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Holy Mass

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Ash Wednesday · Year B · I

  • Ash Wednesday

Liturgy of the Word

The readings open in the Douay-Rheims Bible, which numbers the Psalms as the Vulgate does.

In the course of today's Mass, ashes are blessed and distributed. These are made from the olive branches or branches of other trees that were blessed the previous year. Introductory Rites and Liturgy of the Word

The Introductory Rites

All stand. The Priest approaches the altar with the ministers and venerates it while the Entrance Song is sung.

The Penitential Act is omitted, and the Distribution of Ashes takes its place.

Entrance antiphon

Wis 11: 24, 25, 27

You are merciful to all, O Lord,

and despise nothing that you have made.

You overlook people's sins, to bring them to repentance,

and you spare them, for you are the Lord our God.

Miseréris ómnium, Dómine,

et nihil odísti eórum quæ fecísti,

dissímulans peccáta hóminum propter pæniténtiam

et parcens illis, quia tu es Dóminus Deus noster.

All make the Sign of the Cross as the Priest says:

✠ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

✠ In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti.

The people reply:

Amen.

Amen.

Then the Priest greets the people:

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and the love of God,

and the communion of the Holy Spirit

be with you all.

Grátia Dómini nostri Iesu Christi,

et cáritas Dei,

et communicátio Sancti Spíritus

sit cum ómnibus vobis.

Or:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grátia vobis et pax a Deo Patre nostro

et Dómino Iesu Christo.

Or:

The Lord be with you.

Dóminus vobíscum.

The people reply:

And with your spirit.

Et cum spíritu tuo.

In this first greeting a Bishop, instead of The Lord be with you, says:

Peace be with you.

Pax vobis.

The Priest, or a Deacon, or another minister, may very briefly introduce the faithful to the Mass of the day.

Blessing and sprinkling of water

RITE FOR THE BLESSING AND SPRINKLING OF WATER (when it takes place instead of the customary Penitential Act)

On Sundays, especially in Easter Time, the blessing and sprinkling of water as a memorial of Baptism may take place from time to time in all churches and chapels, even in Masses anticipated on Saturday evenings. If this rite is celebrated during Mass, it takes the place of the usual Penitential Act at the beginning of Mass.

After the greeting, the Priest stands at his chair and faces the people. With a vessel containing the water to be blessed before him, he calls upon the people to pray in these or similar words:

Dear brethren (brothers and sisters),

let us humbly beseech the Lord our God

to bless this water he has created,

which will be sprinkled on us

as a memorial of our Baptism.

may he help us by his grace

to remain faithful to the Spirit we have received.

Dóminum Deum nostrum, fratres caríssimi, supplíciter deprecémur,

ut hanc creatúram aquæ benedícere dignétur,

super nos aspergéndam in nostri memóriam baptísmi.

Ipse autem nos adiuváre dignétur,

ut fidéles Spirítui, quem accépimus, maneámus.

And after a brief pause for silence, he continues with hands joined:

Almighty ever-living God,

who willed that through water,

the fountain of life and the source of purification,

even souls should be cleansed

and receive the gift of eternal life;

be pleased, we pray, to ✠ bless this water,

by which we seek protection on this your day, O Lord.

Renew the living spring of your grace within us

and grant that by this water we may be defended

from all ills of spirit and body,

and so approach you with hearts made clean

and worthily receive your salvation.

Through Christ our Lord.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus,

qui voluísti ut per aquam,

fontem vitæ ac purificatiónis princípium,

étiam ánimæ mundaréntur

æternǽque vitæ munus excíperent,

dignáre, quǽsumus, hanc aquam ✠ benedícere,

qua vólumus hac die tua, Dómine, communíri.

Fontem vivum in nobis tuæ grátiæ renovári

et ab omni malo spíritus

et córporis per ipsam nos deféndi concédas,

ut mundis tibi córdibus propinquáre

tuámque digne salútem valeámus accípere.

Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Amen.

Amen.

Or:

Almighty Lord and God,

who are the source and origin of all life,

whether of body or soul,

we ask you to ✠ bless this water,

which we use in confidence

to implore forgiveness for our sins

and to obtain the protection of your grace

against all illness and every snare of the enemy.

Grant, O Lord, in your mercy,

that living waters may always spring up for our salvation,

and so may we approach you with a pure heart

and avoid all danger to body and soul.

Through Christ our Lord.

Dómine Deus omnípotens,

qui es totíus vitæ córporis et ánimæ fons et orígo,

hanc aquam, te quǽsumus, ✠ benedícas,

qua fidénter útimur

ad nostrórum implorándam véniam peccatórum

et advérsus omnes morbos

inimicíque insídias tuæ defensiónem grátiæ consequéndam.

Præsta, Dómine,

ut, misericórdia tua interveniénte,

aquæ vivæ semper nobis sáliant in salútem,

ut mundo tibi corde appropinquáre possímus,

et ómnia córporis animǽque perícula devitémus.

Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Amen.

Amen.

Or, during Easter Time:

Lord our God,

in your mercy be present to your people's prayers,

and, for us who recall the wondrous work of our creation

and the still greater work of our redemption, graciously ✠ bless this water.

For you created water to make the fields fruitful

and to refresh and cleanse our bodies.

You also made water the instrument of your mercy:

for through water you freed your people from slavery

and quenched their thirst in the desert;

through water the Prophets proclaimed the new covenant

you were to enter upon with the human race;

and last of all,

through water, which Christ made holy in the Jordan,

you have renewed our corrupted nature

in the bath of regeneration.

Therefore, may this water be for us

a memorial of the Baptism we have received,

and grant that we may share

in the gladness of our brothers and sisters

who at easter have received their Baptism.

Through Christ our Lord.

Dómine Deus omnípotens,

précibus pópuli tui adésto propítius;

et nobis, mirábile nostræ creatiónis opus,

sed et redemptiónis nostræ mirabílius, memorántibus,

hanc aquam ✠ benedícere tu dignáre.

Ipsam enim tu fecísti,

ut et arva fecunditáte donáret,

et levámen corpóribus nostris munditiámque præbéret.

