Mass Part 2: Extra Credit

Question 1

What starts the Liturgy of the Eucharist?

Answer 1

The Presentation of the Gifts and the Preparation of the Altar

Question 2

What happens while the ministers prepare the altar?

Answer 2

Representatives of the people bring forward the bread and wine that will become the Body and Blood of Christ

Question 3

Where does the celebrant place these gifts?

Answer 3

On the altar, the place of the Eucharistic sacrifice

Question 4

What other gifts can be offered besides the bread and wine?

Answer 4

Monetary gifts for support of the Church and care of the poor

Question 5

What prayer concludes the preparation and disposes all for the Eucharastic Prayer?

Answer 5

The Prayer over the Offerings

Question 6

What is the heart of the Liturgy of the Eucharist?

Answer 6

The Eucharistic Prayer

Question 7

During the Eucharastic Prayer, what does the celebrant act as?

Answer 7

He acts in the person of Chris as the head of His body, the Church

Question 8

What is the central focus of the introductory dialogue?

Answer 8

Thanksgiving

Question 9

What establishes that this prayer is the prayer of the baptized and ordained?

Answer 9

The introductory dialogue

Question 10

What happens after the introductory dialogue?

Answer 10

The Preface

Question 11

Who are the Eucharistic Prayers offered to?

Answer 11

To the Father

Question 12

What provides the summary for the Eucharistic Prayer?i

Answer 12

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal (no. 79)

Question 13

What are the first three elements of the Eucharistic Prayer?

Answer 13

A) Thanksgiving (expressed in the Preface),
B) The acclamation, as presented in the Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy),
C) The epiclesis, in which the Church implores the Holy Spirit to consecrate the gifts offered by human hands

Question 14

What are the next three elements of the Eucharistic Prayer?

Answer 14

D) The Institution narrative and Consecration
E) The anamnesis, which celebrates the memorial of Christ
F) The oblation, in which the congregation is encouraged to offer themselves

Question 15

What are the last two elements of the Eucharistic Prayer?

Answer 15

G) The Intercessions, in which the Eucharist is celebrated in communion with the whole Church
H) The concluding doxology, in which God is glorified and people exclaim “Amen.”

Question 16

What follows the Eucharistic Prayer?

Answer 16

The Communion Rite

Question 17

What prayer begins the Communion Rite?

Answer 17

The Lord’s Prayer (as featured in Matthew 6: 9-13 and Luke 11: 2-4)

Question 18

What follows the Lord’s Prayer?

Answer 18

The Rite of Peace, in which peace is prayed for

Question 19

What happens in the Fraction Rite?

Answer 19

The celebrant breaks the consecrated bread as the people sing the Agnus Dei or “Lamb of God”

Question 20

What was one of the earliest names for the Eucharistic celebration?

Answer 20

The breaking of the bread

Question 21

Before receiving Holy Communion, what does the celebrant and assembly do?

Answer 21

Acknowledge their unworthiness to receive so great a gift

Question 22

What should a person do before they receive the Eucharist?

Answer 22

They should fast (except for medicines) for at least one hour before receiving the Eucharist and should not be conscious of having committed serious sin

Question 23

Who are the only people who can receive the Holy Communion?

Answer 23

Only those in communion with the Catholic Church

Question 24

What does the priest say to the person receiving Holy Communion?

Answer 24

“The Body of Christ”

Question 25

What does the person receiving the Eucharist respond with?

Answer 25

“Amen,” a Hebrew word meaning, “So be it”

Question 26

What is such as people receive Holy Communion?

Answer 26

The communion chant/song

Question 27

What ends the Communion Rite?

Answer 27

The Prayer after Communion, which asks that the benefits of the Eucharist will remain active in our daily lives

Question 28

What makes up the Concluding Rites?

Answer 28

Optional Announcements, Greeting and Blessing, then Dismissal

Question 29

What is the closing blessing always?

Answer 29

Trinitarian;
“May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”

Question 30

What does the word “Mass” come from?

Answer 30

The Latin word, “Missa”

Question 31

At one time, with what phrase were people dismissed?

Answer 31

“Ite missa est”;
Literally meaning “Go she - meaning you, the Church - has been sent.”