrating in seventy scenes events leading up to the Norman Conquest, woven between 1066 and 1077 in England for the Bishop of Bayeux in Normandy (kept at the Bayeux Museum in France, and there is a replica at Reading Museum in the UK). The chancel was built in three stages: Saxon, Norman and Early English Gothic. The intact fourteenth-century crypt with the memorial All Hallows’ Chapel above it is a place for prayer and meditation on the labors of the early pioneers of Orthodoxy Sts. Dicul and Wilfrid (they were proponents of the “Celtic” and the “Roman” traditions respectively, different but not conflicting). The font is of the late twelfth century. Of the four stages of the tower, three are Saxon and one is Norman. The church is famous for its musical traditions.

In 1121, the Bishop of Exeter set up a college in Bosham with the dean and secular canons, making it dependent on his diocese (though Bosham has always been in the Diocese of Chichester). For over 700 years after that, the church chancel was used as a chapel by the college, and its nave as a parish church, causing controversy. In 1840, the patronage of the whole church finally passed to the Diocese of Chichester.

King Harold and his retinue are riding to Bosham before his ill-fated journey to Normandy, a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry (photo from Wikipedia)    

The Battle of Hastings shown on the Bayeux Tapestry (photo from Wikipedia)    

According to one version, Harold II Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, is buried in this church. However, this claim is disputed by Waltham Abbey in Essex. Harold ruled the country for nine months after Edward the Confessor’s death in the early 1066, but he was faced with two invasions during his short reign. He resisted his half-brother Tostig and the Norse king Harald Hardrada at Stamford Bridge, but was killed by an arrow to the eye and his army was defeated by William I the Conqueror at the decisive Battle of Hastings (now in East Sussex). Interestingly, his daughter, Princess Gytha, soon moved to Kievan Rus’ and married Prince Vladimir II Monomakh, becoming a member of the Russian Rurikid Dynasty. Among their children were the holy Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev, Izyaslav, Svyatoslav, Grand Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev, Grand Prince Vyacheslav I of Kiev and possibly Grand Prince Yuri Dolgorukiy of Kiev—the founder of Moscow. This direct link of the pre-Norman (i.e. Orthodox) English Wessex Dynasty with the Rurikids is spiritually significant. Earl Godwin of Wessex, Harold’s father, in the first half of the eleventh century amassed his wealth mainly in Sussex, including the manor of Bosham, so the preservation of the Saxon church may be attributed to him.

King Harold's death depicted at the Bayeux Tapestry (photo from Wikipedia)    

Another tradition is connected with Bosham’s natural harbor. It may have been the scene where the converted Danish King Canute of England (ruled 1017–1035) sat on his throne in front of the sea and demonstrated to his fawning courtiers his inability to stop the rising tide, showing that God is mightier than anyone else.

Given that some parts of the Bosham church look Roman, and a number of Roman buildings and artefacts were found in the area, and the famous Roman palace at Fishbourne is very close, some suggest that the Holy Trinity Church is a former Roman basilica, but there is lack of archeological evidence to confirm this. Legend has it that the Roman Emperor Vespasian (69-79 A.D.) maintained a residence in Bosham, but again there is no evidence to support this theory.

Dmitry Lapa

7/31/2021

1 The most remarkable evidence is Hinton St. Mary in Dorset, where the earliest known mosaic of Christ in the world was found on the site of a Roman villa—it is now kept at the British Museum.

2 Though the main labors of this saint were performed in eastern England, he also undertook a brief mission in Sussex, where he is remembered in such places as Botolphs (where a pre-Norman church built by him bears his name and contains unique Saxon frescoes, one of which depicts him) and Hardham (where a church is dedicated to him and is nationally famous for its exquisite set of nearly complete medieval frescoes) in West Sussex.

3 https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/leoba.asp

4 St. Dicul is mentioned by St. Bede in his History of the English Church and people, “but all the province of the South Saxons were strangers to the name and faith of God. There was among them a certain monk of the Scottish [Irish] nation, whose name was Dicul, who had a very small monastery, at the place called Bosanham, encompassed with the sea and woods, and in it five or six brothers, who served our Lord in poverty and humility; but none of the natives cared either to follow their course of life, or hear their preaching. But Bishop Wilfrid, by preaching to them, not only delivered them from the misery of perpetual damnation, but also from an inexhaustible calamity of temporal death, for no rain had fallen in that province in three years before his arrival, whereupon a dreadful famine ensued, which cruelly destroyed the people…” (b. IV, ch. XIII).

