welcome god is here make yourselves at home. session 5 – the mass
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Overview To celebrate the Mass together To explore each element as we go through To learn some of the history and structure of the Mass To meet with God in word and sacrament.TRANSCRIPT
WelcomeGod is here
Make yourselves at home
Session 5 – The Mass
Overview• To celebrate the Mass together• To explore each element as we go
through• To learn some of the history and
structure of the Mass• To meet with God in word and
sacrament.
Terminology
Terminology• Holy Communion
– The act of sharing the sacred elements• Lord’s Supper
– The anemnesis • Eucharist
– The prayer of consecration• Mass / Divine Liturgy
– The whole thing!
Lectionary• Today is Feria of 32nd Week in
Ordinary Time– Feria is a non-festival day.– Ordinary Time’s colour is green– Collect is taken from the preceeding
Sunday (Year A)– Readings from the Weekday
Lectionary (Year I)
Liturgical Colours• Green
– Ordinary Time• Red
– Martyrs, Good Friday, Pentecost• Purple
– Advent, Lent• White / Gold
– Easter, Christmas, Saints, Our Lady, Eucharistic Devotions
• Black– Funerals and Requiems
Vestments• Not just an excuse for the priest to
‘dress nice’• Indicates the separation of the
person from the role• Priest stands ‘in vicare Christo’ – in
the place of Christ, as an ikon of the Lord– Hence the title “Father” or “Mother”
Vestments• Cassock
– Middle Eastern standard dress• Alb
– White garment symbolising purity• Stole
– Badge of authority taken from Roman Magistrates
• Chasuble– Everyday outer garment adapted over centuries
• Cope– Processional Garment
Common Worship Order One StructureThe people and the priest
• greet each other in the Lord’s name• confess their sins and are assured of God’s forgiveness• keep silence and pray a Collect• proclaim and respond to the word of God• pray for the Church and the world• exchange the Peace• prepare the table• pray the Eucharistic Prayer• break the bread• receive communion• depart with God’s blessing
Greet each other in the Lord’s name
Confess their sins and are assured of God’s
forgiveness
Keep silence and pray a Collect
Proclaim and respond to the word of God
Pray for the Church and the world
Exchange the Peace
Prepare the table
Pray the Eucharistic Prayer
Break the bread
Receive communion
Depart with God’s blessing
This week’s film:
Amelie (2001)
Directed by Jean-Pierre
Jeunet
For reflection• What does the Mass do for us
personally?• How do we feel after making our
Communion?• What role should the people take in
this encounter?• Where should we as a Church be
going with this fundamental worship?
Amen