Aquam étiam tuæ minístram misericórdiæ condidísti;

nam per ipsam solvísti tui pópuli servitútem,

illiúsque sitim in desérto sedásti;

per ipsam novum fœdus nuntiavérunt prophétæ,

quod eras cum homínibus initúrus;

per ipsam dénique,

quam Christus in Iordáne sacrávit,

corrúptam natúræ nostræ substántiam

in regeneratiónis lavácro renovásti.

Sit ígitur hæc aqua nobis suscépti baptísmatis memória,

et cum frátribus nostris, qui sunt in Pascháte baptizáti,

gáudia nos tríbuas sociáre.

Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Amen.

Amen.

Where the circumstances of the place or the custom of the people suggest that the mixing of salt be preserved in the blessing of water, the priest may bless salt, saying:

We humbly ask you, almighty God:

be pleased in your faithful love to bless ✠ this salt

you have created,

for it was you who commanded the prophet elisha

to cast salt into water,

that impure water might be purified.

Grant, O Lord, we pray,

that, wherever this mixture of salt and water is sprinkled,

every attack of the enemy may be repulsed

and your Holy Spirit may be present

to keep us safe at all times.

Through Christ our Lord.

Súpplices te rogámus, omnípotens Deus,

ut hanc creatúram salis ✠ benedícere

tua pietáte dignéris,

qui per Eliséum prophétam in aquam mitti eam iussísti,

ut sanarétur sterílitas aquæ.

Præsta, Dómine, quǽsumus,

ut, ubicúmque hæc salis et aquæ commíxtio fúerit aspérsa,

omni impugnatióne inimíci depúlsa,

præséntia Sancti tui Spíritus nos iúgiter custódiat.

Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Amen.

Amen.

Then he pours the salt into the water, without saying anything.

Afterward, taking the aspergillum, the priest sprinkles himself and the ministers, then the clergy and people, moving through the church, if appropriate.

Meanwhile, one of the following chants, or another appropriate chant is sung.

Outside Easter Time

Antiphon 1 — Ps 51 (50): 9

Sprinkle me with hyssop, o Lord, and I shall be cleansed;

wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

Ps 51 (50): 9

Aspérges me, Dómine, hyssópo et mundábor:

lavábis me, et super nivem dealbábor.

Ps 50, 9

Antiphon 2 — Ez 36: 25-26

I will pour clean water upon you,

and you will be made clean of all your impurities,

and i shall give you a new spirit, says the Lord.

Ez 36: 25-26

Effúndam super vos aquam mundam,

et mundabímini ab ómnibus inquinaméntis vestris,

et dabo vobis cor novum, dicit Dóminus.

Ez 36, 25-26

Hymn — Cf. 1 Pt 1: 3-5

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who in his great mercy has given us new birth into a living hope

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

into an inheritance that will not perish,

preserved for us in heaven

for the salvation to be revealed in the last time!

Cf. 1 Pt 1: 3-5

Benedíctus Deus et Pater Dómini nostri Iesu Christi,

qui secúndum misericórdiam suam magnam regenerávit nos in spem vivam,

per resurrectiónem Iesu Christi ex mórtuis,

in hereditátem incorruptíbilem,

in cælis conservátam nobis

in salútem témpore novíssimo revelándam!

cf. 1 Petr 1, 3-5

When he returns to his chair and the singing is over, the priest stands facing the people and, with hands joined, says:

May almighty God cleanse us of our sins,

and through the celebration of this eucharist

make us worthy to share at the table of his Kingdom.

Deus omnípotens nos a peccátis puríficet,

et per huius Eucharístiæ celebratiónem

dignos nos reddat,

qui mensæ regni sui partícipes efficiámur.

Amen.

Amen.

Penitential Act (From time to time on Sundays, especially in Easter Time, instead of the customary Penitential Act, the blessing and sprinkling of water may take place as a reminder of Baptism.)

The Priest invites the faithful to the Penitential Act.

Penitential Act

Brethen (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

Fratres, agnoscámus peccáta nostra,

ut apti simus ad sacra mystéria celebránda.

A brief pause for silence follows. Then all recite together the formula of general confession:

I confess to almighty God

and to you, my brothers and sisters,

that I have greatly sinned,

in my thoughts and in my words,

in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,

Confíteor Deo omnipoténti et vobis, fratres,

quia peccávi nimis

cogitatióne, verbo, ópere et omissióne:

And, striking their breast, they say:

through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault;

mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa.

Then they continue:

therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,

all the Angels and Saints,

and you, my brothers and sisters,

to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem,

omnes Angelos et Sanctos,

et vos, fratres, oráre pro me

ad Dóminum Deum nostrum.

The absolution by the Priest follows:

May almighty God have mercy on us,

forgive us our sins,

and bring us to everlasting life.

Misereátur nostri omnípotens Deus

et, dimíssis peccátis nostris,

perdúcat nos ad vitam ætérnam.

The people reply:

Amen.

Amen.

Lord, have mercy.

Kýrie, eléison.

Lord, have mercy.

Kýrie, eléison.

Christ, have mercy.

Christe, eléison.

Christ, have mercy.

Christe, eléison.

Lord, have mercy.

Kýrie, eléison.

Lord, have mercy.

Kýrie, eléison.

The Priest says:

Let us pray.

Orémus.

And all pray in silence with the Priest for a while.

Then the Priest, with hands extended, says the Collect prayer;

Collect

Grant, O Lord, that we may begin with holy fasting

this campaign of Christian service,

so that, as we take up battle against spiritual evils, we may be armed with weapons of self-restraint. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

Concéde nobis, Dómine,

præsídia milítiæ christiánæ sanctis inchoáre ieiúniis,

ut, contra spiritáles nequítias pugnatúri,

continéntiæ muniámur auxíliis.

Per Dóminum.

At the end of which the people acclaim:

Amen.

Amen.