See also

MISA EN LATIN E INGLÉS DE SAN IGNACIO DE LOYOLA CONFESOR DE LA FE EN XTO

 S. Ignatii Confessoris ~ III. classis

Tempora: Sabbato secunda infra Hebdomadam IX post Octavam Pentecostes

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Top  Next Incipit Sacerdos paratus cum ingreditur ad Altare, facta illi debita reverentia, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus, et clara voce dicit: In nómine Patris, ✠ et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.	2 Beginning The priest, bowing down at the foot of the altar, makes the Sign of the Cross, from his forehead to his breast, and says: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, ✠ and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Top  Next Deinde, iunctis manibus ante pectus, incipit Antiphonam: S. Introíbo ad altáre Dei. M. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam. Postea alternatim cum Ministris dicit sequentem: Ps. 42, 1-5 S. Iúdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab hómine iníquo et dolóso érue me. M. Quia tu es, Deus, fortitúdo mea: quare me repulísti, et quare tristis incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus? S. Emítte lucem tuam et veritátem tuam: ipsa me deduxérunt, et adduxérunt in montem sanctum tuum et in tabernácula tua. M. Et introíbo ad altáre Dei: ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam. S. Confitébor tibi in cíthara, Deus, Deus meus: quare tristis es, ánima mea, et quare contúrbas me? M. Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus. S. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. M. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen. Sacerdos repetit Antiphonam: S. Introíbo ad altáre Dei. M. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.	3 Then joining his hands before his breast, he begins the Anthem: P. I will go in to the altar of God. S. To God who giveth joy to my youth. The priest alternates with the server in reciting this psalm to express his desire, joy and confidence in going to the altar of the Sacrifice. Ps. 42, 1-5. P. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation which is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man. S. For Thou, O God, art my strength: why hast Thou cast me off? and why go I sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me? P. Send forth Thy light and Thy truth: they have conducted me and brought me unto Thy holy mount, and into Thy tabernacles. S. And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth. P. To Thee, O God, my God, I will give praise upon the harp; why art thou sad, O my soul, and why dost thou disquiet me? S. Hope in God, for I will still give praise to Him: the salvation of my countenance and my God. P. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. S. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. The priest repeats the Anthem: P. I will go in to the altar of God. S. To God who giveth joy to my youth.
Top  Next Signat se, dicens: V. Adiutórium nostrum ✠ in nómine Dómini. R. Qui fecit cælum et terram. Deinde iunctis manibus profunde inclinatus facit Confessionem. Confíteor Deo omnipoténti, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli Archángelo, beáto Ioánni Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis Petro et Paulo, ómnibus Sanctis, et vobis, fratres: quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo et ópere: Percutit sibi pectus ter, dicens: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, beátum Michaélem Archángelum, beátum Ioánnem Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et vos, fratres, oráre pro me ad Dóminum, Deum nostrum. M. Misereátur tui omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis tuis, perdúcat te ad vitam ætérnam. Sacerdos dicit: S. Amen. et erigit se. Deinde Ministri repetunt Confessionem: et ubi a Sacerdote dicebatur vobis, fratres, et vos, fratres, a Ministris dicitur tibi, pater, et te, pater. M. Confíteor Deo omnipoténti, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli Archángelo, beáto Ioánni Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis Petro et Paulo, ómnibus Sanctis, et tibi, pater: quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo et ópere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, beátum Michaélem Archángelum, beátum Ioánnem Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et te, pater, oráre pro me ad Dóminum, Deum nostrum. Postea Sacerdos, iunctis manibus, facit absolutionem, dicens: S. Misereátur vestri omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis vestris, perdúcat vos ad vitam ætérnam. R. Amen. Signat se signo crucis, dicens: S. Indulgéntiam, ✠ absolutiónem et remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum tríbuat nobis omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus. R. Amen.	4 The priest, signing himself with the Sign of the Cross, says: P. Our help ✠ is in the Name of the Lord. S. Who made heaven and earth. Then, joining his hands, and humbly bowing down, he says the Confiteor: P. I confess to almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you, brothers, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, Here he strikes his breast thrice. through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, brothers, to pray to the Lord our God for me. S. May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life. The priest answers: P. Amen. The server says the Confiteor. S. I confess to almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you, Father, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, Father, to pray to the Lord our God for me. Then the priest, with his hands joined, says: P. May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life. S. Amen. Signing himself with the Sign of the Cross, the priest says: P. May the ✠ almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins. S. Amen.
Top  Next Et inclinatus prosequitur: V. Deus, tu convérsus vivificábis nos. R. Et plebs tua lætábitur in te. V. Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam. R. Et salutáre tuum da nobis. V. Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam. R. Et clamor meus ad te véniat. V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Et extendens ac iungens manus, clara voce dicit: Orémus, ei ascendens ad Altare, dicit secreto: Aufer a nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine, iniquitátes nostras: ut ad Sancta sanctórum puris mereámur méntibus introíre. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen. Deinde, manibus iunctis super Altare, inclinatus dicit: Orámus te, Dómine, per mérita Sanctórum tuórum, Osculatur Altare in medio quorum relíquiæ hic sunt, et ómnium Sanctórum: ut indulgére dignéris ómnia peccáta mea. Amen.	5 Bowing down, he proceeds: P. O God, Thou wilt turn again and quicken us. S. And thy people shall rejoice in Thee. P. Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy. S. And grant us Thy salvation. P. O Lord, hear my prayer. S. And let my cry come before Thee. P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. First extending, then joining his hands, the priest says audibly: "Let us pray". Then ascending to the altar, he says secretly: Let us pray. Take away from us our iniquities, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that we may be worthy to enter with pure minds into the Holy of Holies, through Christ our Lord. Amen. His hands joined, and bowing down over the altar, the priest says: We beseech Thee, O Lord, by the merits of Thy Saints, He kisses the sacred stone whose relics are here, and of all the Saints, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to forgive me all my sins. Amen.
Top  Next Introitus Philipp 2:10-11 In nómine Iesu omne genu fléctitur, cœléstium, terréstrium et infernórum: et omnis lingua confiteátur, quia Dóminus Iesus Christus in glória est Dei Patris. Ps 5:12-13 Gloriabúntur in te omnes, qui díligunt nomen tuum: quóniam tu benedíces iusto. In nómine Iesu omne genu fléctitur, cœléstium, terréstrium et infernórum: et omnis lingua confiteátur, quia Dóminus Iesus Christus in glória est Dei Patris.	6 Introit Phil. 2:10-11 At the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven, on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. Ps 5:12-13 All who love Your name shall glory in You, for You bless the just man. At the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven, on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.
Top  Next Kyrie Qua finita, iunctis manibus, accedit ad medium altaris et, alternatim cum Ministris, dicit: S. Kýrie, eléison. M. Kýrie, eléison. S. Kýrie, eléison. M. Christe, eléison. S. Christe, eléison. M. Christe, eléison. S. Kýrie, eléison. M. Kýrie, eléison. S. Kýrie, eléison.	7 Kyrie P. Lord, have mercy. S. Lord, have mercy. P. Lord, have mercy. S. Christ, have mercy. P. Christ, have mercy. S. Christ, have mercy. P. Lord, have mercy. S. Lord, have mercy. P. Lord, have mercy.
