Secret Prayers in Mass

Question 1

Blessing a deacon before the Gospel

Answer 1

Dominus sit in corde tuo
et in labiis tuis
ut digne et competenter annunties
Evangelium suum: in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritu Sancti

Question 2

The priest himself, before proclaiming the Gospel

Answer 2

Munda cor meum ac labia mea,
omnipotens Deus,
ut sanctum Evangelium tuum
digne valeam nuntiare.

Question 3

End of the Gospel

Answer 3

Per evangelica dicta deleantur nostra delicta

Question 4

Pouring wine and water into the chalice

Answer 4

Per huius aquae et vini mysterium eius efficiamur divinitatis consortes
qui humanitatis nostrae fieri dignatus est particeps

Question 5

After offering bread and wine and before washing the hands

Answer 5

In spiritu humilitatis et in animo contrito suscipiamur a te, Domine
et sic fiat sacrificium nostrum
in conspectu tuo hodie
ut placeat tibi, Domine Deus.

Question 6

Washing of Hands

Answer 6

Lava me, Domine, ab iniquitate mea et a peccato meo munda me.

Question 7

During Agnus Dei, while putting a piece of the Host inside the chalice

Answer 7

Haec commixtio Corporis et Sanguinis Domini nostri Iesu Christi
fiat accipientibus nobis
in vitam aeternam

Question 8

Consuming the Body of Christ

Answer 8

Corpus Christi custodiat me in vitam aeternam

Question 9

Consuming the Blood of Christ

Answer 9

Sanguis Christi custodiat me in vitam aeternam.

Question 10

While purifying the chalice

Answer 10

Quod ore sumpsimus, Domine,
pura mente capiamus
et de munere temporali fiat nobis
remedium sempiternum

Question 11

After the Agnus Dei, with hands joined, before “Behold the Lamb of God”

Answer 11

Domine Iesu Christe, Fili Dei vivi,
qui ex voluntate Patris,
cooperante Spiritu Sancto
per mortem tuam mundum vivificasti libera me
per hoc sacrosanctum Corpus
et Sanguinem tuum
ab omnibus iniquitatibus meis et universis malis
et fac me tuis semper inhaerere mandatis
et a te numquam separari permittas