The Liturgy of the Word

First Reading

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Joel

2:12-18

Lectio prior

Scindite corda vestra et non vestimenta vestra

Léctio libri Ioélis prophétæ

2, 12-18

«Nunc, dicit Dóminus, convertímini ad me in toto corde vestro, in ieiúnio et in fletu et in planctu; et scíndite corda vestra et non vestiménta vestra, et convertímini ad Dóminum Deum vestrum, quia benígnus et miséricors est, pátiens et multæ misericórdiæ et placábilis super malítia». Quis scit, si convertátur et ignóscat et relínquat post se benedictiónem, oblatiónem et libatiónem Dómino Deo vestro?

Cánite tuba in Sion, sanctificáte ieiúnium, vocáte cœtum; congregáte pópulum, sanctificáte convéntum, coadunáte senes, congregáte párvulos et sugéntes úbera, egrediátur sponsus de cubíli suo, et sponsa de thálamo suo.

Inter vestíbulum et altáre plorent sacerdótes minístri Dómini et dicant: «Parce, Dómine, pópulo tuo et ne des hereditátem tuam in oppróbrium, ut dominéntur eis natiónes». Quare dicent in pópulis: «Ubi est Deus eórum?»

Zelátus est Dóminus terram suam et pepércit pópulo suo.

Verbum Dómini.

'Now, now-it is the Lord who speaks-come back to me with all your heart, fasting, weeping, mourning.' Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn, turn to the Lord your God again, for he is all tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in graciousness, and ready to relent. Who knows if he will not turn again, will not relent, will not leave a blessing as he passes, oblation and libation for the Lord your God? Sound the trumpet in Zion! Order a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, call the people together, summon the community, assemble the elders, gather the children, even the infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his bedroom and the bride her alcove. Between vestibule and altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, lament. Let them say, 'Spare your people, Lord! Do not make your heritage a thing of shame, a byword for the nations. Why should it be said among the nations, "Where is their God?"' Then the Lord, jealous on behalf of his land, took pity on his people.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Deo gratias.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 50, 3-4. 5-6a. 12-13. 14 and 17 (R.: cf. 3a)

Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Miserére, Dómine, quia peccávimus.

Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness. In your compassion blot out my offence. O wash me more and more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin.

Miserére mei, Deus, secúndum misericórdiam tuam;

et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum

dele iniquitátem meam.

Amplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea,

et a peccáto meo munda me.

Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Miserére, Dómine, quia peccávimus.

My offences truly I know them; my sin is always before me. Against you, you alone, have I sinned; what is evil in your sight I have done.

Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco,

et peccátum meum contra me est semper.

Tibi, tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci.

Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Miserére, Dómine, quia peccávimus.

A pure heart create for me, O God, put a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, nor deprive me of your holy spirit.

Cor mundum crea in me, Deus,

et spíritum firmum ínnova in viscéribus meis.

Ne proícias me a fácie tua,

et spíritum sanctum tuum ne áuferas a me.

Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Miserére, Dómine, quia peccávimus.

Give me again the joy of your help; with a spirit of fervor sustain me. O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise.

Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui,

et spíritu promptíssimo confírma me.

Dómine, lábia mea apéries,

et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Miserére, Dómine, quia peccávimus.

Second Reading

A reading from the second Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians

5:20-6:2

Lectio secunda

Reconciliamini Deo. Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile

Léctio Epístolæ secúndæ beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Corínthios

5, 20-21; 6, 1-2

Fratres:

Pro Christo legatióne fúngimur, tamquam Deo exhortánte per nos. Obsecrámus pro Christo, reconciliámini Deo. Eum, qui non nóverat peccátum, pro nobis peccátum fecit, ut nos efficerémur iustítia Dei in ipso.

Adiuvántes autem et exhortámur, ne in vácuum grátiam Dei recipiátis — ait enim: «Témpore accépto exaudívi te et in die salútis adiúvi te»; ecce nunc tempus acceptábile, ecce nunc dies salútis.

Verbum Dómini.

We are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ's name is: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the sinless one into sin, so that in him we might become the goodness of God. As his fellow workers, we beg you once again not to neglect the grace of God that you have received. For he says: At the favourable time, I have listened to you; on the day of salvation I came to your help. Well, now is the favourable time; this is the day of salvation.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Deo gratias.

There follows the Alleluia or another chant laid down by the rubrics, as the liturgical time requires.

Gospel Acclamation

Ps 94:8

If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Hódie, nolíte obduráre corda vestra,

sed vocem Dómini audíte.

The Lord be with you.

Dóminus vobíscum.

And with your spirit.

Et cum spíritu tuo.

Gospel

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

6:1-6.16-18

Evangelium

Pater tuus, qui videt in abscondito, reddet tibi

✠ Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

6, 1-6.16-18

Glory to you, O Lord.

Gloria tibi, Domine.

Jesus said to his disciples: 'Be careful not to parade your good deeds before men to attract their notice; by doing this you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win men's admiration. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing; your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you. 'And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them; I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you pray, go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you. 'When you fast do not put on a gloomy look as the hypocrites do: they pull long faces to let men know they are fasting. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that no one will know you are fasting except your Father who sees all that is done in secret; and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.

In illo témpore: Dixit Iesus discípulis suis:

«Atténdite, ne iustítiam vestram faciátis coram homínibus, ut videámini ab eis; alióquin mercédem non habétis apud Patrem vestrum, qui in cælis est.

Cum ergo fácies eleemósynam, noli tuba cánere ante te, sicut hypócritæ fáciunt in synagógis et in vicis, ut honorificéntur ab homínibus. Amen dico vobis: Recepérunt mercédem suam. Te autem faciénte eleemósynam, nésciat sinístra tua quid fáciat déxtera tua, ut sit eleemósyna tua in abscóndito, et Pater tuus, qui videt in abscóndito, reddet tibi.

Et cum orátis, non éritis sicut hypócritæ, qui amant in synagógis et in ángulis plateárum stantes oráre, ut videántur ab homínibus. Amen dico vobis: Recepérunt mercédem suam. Tu autem cum orábis, intra in cubículum tuum et, clauso óstio tuo, ora Patrem tuum, qui est in abscóndito; et Pater tuus, qui videt in abscóndito, reddet tibi.

