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ORDER OF THE ROMAN LITURGY
Ordinary of the Mass.r. Introit, or as it is always called in the Sarum rite, " Office," a Psalm or part of a Psalm sung at the entry of the priest, or clergy and choir. 2. Kyrie eleison, ninefold, and sometimes lengthily farsed representing an older, now obsolete, litany. 3. Collect, i.e. the collect for the day. 4. Prophetic lection, now obsolete, except on the Wednesday and Saturday Ember Days, Good Friday and Easter Even, and Wednesday after fourth and sixth
5. Epistle. 796 6. Gradual . A few verses from the Psalms, the shrunken remainder of a whole Psalm.7. Sequence A hymn now obsolete except on Feast of the Seven Dolours, Easter, Pentecost, Corpus Christi and at Masses for the dead. 8. Gospel. 9 Creed. to. Collect, now obsolete, though the unanswered invitation, " Let us pray," still survives. t I. Offertory A verse or verses from the Psalms sung at the offering of the elements. 12. Secret . A prayer or prayers said at the conclusion of the Offertory.13. Sursum Corda. " Lift up your hearts.' with following vesicles. 14. Preface. There are now ten proper or special
Ordinary , but as the opening part of the Canon of the mass.15. Sanctus, or Tersanctus, or Triumphal Hymn, " Holy, Holy, Holy," &c., ending with the Benedictus, " Blessed is he that cometh," &c. Canon of the Mass. t. Introductory prayer for acceptance. Te igitur, &c. 2. Intercession for the living. Memento, Domine famulorum, &c. 3. Commemoration of apostles and martyrs. Communicantes et memoriam, &c. 4. Prayer for acceptance and consecration of offering. Haile igitur oblationem, &c. 5. Recital of words of institution. Qui pridie quam pateretur, &c. 6. Oblation. Uncle et memores, &c. 7. Invocation. A passage difficult of interpretation, but apparently meant to be equivalent to the Eastern Epiklesis or invocation of the Holy Ghost . Supplices to rogamus, &c.8. Intercession for the dead. Memento etiam, Domine, famulorum, &c. 9. Lord's Prayer, with a short introduction and the expansion of the last petition into a prayer known as the " Embolismus."ro. Fraction, i.e. breaking of the host into three parts, to symbolize the death and passion of Christ. 11. Commixture, i.e. placing a small portion of the consecrated bread into the chalice symbolizing the reunion of Christ's body
12. Agnus Dei, i.e. a three-fold petition to the Lamb of God.13. Pax, i.e. the kiss of peace. The ancient ritual of the Pax has become almost obsolete. 14. Three prayers, accompanying the Pax and preliminary to communion. 15. Communion of priest and people (if any), a short anthem called '" Communio " being sung meanwhile. 16. Ablution of paten and chalice. 17. Post-communion, i.e. a concluding prayer. 18. Dismissal. The Canon of the Mass strictly ends with No. 9; Nos. I0-18 being an appendix to it. End of Article: ORDER OF THE ROMAN If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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