Top  Next Gloria Postea in medio Altaris extendens et iungens manus, caputque aliquantulum inclínans, dicit, si dicendum est, Glória in excélsis Deo, et prosequitur iunctis manibus. Cum dicit Adorámus te, Grátias agimus tibi, et Iesu Christe, et Suscipe deprecatiónem, inclinat caput; et in fine dicens: Cum Sancto Spíritu, signat se a fronte ad pectus. Glória in excélsis Deo. Et in terra pax homínibus bonæ voluntátis. Laudámus te. Benedícimus te. Adorámus te. Glorificámus te. Grátias ágimus tibi propter magnam glóriam tuam. Dómine Deus, Rex cæléstis, Deus Pater omnípotens. Dómine Fili unigénite, Iesu Christe. Dómine Deus, Agnus Dei, Fílius Patris. Qui tollis peccáta mundi, miserére nobis. Qui tollis peccáta mundi, súscipe deprecatiónem nostram. Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris, miserére nobis. Quóniam tu solus Sanctus. Tu solus Dóminus. Tu solus Altíssimus, Iesu Christe. Cum Sancto Spíritu ✠ in glória Dei Patris. Amen.	8 Gloria Afterwards, standing at the middle of the altar, extending and then joining his hands,and bowing slightly, the priest says — except during Lent, Advent and in Masses for the Dead — the Gloria. When he says the words: We adore Thee, We give Thee thanks; Jesus Christ; and Receive our prayer, he bows, and at the end he signs himself with the Sign of the Cross from forehead to breast: Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace to men of good will. We praise Thee. We bless Thee. We adore Thee. We glorify Thee. We give Thee thanks for Thy great glory. O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father almighty. O Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Who takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Who sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For Thou only are holy. Thou only art the Lord. Thou only art most high, O Jesus Christ. Together with the Holy Ghost ✠ in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Top  Next Oratio Deinde osculatur Altare in medio, et versus ad populum dicit: V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Postea dicit: Orémus, et Orationes, unam aut plures, ut ordo Officii postulat. Sequitur Epistola, Graduale, Tractus, vel Allelúia cum Versu, aut Sequentia, prout Tempus aut qualitas Missæ postulat. Orémus. Deus, qui ad maiórem tui nóminis glóriam propagándam, novo per beátum Ignátium subsídio militántem Ecclésiam roborásti: concéde; ut, eius auxílio et imitatióne certántes in terris, coronári cum ipso mereámur in cœlis. Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.	9 Collect Then the priest kisses the altar, and turning to the people says: V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. The Collects mean the collected prayers of all the faithful assisting at the Holy Sacrifice. Raising his voice, his hands, and his sentiments to God, the priest excites the faithful to unite their prayers with his. Let us pray. O God, Who, to spread abroad the greater glory of Your name through St. Ignatius, strengthened the Church militant with new power; grant that we who are struggling on earth may, by his help and after his example, be found worthy to be crowned with him in heaven. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
Top  Next Lectio Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Timótheum 2 Tim 2:8-10; 3:10-12 Caríssime: Memor esto, Dóminum Iesum Christum resurrexísse a mórtuis ex sémine David, secúndum Evangélium meum, in quo labóro usque ad víncula, quasi male óperans: sed verbum Dei non est alligátum. Ideo ómnia sustíneo propter eléctos, ut et ipsi salútem consequántur, quæ est in Christo Iesu, cum glória cœlésti. Tu autem assecútus es meam doctrínam, institutiónem, propósitum, fidem, longanimitátem, dilectiónem, patiéntiam, persecutiónes, passiónes: quália mihi facta sunt Antiochíæ, Icónii et Lystris: quales persecutiónes sustínui, et ex ómnibus erípuit me Dóminus. Et omnes, qui pie volunt vívere in Christo Iesu, persecutiónem patiéntur. R. Deo grátias.	10 Lesson Lesson from the second letter of St. Paul the Apostle to Timothy 2 Tim. 2:8-10; 3:10-12 Beloved: Remember that Jesus Christ rose from the dead and was descended from David; this is my gospel, in which I suffer even to bonds, as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound. This is why I bear all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory. But you have closely followed my doctrine, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my long-suffering, my love, my patience, my persecutions, my afflictions; such as befell me at Antioch, Iconium and Lystra - such persecutions as I suffered, and out of them all the Lord delivered me. And all who want to live piously in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. R. Thanks be to God.
Top  Next Graduale Ps 91:13; 91:14 Iustus ut palma florébit: sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur in domo Dómini. Ps 91:3 V. Ad annuntiándum mane misericórdiam tuam, et veritátem tuam per noctem. Allelúia, allelúia. Ias 1:12 Beátus vir, qui suffert tentatiónem: quóniam, cum probátus fúerit, accípiet corónam vitæ. Allelúia.	11 Gradual Ps 91:13-14 The just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow in the house of the Lord. Ps 91:3 V. To proclaim Your kindness at dawn and Your faithfulness throughout the night. Alleluia, alleluia. James 1:12 V. Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been tried, he will receive the crown of life. Alleluia.
Top  Next Evangelium Si vero Sacerdos sine Diacono et Subdiacono celebrat, delato libro ad aliud cornu Altaris, inclinatus in medio, iunctis manibus dicit: Munda cor meum ac lábia mea, omnípotens Deus, qui lábia Isaíæ Prophétæ cálculo mundásti igníto: ita me tua grata miseratióne dignáre mundáre, ut sanctum Evangélium tuum digne váleam nuntiáre. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen. Iube, Dómine, benedícere. Dóminus sit in corde meo et in lábiis meis: ut digne et competénter annúntiem Evangélium suum. Amen. Deinde, conversus ad librum, iunctis manibus, dicit: V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Et pronuntians: Inítium, sive Sequéntia sancti Evangélii, signat librum, et se in fronte, ore et pectore, et legit Evangelium, ut dictum est. Quo finito, respondet Minister: Laus tibi, Christe, et Sacerdos osculatur Evangelium, dicens: per evangelica dicta, ut supra. Sequéntia +︎ sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam R. Glória tibi, Dómine. Luc 10:1-9 In illo témpore: Designávit Dóminus et álios septuagínta duos: et misit illos binos ante fáciem suam in omnem civitátem et locum, quo erat ipse ventúrus. Et dicébat illis: Messis quidem multa, operárii autem pauci. Rogáte ergo Dóminum messis, ut mittat operários in messem suam. Ite: ecce, ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos. Nolíte portáre sácculum neque peram neque calceaménta; et néminem per viam salutavéritis. In quamcúmque domum intravéritis, primum dícite: Pax huic dómui: et si ibi fúerit fílius pacis, requiéscet super illum pax vestra: sin autem, ad vos revertétur. In eádem autem domo manéte, edéntes et bibéntes quæ apud illos sunt: dignus est enim operárius mercéde sua. Nolíte transíre de domo in domum. Et in quamcúmque civitátem intravéritis, et suscéperint vos, manducáte quæ apponúntur vobis: et curáte infírmos, qui in illa sunt, et dícite illis: Appropinquávit in vos regnum Dei. R. Laus tibi, Christe. S. Per Evangélica dicta, deleántur nostra delícta.	12 Gospel The Missal is transferred to the other side of the altar. At Low Masses, the priest, bowing down at the middle of the altar, with his hands joined, says: Cleanse my heart and my lips, O almighty God, who didst cleanse the lips of the prophet Isaias with a burning coal, and vouchsafe, through Thy gracious mercy, so to purify me, that I may worthily announce Thy holy Gospel. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Give me Thy blessing, O Lord. The Lord be in my heart and on my lips, that I may worthily and in a becoming manner, proclaim His holy Gospel. Amen. P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. Continuation ✠ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord. Luke 10:1-9 At that time, the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and sent them forth two by two before Him into every town and place where He Himself was about to come. And He said to them, The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into His harvest. Go. Behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry neither purse, nor wallet, nor sandals, and greet no one on the way. Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’ And if a son of peace be there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not, it will return to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they have; for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. And whatever town you enter, and they receive you, eat what is set before you, and cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God is at hand for you. R. Praise be to Thee, O Christ. S. By the words of the Gospel may our sins be blotted out.
Top  Next Credo omit.	13 Creed omit.
Top  Next Offertorium Deinde osculatur Altare, et versus ad populum, dicit: V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Postea dicit: Orémus, et Offertorium. Orémus. Ps 88:25 Véritas mea et misericórdia mea cum ipso: et in nómine meo exaltábitur cornu eius.	14 Offertory The priest kisses the altar, and turning to the people says: P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. After saluting the people once more, the priest enters upon the Sacrifice of the Mass proper and urges the faithful to pray with him. Let us pray. Ps 88:25 My faithfulness and My kindness shall be with him, and through My name shall his horn be exalted.