Cum autem ieiunátis, nolíte fíeri sicut hypócritæ tristes; demoliúntur enim fácies suas, ut páreant homínibus ieiunántes. Amen dico vobis: Recepérunt mercédem suam. Tu autem cum ieiúnas, unge caput tuum et fáciem tuam lava, ne videáris homínibus ieiúnans sed Patri tuo, qui est in abscóndito; et Pater tuus, qui videt in abscóndito, reddet tibi».

Verbum Dómini.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Laus tibi, Christe.

Then he kisses the book, saying quietly:

Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away.

Per evangélica dicta deleántur nostra delícta.

Then follows the homily, which is to be preached by a Priest or Deacon on all Sundays and holy days of obligation; on other days, it is recommended.

Blessing and Distribution of Ashes After the Homily, the Priest, standing with hands joined, says:

Dear brethren (brothers and sisters), let us humbly ask God our Father that he be pleased to bless with the abundance of his grace

these ashes, which we will put on our heads in penitence.

Deum Patrem, fratres caríssimi, supplíciter deprecémur, ut hos cíneres, quos pæniténtiæ causa capítibus nostris impónimus, ubertáte grátiæ suæ benedícere dignétur.

After a brief prayer in silence, and, with hands extended, he continues:

O God, who are moved by acts of humility

and respond with forgiveness to works of penance, lend your merciful ear to our prayers

and in your kindness pour out the grace of your ✠ blessing on your servants who are marked with these ashes,

that, as they follow the Lenten observances,

they may be worthy to come with minds made pure

to celebrate the Paschal Mystery of your Son. Through Christ our Lord.

Deus, qui humiliatióne flécteris et satisfactióne placáris, aurem tuæ pietátis précibus nostris inclína, et super fámulos tuos, horum cínerum aspersióne contáctos, grátiam tuæ✠ benedictiónis effúnde propítius, ut, quadragesimálem observántiam prosequéntes, ad Fílii tui paschále mystérium celebrándum purificátis méntibus perveníre mereántur. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Amen.

Amen.

Or:

O God, who desire not the death of sinners,

but their conversion,

mercifully hear our prayers

and in your kindness be pleased to bless ✠ these ashes, which we intend to receive upon our heads,

that we, who acknowledge we are but ashes and shall return to dust,

may, through a steadfast observance of Lent,

gain pardon for sins and newness of life

after the likeness of your Risen Son.

Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Deus, qui non mortem sed conversiónem

desíderas peccatórum,

preces nostras cleménter exáudi,

et hos cíneres, quos capítibus nostris impóni decérnimus,

benedícere ✠ pro tua pietáte dignáre,

ut qui nos cínerem esse et in púlverem reversúros cognóscimus,

quadragesimális exercitatiónis stúdio,

peccatórum véniam et novitátem vitæ,

ad imáginem Fílii tui resurgéntis,

cónsequi valeámus.

Qui vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Amen.

He sprinkles the ashes with holy water, without saying anything. Then the Priest places ashes on the head of all those present who come to him, and says to each one:

Repent, and believe in the Gospel.

Pænitémini, et crédite Evangélio.

Mc 1, 15

Or: — Cf. Gn 3, 19

Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris.

Meanwhile, the following are sung:

Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Interim cantatur: Antiphona 1 — Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Immutémur hábitu, in cínere et cilício, ieiunémus, et plorémus ante Dóminum, quia multum miséricors est dimíttere peccáta nostra Deus noster.

Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Antiphona 2 — Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Inter vestíbulum et altáre plorábunt sacerdótes minístri Dómini, et dicent: Parce, Dómine, parce pópulo tuo, et ne claudas ora canéntium te, Dómine.

Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Antiphona 3 — Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Dele, Dómine, iniquitátem meam.

Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Quæ repeti potest post singulos versus psalmi 50 Miserére mei, Deus. Responsorium — Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Emendémus in mélius, quæ ignoránter peccávimus, ne súbito præoccupáti die mortis quærámus spátium pæniténtiæ, et inveníre non possímus. * Atténde, Dómine, et miserére, quia peccávimus tibi.

Adiuva nos, Deus salutáris noster, et propter honórem nóminis tui, Dómine, líbera nos. * Atténde, Dómine.

Cani potest etiam alius cantus aptus. Impositione cinerum peracta, sacerdos lavat manus et procedit ad orationem universalem, ac Missam prosequitur modo consueto.

Antiphon 1 — Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Let us change our garments to sackcloth and ashes, let us fast and weep before the Lord,

that our God, rich in mercy, might forgive us our sins.

Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Antiphon 2 — Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,

stand between the porch and the altar and weep and cry out: Spare, O Lord, spare your people;

do not close the mouths of those who sing your praise, O Lord.

Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Antiphon 3 — Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Blot out my transgressions, O Lord.

Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

This may be repeated after each verse of Psalm 51 (50) (Have mercy on me, O God).Responsory — Cf. Bar 3, 2; Ps 78, 9

Let us correct our faults which we have committed in ignorance, let us not be taken unawares by the day of our death, looking in vain for leisure to repent. * Hear us, O Lord, and show us your mercy, for we have sinned against you.

Help us, O God our Savior; for the sake of your name, O Lord, set us free. * Hear us, O Lord, and show us your mercy, for we have sinned against you.

Another appropriate chant may also be sung. After the distribution of ashes, the Priest washes his hands and proceeds to the Universal Prayer, and continues the Mass in the usual way.

The Creed is not said. The Liturgy of the Eucharist

At the end of the homily, the Symbol or Profession of Faith or Creed, when prescribed, is either sung or said:

Creed

I believe in one God,

Credo in unum Deum,

the Father almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,

the only Begotten Son of God,

born of the Father before all ages.

God from God,

Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

consubstantial with the Father;

through him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation

he came down from heaven,

At the words that follow, up to and including and became man, all bow.

and by the Holy Spirit

was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,

and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,

he suffered death and was buried,

and rose again on the third day

in accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory

to judge the living and the dead

and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son

he is adored and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.

I confess one baptism

for the forgiveness of sins

and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead

and the life of the world to come.

Amen.

Patrem omnipoténtem,

factórem caeli et terrae,

visibílium ómnium et invisibílium.

