We Give Thanks At Mass

Part 2

Welcome back!

Last time, we looked at:

1. Who & Where Mass began

2. The Washing of Feet3. The Last Supper4. Eucharist = Thanks

Giving5. Family Meals

Order of Mass4 Sections

1. We Gather2. We Hear the Word of God3. We Receive Jesus at

Communion4. We Go to Share the Good

News with Others

1. We Gather

We Enter the Church We Sing Hymns We Pray Together

2. We Hear the Word of God

We read from the Bible:• First Reading• Read or Sing the Psalm• Second Reading

• Sing the Alleluia • Hear the Gospel being

Proclaimed

• Say what we believe in with the Creed• Pray our Prayers of the

Faithful

3. We Receive Jesus at Communion• We Present the Gifts of Bread

and Wine

• We Pray during the Consecration

• We have the Eucharistic Prayer

• We Pray the Our Father

• We Offer the Sign of Peace to one another

• We Receive Jesus into our hearts when we receive Holy Communion

4. We Go to Share the Good News with Others

• We have our final Blessing at Mass and then we are told to go in Peace

• This means that we must take what we have heard and experienced in the Church and carry it in our hearts all week

• We need to share the Good News of Jesus all the time and with everyone we meet

Responses at Mass

INTRODUCTORY RITESPriest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the

Holy Spirit.All: Amen.

GREETINGSPriest: The Lord be with you.All: And with your spirit.

Penitential ActsI 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, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angles and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Lord, Have Mercy

Priest: Lord, have mercy.All: Lord, have mercy.

Priest: Christ, have mercy.All: Christ, have mercy.

Priest: Lord, have mercy.All: Lord, have mercy.

Priest: A Thiarna déan trócaireAll: A Thiarna déan trócaire

Priest: A Chríost déan trócaireAll: A Chríost déan trócaire

Priest: A Thiarna déan trócaireAll: A Thiarna déan trócaire

Listening to the Word of God

RESPONSE AFTER THE READINGS

Reader: The word of the Lord.All: Thanks be to God.

How We Greet The Gospel…

BEFORE THE GOSPEL

Priest: The Lord be with you.All: And with your spirit.

Priest: A reading from theHoly Gospel accordingto Matthew/ Mark/ Luke/John.

All: Glory to you, O Lord.

AFTER THE GOSPEL

Priest: The Gospel of theLord

All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

The Preface

Priest: The Lord be with you.All: And with your spirit.

Priest: Lift up your hearts.All: We lift them up to the Lord.

Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.All: It is right and just.

Communion Rite – Our FatherPriest: At the Saviour’s command and formed by

divine teaching, we dare to say:

All: 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.

Sign of Peace

SIGN OF PEACEPriest: The peace of the Lord

be with you always.All: And with your spirit.

Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION

Priest: The Body of ChristAll: Amen.

Going to Share the Good News with Others

Priest: The Lord be with you.All: And with your spirit.

Priest: May almighty God bless you, the Father, and theSon, and the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

Priest: The Mass is ended. Go in peace, glorifying the Lordby your life.

All: Thanks be to God

Posture at Mass

Prayer Moment

Prayer Before CommunionLord Jesus, come to me.Lord, Jesus, give me your love.Lord Jesus, come to me and give me yourself.

Lord Jesus, friend of children, come to me. Lord Jesus, you are my Lord and my God.Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer After CommunionLord Jesus, I love and adore you.You’re a special friend to me.Welcome, Lord Jesus, O welcome. Thank you for coming to me.Thank you, Lord Jesus, O thank you for giving yourself to me.Make me strong to show your love wherever I may be.

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask you to stay close by me forever and love me, I pray.Bless all of us children in your loving care and bring us to heaven to live with you there.

I’m ready now, Lord Jesus,To show how much I care.I’m ready now to give your loveAt home and everywhere.Amen.