Top  Next Quo dicto, si est Missa sollemnis, Diaconus porrigit Celebranti Patenam cum Hostia: si privata, Sacerdos ipse accipit Patenam cum Hostia, quam offerens, dicit: Súscipe, sancte Pater, omnípotens ætérne Deus, hanc immaculátam hóstiam, quam ego indígnus fámulus tuus óffero tibi Deo meo vivo et vero, pro innumerabílibus peccátis, et offensiónibus, et neglegéntiis meis, et pro ómnibus circumstántibus, sed et pro ómnibus fidélibus christiánis vivis atque defúnctis: ut mihi, et illis profíciat ad salútem in vitam ætérnam. Amen.	15 Then the priest reads the Offertory-verse, a short quotation from Holy Scripture which varies with the Mass of each day. This being finished, he offers the bread and wine, which, by virtue of the words of consecration, he is going to change into the adorable Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. He takes the paten with the host and offering it up, says: Accept, O holy Father, almighty and eternal God, this unspotted host, which I, Thy unworthy servant, offer unto Thee, my living and true God, for my innumerable sins, offenses, and negligences, and for all here present: as also for all faithful Christians, both living and dead, that it may avail both me and them for salvation unto life everlasting. Amen.
Top  Next Deinde faciens crucem cum eadem Patena, deponit Hostiam super Corporale. Diaconus ministrat vinum, Subdiaconus aquam in Calice: vel si privata est Missa, utrumque infundit Sacerdos, et aquam miscendam in Calice benedicit signo crucis, dicens: Deus, qui humánæ substántiæ dignitátem mirabíliter condidísti, et mirabílius reformásti: da nobis per huius aquæ et vini mystérium, eius divinitátis esse consórtes, qui humanitátis nostræ fíeri dignátus est párticeps, Iesus Christus, Fílius tuus, Dóminus noster: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus: per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	16 Making the Sign of the Cross with the paten, he places the host upon the corporal. He pours wine and water into the chalice, blessing the water before it is mixed. He pours a few drops of water into the chalice containing wine, in remembrance of the water and blood which flowed from the side of Jesus when pierced by the soldier's lance. O God, who, in creating human nature, didst wonderfully dignify it, and still more wonderfully restore it, grant that, by the Mystery of this water and wine, we may be made partakers of His divine nature, who vouchsafed to be made partaker of our human nature, even Jesus Christ our Lord, Thy Son, who with Thee, liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God: world without end. Amen.
Top  Next Postea accipit Calicem, et offert dicens: Offérimus tibi, Dómine, cálicem salutáris, tuam deprecántes cleméntiam: ut in conspéctu divínæ maiestátis tuæ, pro nostra et totíus mundi salúte, cum odóre suavitátis ascéndat. Amen. Deinde facit signum crucis cum Calice, et illum ponit super Corporale, et Palla cooperit: tum, iunctis manibus super Altare, aliquantulum inclinatus, dicit: In spíritu humilitátis et in ánimo contríto suscipiámur a te, Dómine: et sic fiat sacrifícium nostrum in conspéctu tuo hódie, ut pláceat tibi, Dómine Deus. Erectus expandit manus, easque in altum porrectas iungens, elevátis ad cælum oculis et statim demissis, dicit: Veni, sanctificátor omnípotens ætérne Deus: Benedicit Oblata, prosequendo: et béne ✠ dic hoc sacrifícium, tuo sancto nómini præparátum.	17 Then the priest takes the chalice, and offers it, saying: We offer unto Thee, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, beseeching Thy clemency, that it may ascend before Thy divine Majesty, as a sweet savor, for our salvation, and for that of the whole world. Amen. The priest makes the Sign of the Cross with the chalice, places it upon the corporal, and covers it with the pall. Then, with his hands joined upon the Altar, and slightly bowing down, he says: Accept us, O Lord, in the spirit of humility and contrition of heart, and grant that the sacrifice which we offer this day in Thy sight may be pleasing to Thee, O Lord God. Raising his eyes towards heaven, extending and then joining his hands, the priest makes the Sign of the Cross over the host and the chalice, while he invokes the Holy Spirit. Come, O almighty and eternal God, the Sanctifier, and bless ✠ this Sacrifice, prepared for the glory of Thy holy Name.
Top  Next Sacerdos lavat manus, dicens: Ps. 25, 6-12 Lavábo inter innocéntes manus meas: et circúmdabo altáre tuum, Dómine: Ut áudiam vocem laudis, et enárrem univérsa mirabília tua. Dómine, diléxi decórem domus tuæ et locum habitatiónis glóriæ tuæ. Ne perdas cum ímpiis, Deus, ánimam meam, et cum viris sánguinum vitam meam: In quorum mánibus iniquitátes sunt: déxtera eórum repléta est munéribus. Ego autem in innocéntia mea ingréssus sum: rédime me et miserére mei. Pes meus stetit in dirécto: in ecclésiis benedícam te, Dómine.	18 The priest washes his fingers to symbolize the great purity and inner cleanliness of those who offer or participate in this great Sacrifice. Psalm 25. 6-12 I will wash my hands among the innocent: and I will compass Thine altar, O Lord That I may hear the voice of praise: and tell of all Thy wonderous works. I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house and the place where Thy glory dwelleth. Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with blood-thirsty men. In whose hands are iniquities, their right hand is filled with gifts. But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me. My foot hath stood in the direct way, in the churches I will bless Thee, O Lord.
Top  Next Deinde, aliquantulum inclinatus in medio Altaris, iunctis manibus super eo, dicit: Súscipe, sancta Trínitas, hanc oblatiónem, quam tibi offérimus ob memóriam passiónis, resurrectiónis, et ascensiónis Iesu Christi, Dómini nostri: et in honórem beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis, et beáti Ioannis Baptistæ, et sanctórum Apostolórum Petri et Pauli, et istórum et ómnium Sanctórum: ut illis profíciat ad honórem, nobis autem ad salútem: et illi pro nobis intercédere dignéntur in cælis, quorum memóriam ágimus in terris. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	19 Bowing down before the middle of the alter, the priest, with joined hands, says: Receive, O holy Trinity, this oblation which we make to Thee, in memory of the Passion, Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in honor of Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, that it may avail unto their honor and our salvation, and may they vouchsafe to intercede for us in heaven, whose memory we celebrate on earth. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Top  Next Postea osculatur Altare, et versus ad populum extendens, et iungens manus, voce paululum elevata, dicit: S. Oráte, fratres: ut meum ac vestrum sacrifícium acceptábile fiat apud Deum Patrem omnipoténtem. Minister, seu circumstantes respondent: alioquin ipsemet Sacerdos: M. Suscípiat Dóminus sacrifícium de mánibus tuis vel meis ad laudem et glóriam nominis sui, ad utilitátem quoque nostram, totiúsque Ecclésiæ suæ sanctæ. Sacerdos submissa voce dicit: S. Amen. Deinde, manibus extensis, absolute sine Orémus subiungit Orationes secretas. Secreta Adsint, Dómine Deus, oblatiónibus nostris sancti Ignátii benígna suffrágia: ut sacrosáncta mystéria, in quibus omnis sanctitátis fontem constituísti, nos quoque in veritáte sanctíficet. Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.	20 The priest kisses the altar and, turning towards the people, extending, then joining his hands, says audibly: P. Brethren, pray that my Sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Father almighty. The server answers: S. May the Lord receive the Sacrifice from thy hands, to the praise and glory of His Name, to our benefit and that of all His holy Church. The priest answers in a low voice: P. Amen. Then, with outstretched hands, he recites the Secret Prayers, not beginning with Oremus. The Secret Prayers vary with the Mass, and are found in the Mass of the Day. These being finished, the priest says or sings: P. World without end. S. Amen. Secret May the prayers of St. Ignatius be present with our offerings, O Lord God, that the most holy sacrament in which you placed the source of all holiness, may also make us holy in Your truth. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