Et in unum Dóminum Iesum Christum,

Fílium Dei Unigénitum,

et ex Patre natum ante ómnia saecula.

Deum de Deo, lumen de lúmine,

Deum verum de Deo vero,

génitum, non factum, consubstantiálem Patri:

per quem ómnia facta sunt.

Qui propter nos hómines

et propter nostram salútem

descéndit de caelis.

Ad verba quæ sequuntur, usque ad factus est, omnes se inclinant.

Et incarnátus est de Spíritu Sancto ex María Vírgine,

et homo factus est.

Crucifíxus étiam pro nobis sub Póntio Piláto;

passus et sepúltus est,

et resurréxit tértia die, secúndum Scriptúras,

et ascéndit in caelum,

sedet ad déxteram Patris.

Et íterum ventúrus est cum glória,

iudicáre vivos et mórtuos,

cuius regni non erit finis.

Et in Spíritum Sanctum, Dóminum et vivificántem:

qui ex Patre Filióque procédit.

Qui cum Patre et Fílio

simul adorátur et conglorificátur:

qui locútus est per prophétas.

Et unam, sanctam, cathólicam et apostólicam Ecclésiam.

Confíteor unum baptísma in remissiónem peccatórum.

Et exspécto resurrectiónem mortuórum,

et vitam ventúri saeculi.

Amen.

Then follow the Universal Prayer, that is, the Prayer of the Faithful or Bidding Prayers.

The Liturgy of the Eucharist

The Priest, standing at the altar, takes the paten with the bread and holds it slightly raised above the altar with both hands, saying in a low voice:

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,

for through your goodness

we have received the bread we offer you:

fruit of the earth and work of human hands,

it will become for us the bread of life.

Benedíctus es, Dómine, Deus univérsi,

quia de tua largitáte accépimus panem,

quem tibi offérimus,

fructum terræ et óperis mánuum hóminum:

ex quo nobis fiet panis vitæ.

Then he places the paten with the bread on the corporal.

If, however, the Offertory Chant is not sung, the Priest may speak these words aloud; at the end, the people may acclaim:

Blessed be God for ever.

Benedíctus Deus in sǽcula.

The Deacon, or the Priest, pours wine and a little water into the chalice, saying quietly:

By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity.

Per huius aquæ et vini mystérium

eius efficiámur divinitátis consórtes,

qui humanitátis nostræ fíeri dignátus est párticeps.

The Priest then takes the chalice and holds it slightly raised above the altar with both hands, saying in a low voice:

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,

for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you:

fruit of the vine and work of human hands,

it will become our spiritual drink.

Benedíctus es, Dómine, Deus univérsi,

quia de tua largitáte accépimus vinum,

quod tibi offérimus,

fructum vitis et óperis mánuum hóminum,

ex quo nobis fiet potus spiritális.

Then he places the chalice on the corporal.

If, however, the Offertory Chant is not sung, the Priest may speak these words aloud; at the end, the people may acclaim:

Blessed be God for ever.

Benedíctus Deus in sǽcula.

After this, the Priest, bowing profoundly, says quietly:

With humble spirit and contrite heart

may we be accepted by you, O Lord,

and may our sacrifice in your sight this day

be pleasing to you, Lord God.

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.

Then the Priest, standing at the side of the altar, washes his hands, saying quietly:

Wash me, O Lord, from my iniquity

and cleanse me from my sin.

Lava me, Dómine, ab iniquitáte mea,

et a peccáto meo munda me.

Standing at the middle of the altar, facing the people, extending and then joining his hands, he says:

Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),

that my sacrifice and yours

may be acceptable to God,

the almighty Father.

Oráte, fratres:

ut meum ac vestrum sacrifícium

acceptábile fiat apud Deum Patrem omnipoténtem.

The people reply:

May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands

for the praise and glory of his name,

for our good

and the good of all his holy Church.

Suscípiat Dóminus sacrifícium de mánibus tuis

ad laudem et glóriam nóminis sui,

ad utilitátem quoque nostram

totiúsque Ecclésiæ suæ sanctæ.

Then the Priest, with hands extended, says the Prayer over the Offerings;

Prayer over the Offerings

As we solemnly offer

the annual sacrifice for the beginning of Lent, we entreat you, O Lord,

that, through works of penance and charity,

we may turn away from harmful pleasures

and, cleansed from our sins, may become worthy to celebrate devoutly the Passion of your Son. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Sacrifícium quadragesimális inítii sollémniter immolámus,

te, Dómine, deprecántes,

ut per pæniténtiæ caritatísque labóres

a nóxiis voluptátibus temperémus,

et, a peccátis mundáti,

ad celebrándam Fílii tui passiónem mereámur esse devóti.

Qui vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.

at the end of which the people acclaim:

Amen.

Amen.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

The Lord be with you.

Dóminus vobíscum.

The people reply:

And with your spirit.

Et cum spíritu tuo.

The Priest, raising his hands, continues:

Lift up your hearts.

Sursum corda.

The people reply:

We lift them up to the Lord.

Habémus ad Dóminum.

The Priest, with hands extended, adds:

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

Grátias agámus Dómino Deo nostro.

The people reply:

It is right and just.

Dignum et iustum est.

The Priest, with hands extended, continues the Preface.

Preface

The following Preface is said in Masses of the weekdays of Lent and on days of fasting.

It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,

always and everywhere to give you thanks,

Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.

Vere dignum et iustum est,

æquum et salutáre,

nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere:

Dómine, sancte Pater, omnípotens ætérne Deus:

For you will that our self-denial should give you thanks,

humble our sinful pride,

contribute to the feeding of the poor,

and so help us imitate you in your kindness.

Qui nos per abstinéntiam tibi grátias reférre voluísti,

ut ipsa et nos peccatóres ab insoléntia mitigáret,

et, egéntium profíciens aliménto,

imitatóres tuæ benignitátis effíceret.

And so we glorify you with countless Angels,

as with one voice of praise we acclaim:

Et ídeo, cum innúmeris Angelis,

una te magnificámus laudis voce, dicéntes:

At the end of the Preface he joins his hands and concludes the Preface with the people, singing or saying aloud:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.

Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

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.

