Mass (liturgy)
The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church, and of some Protestant churches. This page quotes from texts of the Mass in Latin and English and records quotations about the Mass.
Quotes
[edit]- In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.
- Kyrie, eleison. Christe, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
- Lord, have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
- Kyrie
- Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
- Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth.
- Gloria
- Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem coeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium.
- We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.
- Credo (Creed)
- Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virgine: et homo factus est.
- He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
- Credo (Creed)
- Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
- Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
- Sanctus
- Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum.
- The Peace of the Lord be with you always.
- Ritus Communionis (Communion Rite)
- Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
- 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.
- Ritus Communionis (Communion Rite)
- Ite, missa est.
Deo gratias.- The Mass is ended, go in peace.
Thanks be to God! - Ritus Conclusionis (Concluding Rite)
- The Mass is ended, go in peace.
- Dominus vobiscum.
Et cum spiritu tuo.- The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit. - Antiphon
- The Lord be with you.
- Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
- Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.
- Confiteor (Confession)
- Hoc est enim Corpus meum.
- For this is My Body.
- Consecratio (Consecration)
- Hic est enim Calix Sanguinis mei, novi et aeterni testamenti: mysterium fidei: qui pro vobis et pro multis effundetur in remissionem peccatorum.
- For this is the chalice of My Blood, of the new and eternal covenant; the mystery of faith; which shall be shed for you and for many unto the forgiveness of sins.
- Consecratio (Consecration)
- O felix culpa, quae talem ac tantum meruit habere Redemptorem.
- O happy fault, which has deserved to have such and so mighty a Redeemer.
- Exsultet (Easter Proclamation)
About the Mass
[edit]- La Messa è il sacrificio del cielo, perché ciò che il celebrante delle nostre Messe su questa terra tiene tra le sue dita è il Cristo glorioso, che si offre in quel momento alla maestà del Padre.
- Mass is the sacrifice of heaven, because what the celebrant of our Masses on this earth holds in his fingers is the glorious Christ, who offers himself at that moment to the majesty of the Father.
- Gérard Calvet, La santa liturgia, Nova Millennium Romae, translation from French by the Benedictine nuns of the Monastery of St. Benedict in Bergamo, edited by Fr. Romualdo, Oblate, January 2011
- Non posso anche se convertissi tutto il mondo fare cosa più grande della Messa. La Messa è tutto. La mia parola darà luce alle anime, ma è solo la Messa che dona alle anime la redenzione di Gesù, perché è solo il Sacrificio di Gesù ripresentato dalla Messa sull'altare che salva il mondo dal peccato.
- Even if I converted the whole world, I could not do anything greater than the Mass. The Mass is everything. My words will enlighten souls, but only the Mass gives souls the redemption of Jesus, because only the Sacrifice of Jesus, re-presented by the Mass on the altar, saves the world from sin.
- Father Mariano da Torino, as quoted in Paolo Risso, Venerabile Mariano da Torino (Paolo Roasenda) Sacerdote cappuccino, santiebeati.it, 12 July 2020
- The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the font from which all her power flows.
- Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium), 4 December 1963, paragraph 10
- Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed. New compositions will be written because the composers, like their forebears, will see the setting of the Mass text to music as a means of possibly expiating their sins and assuring their music's immortality. Musicians will fight for the chance to become organists and choirmasters. The faithful will clamor for it. It will again become part of a living tradition.
- Richard Morris, "The Collapse-and Rebirth-of Sacred Music: An Interview with Richard Morris", Latin Mass Magazine (Spring 1999)