Top  Next Præfatio Quibus finitis, cum pervenerit ad conclusionem, clara voce dicit: Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum, cum Præfatione, ut in sequentibus. Præfationem incipit ambabus manibus positis hinc inde super Altare: quas aliquantulum elevat, cum dicit: Sursum corda. Iungit eas ante pectus, et caput inclinat, cum dicit: Grátias agamus Dómino, Deo nostro. Deinde disiungit manus, et disiunctas tenet usque ad finem Præfationis: qua finita, iterum iungit eas, et inclinatus dicit: Sanctus. Et cum dicit: Benedíctus, qui venit, signum crucis sibi producit a fronte ad pectus. V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. V. Sursum corda. R. Habémus ad Dóminum. V. Grátias agámus Dómino, Deo nostro. R. Dignum et iustum est. Communis Vere dignum et iustum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Per quem maiestátem tuam laudant Angeli, adórant Dominatiónes, tremunt Potestátes. Cæli cælorúmque Virtútes ac beáta Séraphim sócia exsultatióne concélebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces ut admitti iubeas, deprecámur, súpplici confessione dicéntes: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dóminus, Deus Sábaoth. Pleni sunt cæli et terra glória tua. Hosánna in excélsis. Benedíctus, qui venit in nómine Dómini. Hosánna in excélsis.	21 Preface The priest begins the preface, a call to render thanks to God the Father, through Jesus Christ, in union with all the heavenly spirits. The prayer of thanksgiving and praise varies with important Feasts. The priest begins the Preface, holding his hands over the altar: P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. P. Lift up your hearts. S. We have lifted them up to the Lord. P. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. S. It is meet and just. Common It is truly meet and just, and profitable unto salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks to thee, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God, through Christ, our Lord. Though whom the angels praise thy majesty, the dominions adore it, the powers are in awe. Which the heavens and the hosts of heaven together with the blessed seraphim joyfully do magnify. And do thou command that it be permitted to us join with them in confessing thee, while we say with lowly praise: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth! Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory! Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
Top  Next Canon Finita præfatione, sacerdos extendens, elevans aliquantulum et iungens manus, elevansque ad cælum oculos, et statim demittens, profunde inclinatus ante Altare, manibus super eo positis, dicit : Te ígitur, clementíssime Pater, per Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum, Dóminum nostrum, súpplices rogámus, ac pétimus, osculatur Altare et, iunctis manibus ante pectus, dicit: uti accépta hábeas et benedícas, Signat ter super Hostiam et Calicem simul, dicens: hæc ✠ dona, hæc ✠ múnera, hæc ✠ sancta sacrifícia illibáta, Extensis manibus prosequitur: in primis, quæ tibi offérimus pro Ecclésia tua sancta cathólica: quam pacificáre, custodíre, adunáre et régere dignéris toto orbe terrárum: una cum fámulo tuo Papa nostro nomen Papae et Antístite nostro nomen Episcopi et ómnibus orthodóxis, atque cathólicæ et apostólicæ fídei cultóribus.	22 Canon We therefore, humbly pray and beseech Thee, most merciful Father, through Jesus Christ; Thy Son, our Lord, He kisses the altar that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to accept and bless He joins his hands and signs the oblation thrice with the Sign of the Cross. these ✠ gifts, these ✠ presents, these ✠ holy unspotted Sacrifices, Then extending his hands, he proceeds: which in the first place we offer Thee for Thy holy Catholic Church to which vouchsafe to grant peace, as also to preserve, unite, and govern it throughout the world, together with Thy servant name of Pope our Pope, and name of Bishop our Bishop, and all orthodox believers and professors of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith.
Top  Next Commemoratio pro vivis Meménto, Dómine, famulórum famularúmque tuarum N. et N. Iungit manus, orat aliquantulum pro quibus orare intendit: deinde manibus extensis prosequitur: et ómnium circumstántium, quorum tibi fides cógnita est et nota devótio, pro quibus tibi offérimus: vel qui tibi ófferunt hoc sacrifícium laudis, pro se suísque ómnibus: pro redemptióne animárum suárum, pro spe salútis et incolumitátis suæ: tibíque reddunt vota sua ætérno Deo, vivo et vero.	23 Commemoration of the Living Be mindful, O Lord, of Thy servants and handmaidens, N. et N. The priest joins his hands and prays silently for those for whom he intends to pray. Then extending his hands, he proceeds: and of all here present, whose faith and devotion are known unto Thee, for whom we offer, or who offer up to Thee, this sacrifice of praise for themselves, their families and friends, for the redemption of their souls, for the health and salvation they hope for; and who now pay their vows to Thee, the everlasting, living and true God.
Top  Next Communicántes, et memóriam venerántes, in primis gloriósæ semper Vírginis Maríæ, Genetrícis Dei et Dómini nostri Iesu Christi: sed et beáti Ioseph, eiúsdem Vírginis Sponsi, et beatórum Apostolórum ac Mártyrum tuórum, Petri et Pauli, Andréæ, Iacóbi, Ioánnis, Thomæ, Iacóbi, Philíppi, Bartholomǽi, Matthǽi, Simónis et Thaddǽi: Lini, Cleti, Cleméntis, Xysti, Cornélii, Cypriáni, Lauréntii, Chrysógoni, Ioánnis et Pauli, Cosmæ et Damiáni: et ómnium Sanctórum tuórum; quorum méritis precibúsque concédas, ut in ómnibus protectiónis tuæ muniámur auxílio. Iungit manus Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	24 We pray in union with and honor the memory, especially of the glorious ever Virgin Mary, mother of our God and Lord Jesus Christ: as also of the blessed Joseph, her Spouse, and of the blessed Apostles and Martyrs Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, and Thaddeus; Linus, Cletus, Clement, Xystus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian, and of all Thy Saints, through whose merits and prayers, grant that we may in all things be defended by the help of Thy protection. He joins his hands. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Top  Next Tenens manus expansas super Oblata, dicit: Hanc ígitur oblatiónem servitútis nostræ, sed et cunctæ famíliæ tuæ, quǽsumus, Dómine, ut placátus accípias: diésque nostros in tua pace dispónas, atque ab ætérna damnatióne nos éripi, et in electórum tuórum iúbeas grege numerári. Iungit manus Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	25 Spreading his hands over the oblation, he says: We therefore beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to accept this oblation of our service, as also of Thy whole family; and to dispose our days in Thy peace, preserve us from eternal damnation, and rank us in the number of Thine Elect. He joins his hands. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Quam oblatiónem tu, Deus, in ómnibus, quǽsumus, Signat ter super Oblata, bene ✠ díctam, adscríp ✠ tam, ra ✠ tam, rationábilem, acceptabilémque fácere dignéris: Signat semel super Hostiam, ut nobis Cor ✠ pus, et semel super Calicem, et San ✠ guis fiat dilectíssimi Fílii tui, Iungit manus, Dómini nostri Iesu Christi.	Which oblation do Thou, O God, vouchsafe in all respects, He signs thrice the oblation with the Sign of the Cross. to bless, ✠ approve, ✠ ratify, ✠ make worthy and acceptable; He signs again the Host and chalice with the Sign of the Cross. that it may be made for us the Body ✠ and Blood ✠ of Thy most beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Qui prídie quam paterétur, Accipit Hostiam, accépit panem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas, Elevat oculos ad cælum, elevátis óculis in cælum ad te Deum, Patrem suum omnipoténtem, Caput inclinat, tibi grátias agens, Signat super Hostiam, bene ✠ díxit, fregit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et manducáte ex hoc omnes.	Who, the day before He suffered, He takes the host. took bread into His holy and venerable hands, He raises his eyes to heaven. and with His eyes lifted up towards heaven unto Thee, God, His almighty Father, giving thanks to Thee, He signs the host with the Sign of the Cross He blessed ✠ it, broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: Take and eat ye all of this,
Top  Next Tenens ambabus manibus Hostiam inter indices et pollices, profert verba consecrationis secrete, distincte et attente super Hostiam, et simul super omnes, si plures sint consecrandæ. HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM. Quibus verbis prolatis, statim Hostiam consecratam genuflexus adorat: surgit, ostendit populo, reponit super Corporale, et genuflexus iterum adorat: nec amplius pollices et indices disiungit, nisi quando Hostia tractanda est, usque ad ablutionem digitorum.	28 The words of the Consecration of the Host: FOR THIS IS MY BODY. After pronouncing the words of the Consecration, the priest, kneeling, adores the Sacred Host; rising, he elevates It. -- Look up at the Sacred Host, with faith, piety, and love, saying: "My Lord and my God." -- and then placing It on the corporal, again adores It. After this he never disjoins his fingers and thumbs, except when he is to take the Host, until after the washing of his fingers.
Top  Next Tunc, detecto Calice, dicit: Símili modo postquam cenátum est, Ambabus manibus accipit Calicem, accípiens et hunc præclárum Cálicem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas: item Caput inclinat, item tibi grátias agens, Sinistra tenens Calicem, dextera signat super eum, bene ✠ díxit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et bíbite ex eo omnes.	29 Consecration of the Wine Then, uncovering the chalice, the priest says: In like manner, after He had supped, He takes the chalice with both his hands. taking also this excellent chalice into His holy and venerable hands He takes the chalice in his left hand, and with his right he signs it with the Sign of the Cross. He blessed ✠ , and gave it to His disciples, saying: Take and drink ye all of this,