Eucharistic Prayer

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER III

The Priest, with hands extended, says:

You are indeed Holy, O Lord,

and all you have created

rightly gives you praise,

for through your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,

by the power and working of the Holy Spirit,

you give life to all things and make them holy,

and you never cease to gather a people to yourself,

so that from the rising of the sun to its setting

a pure sacrifice may be offered to your name.

Vere Sanctus es, Dómine,

et mérito te laudat omnis a te cóndita creatúra,

quia per Fílium tuum,

Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum,

Spíritus Sancti operánte virtúte,

vivíficas et sanctíficas univérsa,

et pópulum tibi congregáre non désinis,

ut a solis ortu usque ad occásum

oblátio munda offerátur nómini tuo.

He joins his hands and, holding them extended over the offerings, says:

Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you:

by the same Spirit graciously make holy

these gifts we have brought to you for consecration,

Súpplices ergo te, Dómine, deprecámur,

ut hæc múnera, quæ tibi sacránda detúlimus,

eódem Spíritu sanctificáre dignéris,

He joins his hands and makes the Sign of the Cross once over the bread and chalice together, saying:

that they may become the Body and ✠ Blood of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,

ut Corpus et ✠ Sanguis fiant

Fílii tui Dómini nostri Iesu Christi,

He joins his hands.

at whose command we celebrate these mysteries.

cuius mandáto hæc mystéria celebrámus.

In the formulae that follow, the words of the Lord should be pronounced clearly and distinctly, as the nature of these words requires.

For on the night he was betrayed

Ipse enim in qua nocte tradebátur

He takes the bread and, holding it slightly raised above the altar, continues:

he himself took bread,

and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,

broke the bread and gave it to his disciples, saying:

accépit panem

et tibi grátias agens benedíxit,

fregit,

dedítque discípulis suis, dicens:

He bows slightly

Take this, all of you, and eat of it,

for this is my body,

which will be given up for you.

Accípite et manducáte ex hoc omnes:

Hoc est enim Corpus meum,

quod pro vobis tradétur.

He shows the consecrated host to the people, places it again on the paten, and genuflects in adoration.

After this, he continues:

In a similar way, when supper was ended,

Símili modo, postquam cenátum est,

He takes the chalice and, holding it slightly raised above the altar, continues:

he took the chalice,

and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,

and gave the chalice to his disciples, saying:

accípiens cálicem,

et tibi grátias agens benedíxit,

dedítque discípulis suis, dicens:

He bows slightly.

Take this, all of you, and drink from it,

for this is the chalice of my Blood,

the Blood of the new and eternal covenant,

which will be poured out for you and for many

for the forgiveness of sins.

Do this in memory of me.

Accípite et bíbite ex eo omnes:

Hic est enim calix Sánguinis mei

novi et ætérni testaménti,

qui pro vobis et pro multis effundétur

in remissiónem peccatórum.

Hoc fácite in meam commemoratiónem.

He shows the chalice to the people, places it on the corporal, and genuflects in adoration.

Then he says:

The mystery of faith.

Mystérium fídei.

And the people continue, acclaiming:

We proclaim your Death, O Lord,

and profess your Resurrection

until you come again.

Mortem tuam annuntiámus, Dómine,

et tuam resurrectiónem confitémur, donec vénias.

Or:

The mystery of faith.

Mystérium fídei.

And the people continue, acclaiming:

When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup,

we proclaim your Death, O Lord,

until you come again.

Quotiescúmque manducámus panem hunc

et cálicem bíbimus,

mortem tuam annuntiámus, Dómine, donec vénias.

Or:

The mystery of faith.

Mystérium fídei.

And the people continue, acclaiming:

Save us, Saviour of the world,

for by your Cross and Resurrection

you have set us free.

Salvátor mundi, salva nos,

qui per crucem et resurrectiónem tuam liberásti nos.

Then the Priest, with hands extended, says:

Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial

of the saving Passion of your Son,

his wondrous Resurrection

and Ascension into heaven,

and as we look forward to his second coming,

we offer you in thanksgiving

this holy and living sacrifice.

Mémores ígitur, Dómine,

eiúsdem Fílii tui salutíferæ passiónis

necnon mirábilis resurrectiónis

et ascensiónis in cælum,

sed et præstolántes álterum eius advéntum,

offérimus tibi, grátias referéntes,

hoc sacrifícium vivum et sanctum.

Look, we pray, upon the oblation of your Church

and, recognizing the sacrificial Victim by whose death

you willed to reconcile us to yourself,

grant that we, who are nourished

by the Body and Blood of your Son

and filled with his Holy Spirit,

may become one body, one spirit in Christ.

Réspice, quǽsumus, in oblatiónem Ecclésiæ tuæ

et, agnóscens Hóstiam, cuius voluísti immolatióne placári,

concéde, ut qui Córpore et Sánguine Fílii tui refícimur,

Spíritu eius Sancto repléti,

unum corpus et unus spíritus inveniámur in Christo.

May he make of us

an eternal offering to you,

so that we may obtain an inheritance with your elect,

especially with the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,

with blessed Joseph, her Spouse,

with your blessed Apostles and glorious Martyrs

(with Saint N.: the Saint of the day or Patron Saint)

and with all the Saints,

on whose constant intercession in your presence

we rely for unfailing help.

Ipse nos tibi perfíciat munus ætérnum,

ut cum eléctis tuis hereditátem cónsequi valeámus,

in primis cum beatíssima Vírgine, Dei Genetríce, María,

cum beáto Ioseph, eius Sponso,

cum beátis Apóstolis tuis et gloriósis Martýribus

( cum Sancto N.: Sancto diei vel patrono)

et ómnibus Sanctis,

quorum intercessióne

perpétuo apud te confídimus adiuvári.

May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation,

we pray, O Lord,

advance the peace and salvation of all the world.

Be pleased to confirm in faith and charity

your pilgrim Church on earth,

with your servant N. our Pope and N. our Bishop,

the Order of Bishops, all the clergy,

and the entire people you have gained for your own.

Hæc Hóstia nostræ reconciliatiónis profíciat,

quǽsumus, Dómine,

ad totíus mundi pacem atque salútem.

