A Walk Through the Mass: Part 2

TODAY Many people express their reverence with an even older custom and ____________to the alter taking their place

• knee

• bow

• pray

When the mass begins everyone

• sits down

• stands up

• bows

Opening prayer at the close of this part of the mass the priest will ask us to join our minds in prayer , and after a few moments of silence he will collect our intentions into one prayer to which we all respond Amen a Hebrew word for ________

• bless you

• so be it or amen

• peace be with you

Greeting. The Priest will ask us to begin with the sign of the cross, again reminding us of Baptism and will greet us saying The Lord be with you. The ritual response to this greeting is always _______________

by which we return the hello, the good wishes the statement of faith.

• God Bless

• Amen

• And with your spirit

Penitential Rite: We are asked to pause and recall our common need for salvation. We ask for the Lord's mercy when we say, Lord have Mercy, Lord have Mercy We are asking _____________for our sins

• forgiveness

• repentance

• atonement

Liturgy of the word when we gather at a friends home for a meal we always begin with a conversation telling our stories. At Mass, after the rites of gathering, we sit down and listen as __________ from the word of God are proclaimed. They are stories of God's people.

• Glory be to God

• Readings

• Lips

The priest will again greet us with the lord be with you. He then introduces the Gospel Reading. The priest and the people mark a small cross on their ________ ____________and ____ and say the words _____

• Forehead, lips and heart, glory to you, lord

• Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, Amen

The Gospel reading concludes with the words "The Gospel of the Lord" and we responded, after proclaiming our faith in the presence of Christ in the word.

• Lord, hear our prayer

• Glory to you Lord

• Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

After the homily, on Sundays, we stand and recite the creed. The Creed is a ________________

in the word we have heard proclaimed in the scripture and the homily and a profession of the faith that leads us to give our lives for one another as Christ gave his life for us>

• Statement of our faith

• Lord hear our prayer

Universal prayer: The liturgy of the word comes to an end with the intercessions. The intercessions help us become who is god is calling us to be. We pray for the church, nations and their leaders, people in special need and the local needs of our parish- the petitions usually fall into these four categories. A minister will announce the petitions and we are usually given an opportunity to pray for the intentions in our heart making some common response,

• God Bless

• Amen

• Lord hear our prayer