Top  Next Profert verba consecrationis super Calicem, attente, continuate, et secrete, tenens illum parum elevatum. HIC EST ENIM CALIX SANGUINIS MEI, NOVI ET ÆTERNI TESTAMENTI: MYSTERIUM FIDEI: QUI PRO VOBIS ET PRO MULTIS EFFUNDETUR IN REMISSIONEM PECCATORUM. Quibus verbis prolatis, deponit Calicem super Corporale, et dicens secrete: Hæc quotiescúmque fecéritis, in mei memóriam faciétis. Genuflexus adorat: surgit, ostendit populo, deponit, cooperit, et genuflexus iterum adorat.	30 The words of Consecration of the Chalice FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL TESTAMENT, THE MYSTERY OF FAITH; WHICH SHALL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR MANY UNTO THE REMISSION OF SINS. After the elevation of the Chalice, the priest says in a low voice: As often as ye do these things, ye shall do them in remembrance of Me. The priest kneels and adores the Precious Blood; rising, he elevates the Chalice, and setting it down he covers it and adores it again.
Top  Next Deinde disiunctis manibus dicit: Unde et mémores, Dómine, nos servi tui, sed et plebs tua sancta, eiúsdem Christi Fílii tui, Dómini nostri, tam beátæ passiónis, nec non et ab ínferis resurrectiónis, sed et in cælos gloriósæ ascensiónis: offérimus præcláræ maiestáti tuæ de tuis donis ac datis, Iungit manus, et signat ter super Hostiam, et Calicem simul, dicens: hóstiam ✠ puram, hóstiam ✠ sanctam, hóstiam ✠ immaculátam, Signat semel super Hostiam, dicens: Panem ✠ sanctum vitæ ætérnæ, et semel super Calicem, dicens: et Cálicem ✠ salútis perpétuæ.	31 With his hands held apart, he then proceeds Wherefore, O Lord, we Thy servants, as also Thy holy people, calling to mind the blessed Passion of the same Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, and also His Resurrection from the dead and His glorious Ascension into heaven: do offer unto Thy most excellent Majesty of Thine own gifts, bestowed upon us, He joins his hands and signs thrice the Host and Chalice with the Sign of the Cross. a pure ✠ Host, a holy ✠ Host, an unspotted ✠ Host, He signs the Host and the Chalice, with the Sign of the Cross. the holy ✠ Bread of eternal life, and the Chalice ✠ of everlasting salvation.
Top  Next Extensis manibus prosequitur: Supra quæ propítio ac seréno vultu respícere dignéris: et accépta habére, sicúti accépta habére dignátus es múnera púeri tui iusti Abel, et sacrifícium Patriárchæ nostri Abrahæ: et quod tibi óbtulit summus sacérdos tuus Melchísedech, sanctum sacrifícium, immaculátam hóstiam.	32 Extending his hands, he proceeds Upon which vouchsafe to look with a propitious and serene countenance, and to accept them, as Thou wert graciously pleased to accept the gifts of Thy just servant Abel, and the sacrifice of our patriarch Abraham, and that which Thy high priest Melchisedech offered to Thee, a holy Sacrifice, and unspotted Victim.
Top  Next Profunde inclinatus, iunctis manibus et super Altare positis, dicit: Súpplices te rogámus, omnípotens Deus: iube hæc perférri per manus sancti Angeli tui in sublíme altáre tuum, in conspéctu divínæ maiestátis tuæ: ut, quotquot Osculatur Altare, ex hac altáris participatióne sacrosánctum Fílii tui Iungit manus, et signat semel super Hostiam, et semel super Calicem, Cor ✠ pus, et Sán ✠ guinem sumpsérimus, Seipsum signat, dicens: omni benedictióne cælésti et grátia repleámur. Iungit manus. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	33 Bowing down, with his hands joined and placed upon the altar, he says: We most humbly beseech Thee, almighty God, command these offerings to be borne by the hands of Thy holy Angels to Thine altar on high, in the sight of Thy divine majesty, that as many He kisses the altar. as shall partake of the most holy He joins his hand, and signs the Host and the Chalice with the Sign of the Cross. Body ✠ and Blood ✠ of Thy Son He signs himself with the Sign of the Cross. at this altar, may be filled with every heavenly grace and blessing. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Top  Next Commemoratio pro defunctis Meménto étiam, Dómine, famulórum famularúmque tuárum N. et N., qui nos præcessérunt cum signo fídei, et dórmiunt in somno pacis. Iungit manus, orat aliquántulum pro iis defunctis, pro quibus orare intendit, deinde extensis manibus prosequitur: Ipsis, Dómine, et ómnibus in Christo quiescéntibus locum refrigérii, lucis, et pacis, ut indúlgeas, deprecámur. Iungit manus, et caput inclinat, dicens: Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	34 Commemoration of the Dead Remember also, O Lord, Thy servants and handmaids N. and N., who are gone before us with the sign of faith, and rest in the sleep of peace. He joins his hands and prays for such of the dead as he intends to pray for, then extending his hands he proceeds: To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, a place of refreshment, light, and peace; He joins his hands, and bows his head: Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Top  Next Manu dextera percutit sibi pectus, elata aliquantulum voce dicens: Nobis quoque peccatóribus Extensis manibus ut prius, secrete prosequitur: fámulis tuis, de multitúdine miseratiónum tuárum sperántibus, partem áliquam et societátem donáre dignéris, cum tuis sanctis Apóstolis et Martýribus: cum Ioánne, Stéphano, Matthía, Bárnaba, Ignátio, Alexándro, Marcellíno, Petro, Felicitáte, Perpétua, Agatha, Lúcia, Agnéte, Cæcília, Anastásia, et ómnibus Sanctis tuis: intra quorum nos consórtium, non æstimátor mériti, sed véniæ, quǽsumus, largítor admítte. Iungit manus. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum.	35 Pronounces in a somewhat elevated tone of voice, to symbolize an act of public self-humiliation; at the same time he strikes his breast in a token of contrition. To us also, Thy sinful servants, confiding in the multitude of Thy mercies, vouchsafe to grant some part and fellowship with Thy holy Apostles and Martyrs, with John, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, and with all Thy Saints, into whose company we beseech Thee to admit us, not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offenses. He joins his hands. Through Christ our Lord.
Top  Next Per quem hæc ómnia, Dómine, semper bona creas, Signat ter super Hostiam, et Calicem simul, dicens: sanctí ✠ ficas, viví ✠ ficas, bene ✠ dícis et præstas nobis. Discooperit Calicem, genuflectit, accipit Hostiam inter pollicem et indicem manus dexteræ: et tenens sinistra Calicem, cum Hostia signat ter a labio ad labium Calicis, dicens: Per ip ✠ sum, et cum ip ✠ so, et in ip ✠ so, Cum ipsa Hostia signat bis inter se et Calicem, dicens: est tibi Deo Patri ✠ omnipoténti, in unitáte Spíritus ✠ Sancti, Elevans parum Calicem cum Hostia, dicit: omnis honor, et glória. ponit Hostiam, Calicem Palla cooperit, genuflectit, surgit, et dicit intellegibili voce vel cantat: Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.	36 By Whom, O Lord, Thou dost ever create. He signs thrice the Host and the Chalice, saying: sanctify, ✠ quicken, ✠ bless, ✠ and give unto us all these good things. He uncovers the Chalice, and genuflects: then taking the Host in his right hand, and holding the Chalice in his left, he signs with the Sign of the Cross three times across the Chalice, saying: By Him, ✠ and with Him, ✠ and in Him ✠ He signs twice between the Chalice and his breast. is to Thee, God the Father ✠ almighty, in the unity of the Holy ✠ Ghost, He elevates a little the Chalice with the Host. all honor and glory. Replacing the Host, and covering the Chalice, he kneels down, and rising again, he says or sings: P. World without end. S. Amen.
Top  Next Preparatio Communionis Iungit manus. Orémus: Præcéptis salutáribus móniti, et divína institutióne formáti audémus dícere: Extendit manus. Pater noster, qui es in cælis. Sanctificétur nomen tuum. Advéniat regnum tuum. Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie. Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: R. Sed líbera nos a malo. S. Sacerdos secrete dicit : Amen.	37 Preparation for Communion Let us pray. Instructed by Thy saving precepts, and following Thy divine institution, we are bold to say: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation. M. But deliver us from evil. P. Amen.