Ecclésiam tuam, peregrinántem in terra,

in fide et caritáte firmáre dignéris

cum fámulo tuo Papa nostro N. et Epíscopo nostro N.,

cum episcopáli órdine et univérso clero

et omni pópulo acquisitiónis tuæ.

Listen graciously to the prayers of this family,

whom you have summoned before you:

in your compassion, O merciful Father,

gather to yourself all your children

scattered throughout the world.

Votis huius famíliæ, quam tibi astáre voluísti,

adésto propítius.

Omnes fílios tuos ubíque dispérsos

tibi, clemens Pater, miserátus coniúnge.

To our departed brothers and sisters

and to all who were pleasing to you

at their passing from this life,

give kind admittance to your kingdom.

There we hope to enjoy for ever the fullness of your glory

Fratres nostros defúnctos

et omnes qui, tibi placéntes, ex hoc sǽculo transiérunt,

in regnum tuum benígnus admítte,

ubi fore sperámus,

ut simul glória tua perénniter satiémur,

In Masses for the Dead another prayer may be added.

† Remember your servant N.

whom you have called (today)

from this world to yourself.

Grant that he (she)

who was united with your Son in a death like his,

may also be one with him in his Resurrection,

when from the earth

he will raise up in the flesh those who have died,

and transform our lowly body

after the pattern of his own glorious body.

To our departed brothers and sisters, too,

and to all who were pleasing to you

at their passing from this life,

give kind admittance to your kingdom.

There we hope to enjoy for ever the fullness of your glory,

when you will wipe away every tear from our eyes.

For seeing you, our God, as you are,

we shall be like you for all the ages

and praise you without end,

† Meménto fámuli tui (fámulae tuae)N.,

quem (quam)(hódie) ad te ex hoc mundo vocásti.

Concéde, ut, qui (quae) complantátus (complantáta)

fuit similitúdini mortis Fílii tui,

simul fiat et resurrectiónis ipsíus,

quando mórtuos suscitábit in carne de terra

et corpus humilitátis nostræ

configurábit córpori claritátis suæ.

Sed et fratres nostros defúnctos,

et omnes qui, tibi placéntes, ex hoc sǽculo transiérunt,

in regnum tuum benígnus admítte,

ubi fore sperámus,

ut simul glória tua perénniter satiémur,

quando omnem lácrimam abstérges ab óculis nostris,

quia te, sícuti es, Deum nostrum vidéntes,

tibi símiles érimus cuncta per sǽcula,

et te sine fine laudábimus,

He joins his hands.

through Christ our Lord,

through whom you bestow on the world all that is good.

per Christum Dóminum nostrum,

per quem mundo bona cuncta largíris.

He takes the chalice and the paten with the host and raising both, he says:

Through him, and with him, and in him,

O God, almighty Father,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

all glory and honour is yours,

for ever and ever.

Per ipsum, et cum ipso, et in ipso,

est tibi Deo Patri omnipoténti,

in unitáte Spíritus Sancti,

omnis honor et glória

per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

The people acclaim:

Amen.

Amen.

Then follows the Communion Rite.

The communion rite

After the chalice and paten have been set down, the Priest, with hands joined, says:

At the Saviour's command and formed by divine teaching,

we dare to say:

Præcéptis salutáribus móniti,

et divína institutióne formáti,

audémus dícere:

He extends his hands and, together with the people, continues:

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,

but deliver us from evil.

Pater noster,

qui es in caelis:

sanctificétur nomen tuum;

advéniat regnum tuum;

fiat volúntas tua,

sicut in caelo, et in terra.

Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie;

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris;

et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem;

sed líbera nos a malo.

With hands extended, the Priest alone continues, saying:

Deliver us, Lord, we pray,

from every evil,

graciously grant peace in our days,

that, by the help of your mercy,

we may be always free from sin

and safe from all distress,

as we await the blessed hope

and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Líbera nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, ab ómnibus malis,

da propítius pacem in diébus nostris,

ut, ope misericórdiæ tuæ adiúti,

et a peccáto simus semper líberi

et ab omni perturbatióne secúri:

exspectántes beátam spem

et advéntum Salvatóris nostri Iesu Christi.

He joins his hands.

The people conclude the prayer, acclaiming:

For the kingdom,

the power

and the glory

are yours now and for ever.

Quia tuum est regnum,

et potéstas,

et glória in sǽcula.

Then the Priest, with hands extended, says aloud:

Lord Jesus Christ,

you said to your apostles:

Peace I leave you, my peace I give you,

look not on our sins,

but on the faith of your Church,

and graciously grant her peace and unity

in accordance with your will.

Dómine Iesu Christe,

qui dixísti Apóstolis tuis:

Pacem relínquo vobis,

pacem meam do vobis:

ne respícias peccáta nostra,

sed fidem Ecclésiæ tuæ;

eámque secúndum voluntátem tuam

pacificáre et coadunáre dignéris.

He joins his hands.

Who live and reign for ever and ever.

Qui vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum.

The people reply:

Amen.

Amen.

The Priest, turned towards the people, extending and then joining his hands, adds:

The peace of the Lord be with you always.

Pax Dómini sit semper vobíscum.

The people reply:

And with your spirit.

Et cum spíritu tuo.

Then, if appropriate, the Deacon, or the Priest, adds:

Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

Offérte vobis pacem.

And all offer one another a sign, in keeping with local customs, that expresses peace, communion, and charity. The Priest gives the sign of peace to a Deacon or minister.

Then he takes the host, breaks it over the paten, and places a small piece in the chalice, saying quietly:

May this mingling of the Body

and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ

bring eternal life to us who receive it.

Hæc commíxtio Córporis et Sánguinis

Dómini nostri Iesu Christi

fiat accipiéntibus nobis in vitam ætérnam.

Meanwhile the following is sung or said:

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,

have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,

have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,

grant us peace.

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.

Then the Priest, with hands joined, says quietly:

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God,

who, by the will of the Father

and the work of the Holy Spirit,

through your Death gave life to the world,

free me by this, your most holy Body and Blood,

from all my sins and from every evil;

keep me always faithful to your commandments,

and never let me be parted from you.

