Ch 11 · Lesson 14

The Mass responses

The lines the congregation says or sings back, so you can follow a Latin Mass rather than just hear one.

Why these go together

These are the fixed exchanges of the Latin Mass, the same in the old rite and the new. Most are a greeting and its answer: the priest says and the people reply . , is the dismissal, and the word , sent away, is where the English Mass gets its name.

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    The Lord be with you.

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    And with your spirit.

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

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    Lift up your hearts.

    Literally: hearts upwards

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    We lift them up to the Lord.

    Literally: we have (them) to the Lord

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    Thanks be to God.

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    Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world.

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    Go, you are dismissed (the end of Mass).

    Literally: go, it has been sent

Matching

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Match each phrase to what it means.

Fill in the blank

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Put the missing word back.

  1. Dominus . (The Lord be with you.)

  2. Et cum tuo. (And with your spirit.)

  3. In Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. (In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.)

  4. Sursum . (Lift up your hearts.)

  5. ad Dominum. (We lift them up to the Lord.)

  6. Deo . (Thanks be to God.)

  7. Agnus Dei, qui tollis mundi. (Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world.)

  8. , missa est. (Go, you are dismissed (the end of Mass).)

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