Top  Next Deinde manu dextera accipit inter indicem et medium digitos Patenam, quam tenens super Altare erectam, dicit secrete: Líbera nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, ab ómnibus malis, prætéritis, præséntibus et futúris: et intercedénte beáta et gloriósa semper Vírgine Dei Genetríce María, cum beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, atque Andréa, et ómnibus Sanctis, Signat se cum Patena a fronte ad pectus, da propítius pacem in diébus nostris: Patenam osculatur, ut, ope misericórdiæ tuæ adiúti, et a peccáto simus semper líberi et ab omni perturbatióne secúri. Submittit Patenam Hostiæ, discooperit Calicem, genuflectit, surgit, accipit Hostiam, et eam super Calicem tenens utraque manu, frangit per medium, dicens: Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum. Et mediam partem, quam in dextera manu tenet, ponit super Patenam. Deinde ex parte, quæ in sinistra remanserat, frangit particulam, dicens: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus. Aliam mediam partem, quam in sinistra manu habet, adiungit mediæ super Patenam positæ, et particulam parvam dextera retinens super Calicem, quem sinistra per nodum infra cuppam tenet, dicit intellegibili voce vel cantat: V. Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen. Cum ipsa particula signat ter super Calicem, dicens: Pax Dómini sit semper vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo.	38 Then the priest takes the paten between the first and second finger and says: Deliver us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, from all evils, past, present, and to come; and by the intercession of the Blessed and glorious ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and of the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, and of Andrew, and of all the Saints, He signs himself with the paten, and then kisses it. mercifully grant peace in our days, that through the assistance of Thy mercy we may be always free from sin, and secure from all disturbance. He places the paten under the Host, uncovers the Chalice, and makes a genuflection; rising, he takes the Host and breaks It in the middle over the Chalice, saying: Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord. He puts the Part which is in his right hand upon the paten, and breaks a Particle from the other Part in his left hand, saying: Who with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth God, He places the Half which is in his left hand on the paten, and holding the Particle which he broke off in his right hand, and the Chalice in his left, he says: P. World without end. S. Amen. The priest makes the Sign of the Cross with the Particle over the Chalice, saying: P. The peace ✠ of the Lord be ✠ always with ✠ you. S. And with thy spirit.
Top  Next Particulam ipsam immittit in Calicem, dicens secrete: Hæc commíxtio, et consecrátio Córporis et Sánguinis Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, fiat accipiéntibus nobis in vitam ætérnam. Amen. Cooperit Calicem, genuflectit, surgit, et inclinatus Sacramento, iunctis manibus, et ter pectus percutiens, intellegibili voce dicit:	39 He puts the Particle into the Chalice, saying: May this mixture and consecration of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ be to us who receive it effectual unto eternal life. Amen. He covers the Chalice, genuflects and rises; than bowing down and striking his breast thrice, he says:
Top  Next Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: miserére nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: miserére nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: dona nobis pacem.	40 Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
Top  Next Deinde, iunctis manibus super Altare, inclinatus dicit secrete sequentes Orationes: Dómine Iesu Christe, qui dixísti Apóstolis tuis: Pacem relínquo vobis, pacem meam do vobis: ne respícias peccáta mea, sed fidem Ecclésiæ tuæ; eámque secúndum voluntátem tuam pacificáre et coadunáre dignéris: Qui vivis et regnas Deus per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	41 With his hands joined and resting on the altar, standing inclined, he says the three following prayers: O Lord Jesus Christ, who saidst to Thine Apostles: Peace I leave you, My peace I give you: regard not my sins, but the faith of Thy Church; and vouchsafe to grant her that peace and unity which is agreeable to Thy will: Who livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.
Dómine Iesu Christe, Fili Dei vivi, qui ex voluntáte Patris, cooperánte Spíritu Sancto, per mortem tuam mundum vivificásti: líbera me per hoc sacrosánctum Corpus et Sánguinem tuum ab ómnibus iniquitátibus meis, et univérsis malis: et fac me tuis semper inhærére mandátis, et a te numquam separári permíttas: Qui cum eódem Deo Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas Deus in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who, according to the will of Thy Father, with the cooperation of the Holy Ghost, hast by Thy death given life to the world; deliver me by this Thy most sacred Body and Blood, from all my iniquities and from all evils; and make me always cleave to Thy commandments, and suffer me never to be separated from Thee, Who livest and reignest, with the same God the Father and the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Percéptio Córporis tui, Dómine Iesu Christe, quod ego indígnus súmere præsúmo, non mihi provéniat in iudícium et condemnatiónem: sed pro tua pietáte prosit mihi ad tutaméntum mentis et córporis, et ad medélam percipiéndam: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	Let not the partaking of Thy Body, O Lord, Jesus Christ, which I, though unworthy, presume to receive, turn to my judgment and condemnation; but let it, through Thy mercy, become a safeguard and remedy, both for soul and body; Who with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.
Top  Next Genuflectit, surgit, et dicit: Panem cæléstem accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo. Deinde parum inclinatus, accipit ambas partes Hostiæ inter pollicem et indicem sinistræ manus, et Patenam inter eundem indicem et medium supponit, et dextera tribus vicibus percutiens pectus, elata aliquantulum voce, ter dicit devote et humiliter: V. Dómine, non sum dignus, Et secrete prosequitur: ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea. V. Dómine, non sum dignus, Et secrete prosequitur: ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea. V. Dómine, non sum dignus, Et secrete prosequitur: ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.	44 The priest genuflects, rises and says: I will take the Bread of heaven, and will call upon the Name of the Lord. Slightly inclining, he takes both halves of the Host between the thumb and forefinger of his left hand, and the paten between the same forefinger and the middle one; then striking his breast with his right hand, and raising his voice a little, he says three times devoutly and humbly: V. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed. V. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed. V. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
Top  Next Postea dextera se signans cum Hostia super Patenam, dicit: Corpus Dómini nostri Iesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen. Et se inclinans, reverenter sumit ambas partes Hostiæ: quibus sumptis, deponit Patenam super Corporale, et erigens se iungit manus, et quiescit aliquantulum in meditatione Sanctissimi Sacramenti.	45 Then with his right hand, making the Sign of the Cross with the Host over the paten, he says: The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen. He then reverently receives both halves of the Host, joins his hands, and meditates a short time.
Top  Next Deinde discooperit Calicem, genuflectit, colligit fragmenta, si quæ sint, extergit Patenam super Calicem, interim dicens: Quid retríbuam Dómino pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi? Cálicem salutáris accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo. Laudans invocábo Dóminum, et ab inimícis meis salvus ero. Accipit Calicem manu dextera, et eo se signans, dicit: Sanguis Dómini nostri Iesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen. Et sinistra supponens Patenam Calici, reverenter sumit totum Sanguinem cum particula. Quo sumpto, si qui sunt communicandi, eos communicet, antequam se purificet	46 Then he uncovers the Chalice, genuflects, collects whatever fragments may remain on the corporal, and purifies the paten over the Chalice, saying: What return shall I make to the Lord for all He has given to me? I will take the chalice of salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord. Praising I will call upon the Lord, and I shall be saved from my enemies. The priest takes the Chalice and making the Sign of the Cross with it, says: The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen. Then he receives all the Precious Blood, together with the Particle.
Top  Next Communio	47 Communio
Top  Next Postea dicit: Quod ore súmpsimus, Dómine, pura mente capiámus: et de múnere temporáli fiat nobis remédium sempitérnum. Interim porrigit Calicem ministro, qui infundit in eo parum vini, quo se purificat: deinde prosequitur: Corpus tuum, Dómine, quod sumpsi, et Sanguis, quem potávi, adhǽreat viscéribus meis: et præsta; ut in me non remáneat scélerum mácula, quem pura et sancta refecérunt sacraménta: Qui vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen. Abluit et extergit digitos, ac sumit ablutionem: extergit os et Calicem, quem, plicato Corporali, operit et collocat in Altari ut prius: deinde prosequitur Missam.	48 The priest says silently: Grant, O Lord, that what we have taken with our mouth, we may receive with a pure mind; and from a temporal gift may it become to us an eternal remedy. Then he holds out the Chalice to the server -- in Solemn Masses to the deacon -- who pours wine into it for the first ablution, then the priest proceeds: May Thy Body, O Lord, which I have received, and Thy Blood which I have drunk, cleave to my bowels; and grant that no stain of sin may remain in me, who have been fed with this pure and holy Sacrament; Who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen. The priest then washes his fingers and receives the second ablution. Then he covers the chalice and folding the corporal, places it on the chalice, as at the beginning of Mass, and goes to the right side of the altar to say the prayers from the Missal.
