Eucharist: Celebrating the Mass: Liturgy of the Eucharist

Celebrating the Mass

A Walkthrough of the Mass

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Preparation of the Altar and Gifts (.wav)

The priest lifts up the bread and prays:

Priest:	Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has given and human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life.
People:	Blessed be God for ever.

The priest lifts up the chalice, or cup, of wine and prays:

Priest:	Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink.
People:	Blessed be God for ever.

The priest invites us to pray.

Priest:	Pray, my brothers and sisters, that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father
People:	May the Lord accept the sacrifice.
Priest:	at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good, and the good of all his Church.

Prayer over the Gifts

We stand and the priest leads us in praying the prayer over the gifts.

People:

Amen.

Eucharistic Prayer (.wav)

We pray the Church's great prayer of thanksgiving and sanctification.

Priest:	The Lord be with you.
People:	And also with you.
Priest:	Lift up your hearts.
People:	We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest:	Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People:	It is right to give him thanks and praise.

After the priest says or sings the preface, we join in saying aloud or singing the acclamation. (.wav)

All:

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.
Hosanna in the highest.

After we do what Jesus asked us to do at the Last Supper in memory of him, we proclaim our faith in Jesus. We join in saying aloud or singing the memorial acclamation. (.wav)

Priest or deacon:	Let us proclaim the mystery of faith.
People:	Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.

The priest leads us in proclaiming our praise of God by saying aloud or singing the doxology to conclude the eucharistic prayer. (.wav)

Priest:	Through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, almighty Father, for ever and ever.
People:	Amen.

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