Mass EC

Question 1

What does Mass begin

Answer 1

entrance chant or song

Question 2

How do the celebrant and other ministers enter the church?

Answer 2

In procession and reverence the altar with a bow and/or a kiss

Question 3

what is the altar a symbol of

Answer 3

Christ at the heart if the assembly and so does deserve this special reverence

Question 4

What happens after the celebrant and ministers enter in procession and reverence the altar with a bow and/or a kiss

Answer 4

all make the sign of the cross and the celebrant extends a greeting to the people in the church with words taken from scripture

Question 5

What follows the greeting

Answer 5

the penitential act

Question 6

What do the faithful recall “at the very beginning of the Mass”

Answer 6

their sins and place their trust in God’s abiding mercy

Question 7

What does the penitential act include

Answer 7

The Kyrie Eleison

Question 8

What does the Greek phrase Kyrie Eleison mean

Answer 8

Lord, have mercy

Question 9

What the Kyrie Eleison, this litany, recall

Answer 9

God’s merciful actions throughout history

Question 10

What occurs on Sunday, especially in Easter Time, in place of the customary penitential act

Answer 10

from time to time the blessing and sprinkling of the water to recall BAPTISM

Question 11

What follows the penitential act on sundays, solemnities, and other feasts

Answer 11

Gloria

Question 12

How does the GLORIA begin

Answer 12

by echoing the proclamation of the angels at the birth of Christ:

“GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST”

Question 13

What occurs in the GLORIA or the ancient hymn

Answer 13

the gathered assembly joins the heavenly choir in offering praise and adoration to the Father and Jesus through the Holy Spirit

Question 14

What does the INTRODUCTORY RITES conclude with

what happens in the collect

Answer 14

• an opening prayer called the COLLECT

The Collect:
- the celebrant invites the gathered assembly to pray
- after a brief silence, proclaims the prayer of the day
- gathers the prayers of all into one and disposes all to hear the word of God in the context of celebration

Question 15

What is most of the LITURGY OF THE WORD made up of

Answer 15

• readings from scripture

Question 16

How many scripture readings are on SUNDAYS AND SOLEMNITIES

Answer 16

• there are three scripture readings

Question 17

During most of the year:

Where is the first reading from?
Where is the second reading from?

Answer 17

• first reading: the old testament
• second reading: new testament letters from the apostles known as the epistles

Question 18

During easter time:

where is the first reading taken from?
where is the last reading taken from?

Answer 18

• first reading: the Acts of the Apostles which tells the story of the church in earliest days
• last reading: one of the four Gospels

Question 19

In the LITURGY OF THE WORD:

who does the Church feed?

Answer 19

• the people of God from the table of his Word (Sacrosanctum Concilium)

Question 20

What are the scriptures? What occurs in the Scriptures

Answer 20

• the word of God
• written under the inspiration of the HS
• God speaks to us, leading us along hte path to salvation

Question 21

When is the Responsorial Psalm sung? What does the pslam helps us do?

Answer 21

• between the readings
• helps us to meditate on the word of God

Question 22

What is the high point of the LITURGY OF THE WORD

Answer 22

the reading of the Gospel

Question 23

Why does the GOSPEL receive several special signs of honor and reverence

Answer 23

• because the Gospels tell of the life, ministry, and preaching of Christ

Question 24

What do the gathered assembly do when they hear the Gospel? What is the Gospel introduced by?

Answer 24

• gathered assembly stands to hear the Gospel
• by acclamation of praise

Question 25

What is that acclamation of praise in the Gospel hearing, apart from Lent

Answer 25

“Alleluia”

Question 26

Where is Alleluia from

Answer 26

derived from a Hebrew phrase meaning “Praise the Lord”

Question 27

Who reads the Gospel

Answer 27

a deacon, if not, a priest

Question 28

What does the celebrant do after the scripture readings

Answer 28

celebrant preaches the homily

Question 29

What does the preacher do in the homily

Answer 29

the preacher:
- focuses on the Scripture texts or some other texts from the liturgy
- drawing from them lessons that may help us to live better lives
- more faithful to Christ’s call to grow in holiness

Question 30

What follows the homily in many masses

Answer 30

the profession of faith which is either the Nicene or Apostles’ Creed

Question 31

What is the Nicene Creed

Answer 31

• the ancient statement of faith dating from the 4th century

Question 32

what is the Apostles’ Creed?

Answer 32

the ancient baptismal creed of the Church in Rome

Question 33

What takes the place of the Creed

Answer 33

baptismal promises renewed from a formula based on the Apostles’ Creed

Question 34

What does the LITURGY OF THE WORD conclude with

Answer 34

• the Universal Prayer aka the Prayer of the Faithful

Question 35

Who does the gathered assembly intercedes with

Answer 35

• God on behalf of the Church, the world, themselves
• entrusting their needs to the faithful and loving God