Top  Next Communio Luc 12:49 Ignem veni míttere in terram: et quid volo, nisi ut accendátur?	49 Communion Luke 12:49 I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and what will I but that it be kindled?
Top  Next Postcommunio Dicta antiphona ad Communionem, osculatur altare, et versus ad populum dicit : S. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Deinde, reversus ad altare, dicit : Orémus. Laudis hóstia, Dómine, quam pro sancto Ignátio grátias agentes obtúlimus: ad perpétuam nos maiestátis tuæ laudatiónem, eius intercessióne, pérducat. Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.	50 Post Communion The priest kisses the altar. Then he turns to the people, and says or sings: P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. May the sacrifice of praise, O Lord, offered in thanksgiving in honor of St. Ignatius bring us, by his intercession, to the everlasting praise of Your majesty. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
Top  Next Conclusio Dicto, post ultimam Orationem, S. Dóminus vobíscum. M. Et cum spíritu tuo, dicit pro Missæ qualitate, vel Ite, Missa est, vel Benedicámus Dómino. Deo grátias.	51 Conclusion He turns to the people and says: P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit.
Top  Next V. Ite, Missa est. R. Deo grátias.	52 V. Go, the Mass is ended. R. Thanks be to God.
Top  Next Tunc celebrans inclinat se ante medium altaris, et manibus iunctis super illud, dicit secrete: Pláceat tibi, sancta Trínitas, obséquium servitútis meæ: et præsta; ut sacrifícium, quod óculis tuæ maiestátis indígnus óbtuli, tibi sit acceptábile, mihíque et ómnibus, pro quibus illud óbtuli, sit, te miseránte, propitiábile. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.	53 May the performance of my homage be pleasing to Thee, O holy Trinity: and grant that the Sacrifice which I, though unworthy, have offered up in the sight of Thy Majesty, may be acceptable to Thee, and through Thy mercy, be a propitiation for me, and for all those for whom I have offered it. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Top  Next Deinde osculatur Altare: et elevatis oculis, extendens, elevans et iungens manus, caputque Cruci inclínans, dicit: Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus, et versus ad populum, semel tantum benedícens, etiam in Missis sollemnibus; In Missa Pontificali ter benedicitur, ut in Pontificali habetur. Deinde prosequitur: Pater, et Fílius, ✠ et Spíritus Sanctus. R. Amen.	54 He kisses the altar, and raising his eyes, extending, raising and joining his hands, he bows down his head and says: P. May almighty God the Father, Son, ✠ and Holy Ghost, bless you. S. Amen.
Top  Next Deinde sacerdos in cornu Evangelii, iunctis manibus dicit: V. Dóminus vobíscum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Et signans signo crucis primum Altare vel librum, deinde se in fronte, ore et pectore, dicit: Inítium +︎ sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem R. Glória tibi, Dómine. Ioann. 1, 1-14. Iunctis manibus prosequitur: In princípio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum. Hoc erat in princípio apud Deum. Omnia per ipsum facta sunt: et sine ipso factum est nihil, quod factum est: in ipso vita erat, et vita erat lux hóminum: et lux in ténebris lucet, et ténebræ eam non comprehendérunt. Fuit homo missus a Deo, cui nomen erat Ioánnes. Hic venit in testimónium, ut testimónium perhibéret de lúmine, ut omnes créderent per illum. Non erat ille lux, sed ut testimónium perhibéret de lúmine. Erat lux vera, quæ illúminat omnem hóminem veniéntem in hunc mundum. In mundo erat, et mundus per ipsum factus est, et mundus eum non cognóvit. In própria venit, et sui eum non recepérunt. Quotquot autem recepérunt eum, dedit eis potestátem fílios Dei fíeri, his, qui credunt in nómine eius: qui non ex sanguínibus, neque ex voluntáte carnis, neque ex voluntáte viri, sed ex Deo nati sunt. Genuflectit dicens: Et Verbum caro factum est, Et surgens prosequitur: et habitávit in nobis: et vídimus glóriam eius, glóriam quasi Unigéniti a Patre, plenum grátiæ et veritátis. R. Deo grátias. Finito Evangelio sancti Ioannis, discedens ab Altari, pro gratiarum actione dicit Ant. Trium puerórum, cum reliquis, ut habetur in principio Missalis.	55 Then turning to the Gospel side of the altar, the priest says: P. The Lord be with you. S. And with thy spirit. He then traces the Sign of the Cross, first upon the altar, and then upon his forehead, lips, and breast, and says: The beginning +︎ of the holy Gospel according to John R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord. John 1, 1-14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was made nothing that was made: in Him was life, and the life was the Light of men; and the Light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to testify concerning the Light, that all might believe through Him. He was not the Light, but he was to testify concerning the Light. That was the true Light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him to them He gave power to become sons of God, to them that believe in His Name, who are born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Here all kneel. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us: and we saw His glory, the glory as of the Only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. R. Thanks be to God.
Top  Next Orationes Leonis XIII S. Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. O. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen. S. Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. O. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen. S. Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. O. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen. O. Salve Regína, Mater misericórdiæ, vita, dulcédo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamámus, éxsules fílii Evæ. Ad te suspirámus geméntes et flentes in hac lacrymárum valle. Eia ergo, Advocáta nostra, illos tuos misericórdes óculos ad nos convérte. Et Iesum, benedíctum fructum ventris tui, nobis, post hoc exílium, osténde. O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Mária. S. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Génitrix. O. Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi. S. Orémus. Deus, refúgium nostrum et virtus, pópulum ad te clamántem propítius réspice; et intercedénte gloriósa, et immaculáta Vírgine Dei Genitríce María, cum beáto Ioseph, eius Sponso, ac beatis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis, quas pro conversióne peccatórum, pro libertáte et exaltatióne sanctæ Matris Ecclésiæ, preces effúndimus, miséricors et benígnus exáudi. Per eúndem Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen. O. Sancte Míchaël Archángele, defénde nos in prǽlio; contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium. Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, Princeps milítiæ Cæléstis, sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte in inférnum detrúde. Amen. S. Cor Iesu sacratíssimum. O. Miserére nobis. S. Cor Iesu sacratíssimum. O. Miserére nobis. S. Cor Iesu sacratíssimum. O. Miserére nobis.	56 Leonine Prayers To be said kneeling after the celebration of Low Mass. P. Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. A. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. P. Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. A. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. P. Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. A. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. A. Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. P. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. O. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. P. Let us pray. O God, our refuge and our strength, look down in mercy on Thy people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of St. Joseph her Spouse, of Thy blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, in mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of our holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. A. Holy Michael Archangel, defend us in the day of battle; be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. -- May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God thrust down to hell Satan and all wicked spirits, who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen. P. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, A. Have mercy upon us. P. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, A. Have mercy upon us. P. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, A. Have mercy upon us.
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