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.

Or:

May the receiving of your Body and Blood, Lord Jesus Christ,

not bring me to judgment and condemnation,

but through your loving mercy

be for me protection in mind and body

and a healing remedy.

Percéptio Córporis et Sánguinis tui, Dómine Iesu Christe,

non mihi provéniat in iudícium et condemnatiónem:

sed pro tua pietáte prosit mihi ad tutaméntum mentis et córporis,

et ad medélam percipiéndam.

The Priest genuflects, takes the host and, holding it slightly raised above the paten or above the chalice, while facing the people, says aloud:

Behold the Lamb of God,

behold him who takes away the sins of the world.

Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

Ecce Agnus Dei,

ecce qui tollit peccáta mundi.

Beáti qui ad cenam Agni vocáti sunt.

And together with the people he adds once:

Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,

but only say the word,

and my soul shall be healed.

Dómine, non sum dignus,

ut intres sub téctum meum,

sed tantum dic verbo,

et sanábitur ánima mea.

The Priest, facing the altar, says quietly:

May the Body of Christ keep me safe for eternal life.

Corpus Christi custódiat me in vitam ætérnam.

And he reverently consumes the Body of Christ.

Then he takes the chalice and says quietly:

May the Blood of Christ keep me safe for eternal life.

Sanguis Christi custódiat me in vitam ætérnam.

And he reverently consumes the Blood of Christ. The prayer before Communion may be said by the people or by the priest.

After this, he takes the paten or ciborium and approaches the communicants. The Priest raises a host slightly and shows it to each of the communicants, saying:

The Body of Christ.

Corpus Christi.

The communicant replies:

Amen.

Amen.

And receives Holy Communion.

If a Deacon also distributes Holy Communion, he does so in the same manner.

If any are present who are to receive Holy Communion under both kinds, the rite described in the proper place is to be followed.

While the Priest is receiving the Body of Christ, the Communion Chant begins.

Communion antiphon

Cf. Ps 1: 2-3

He who ponders the law of the Lord day and night will yield fruit in due season.

Qui meditábitur in lege Dómini die ac nocte, dabit fructum suum in témpore suo.

When the distribution of Communion is over, the Priest or a deacon or an acolyte purifies the paten over the chalice and also the chalice itself. While he carries out the purification, the Priest says quietly:

What has passed our lips as food, O Lord, may we possess in purity of heart, that what has been given to us in time may be our healing for eternity.

Quod ore súmpsimus, Dómine,

pura mente capiámus,

et de múnere temporáli

fiat nobis remédium sempitérnum.

Then the Priest may return to the chair. If appropriate, a sacred silence may be observed for a while, or a psalm or other canticle of praise or a hymn may be sung.

Then, standing at the altar or at the chair and facing the people, with hands joined, the Priest says:

Let us pray.

Orémus.

All pray in silence with the Priest for a while, unless silence has just been observed. then the Priest, with hands extended, says the prayer after Communion.

Prayer after communion

May the Sacrament we have received sustain us, O Lord,

that our Lenten fast may be pleasing to you

and be for us a healing remedy.

Through Christ our Lord.

Percépta nobis, Dómine,

prǽbeant sacraménta subsídium,

ut tibi grata sint nostra ieiúnia,

et nobis profíciant ad medélam.

Per Christum.

At the end of which the people acclaim:

Amen.

Amen.

The concluding rites

If they are necessary, any brief announcements to the people follow here.

Then the dismissal takes place. The Priest, facing the people and extending his hands, says:

The Lord be with you.

Dóminus vobíscum.

The people reply:

And with your spirit.

Et cum spíritu tuo.

On certain days or occasions, this formula of blessing is preceded, in accordance with the rubrics, by another more solemn formula of blessing or by a prayer over the people

Prayer over the People

For the dismissal, the Priest stands facing the people and, extending his hands over them, says this prayer:

Pour out a spirit of compunction, O God,

on those who bow before your majesty,

and by your mercy may they merit the rewards you promise to those who do penance.

Super inclinántes se tuæ maiestáti, Deus,

spíritum compunctiónis propítius effúnde,

et præmia pæniténtibus repromíssa

misericórditer cónsequi mereántur.

Per Christum.

The Priest blesses the people, saying:

May almighty God bless you,

the Father, and the Son, ✠ and the Holy Spirit.

Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus,

Pater, et Fílius, ✠ et Spíritus Sanctus.

The people reply:

Amen.

Amen.

Bishop's blessing

In a Pontifical Mass, the celebrant receives the miter and, extending his hands, says:

The Lord be with you.

Dóminus vobíscum.

All reply:

And with your spirit.

Et cum spíritu tuo.

The celebrant says:

Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum.

All reply:

Now and for ever.

Ex hoc nunc et usque in sǽculum.

The celebrant says:

Our help is in the name of the Lord.

Adiutórium nostrum in nómine Dómini.

All reply:

Who made heaven and earth.

Qui fecit cælum et terram.

Then the celebrant receives the pastoral staff, if he uses it, and says:

May almighty God bless you,

Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus,

making the Sign of the Cross over the people three times, he adds:

the Father, ✠ and the Son, ✠ and the Holy ✠ Spirit.

Pater, ✠ et Fílius, ✠ et Spíritus ✠ Sanctus.

All:

Amen.

Amen.

Then the Deacon, or the Priest himself, with hands joined and facing the people, says:

Go forth, the Mass is ended.

Ite, missa est.

Or: Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.

Or: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

Or: Go in peace.

The people reply:

Thanks be to God.

Deo grátias.

Then the Priest venerates the altar as usual with a kiss, as at the beginning. After making a profound bow with the ministers, he withdraws.

If any liturgical action follows immediately, the rites of dismissal are omitted.

The blessing and distribution of ashes may also take place outside Mass. In this case, the rite is preceded by a Liturgy of the Word, with the Entrance Antiphon, the Collect, and the readings with their chants as at Mass. Then there follow the Homily and the blessing and distribution of ashes. The rite is concluded with the Universal Prayer, the Blessing, and the Dismissal of the Faithful.