| . Order of Port Royal Conventual Holy Mass This Order of the Holy Eucharist or Mass is authorized for use within the United States of America and is based on two sources: The Conventual Order of the Mass “Lobe den Herrn” as authorized by the 1997 Synod of Port Royal and the Altar Book of the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany THE SERVICE OF THE HOLY MASS Introit P In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit C Amen P The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all C And also with you Penitential Rite P My brothers and sisters, to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries let us call to mind our sins. All: I confess to Almighty God and to you my brothers and sisters that I have sinned through my own fault in my thoughts and in my words and in what I have done and in what I have failed to do and I ask blessed Mary ever virgin, all the angels and saints, and you my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. P Almighty God who forgives all who truly repent, have mercy + upon you pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness and keep you in life eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord. P The Lord has put away all your sins C Thanks be to God The Kyrie P Lord Jesus Christ, grain of wheat falling into the earth and dying that we might have life, we call upon you P Lord have mercy C Lord have mercy P Christ have mercy C Christ have mercy P Lord have mercy C Lord have mercy The Gloria [It is customary to stand to say the Gloria: In Penitential Seasons such as Advent and Lent the Gloria is not said] Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth. Lord God heavenly king almighty God and Father, we worship you we give you thanks we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ only Son of the Father, Lord God Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us. You are seated at the right hand of the Father receive our prayer. For you alone are the holy one you alone are the Lord you alone are the most high Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen The Collect This is the Prayer especially for today which is said or sung by the Priest. At the end we say: C Amen Followed by: P O God of peace who has taught us that in returning and rest we shall be saved, in quietness and confidence shall be our strength; By the might of thy Spirit, lift us we pray, to thy presence, where we may be still and know that thou art God; through Jesus Christ our Lord C Amen EPISTLE [A reading from the Letters of one of the Apostles. There may also be a reading from the Old Testament. We sit for these readings] At the end the reader says: This is the word of the Lord All reply: Thanks be to God Responsorial Psalm or Psalm with Antiphon GOSPEL [The Gospel is the most important reading from one of the four Gospels and is read or sung by the Priest who kisses the Bible in reverence at the end of the reading. We always stand for the Gospel] When the Gospel reading is announced all say: Glory to you O Lord At the end of the reading the celebrant says: This is the gospel of Christ All answer Praise to Christ our Lord The Homily The Creed All stand and say together this public statement of witness to what we believe I believe in one God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only son of God Eternally begotten of the Father. God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God begotten not made, of one being with the Father through Him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation, He came down from heaven. By the power of the Holy Spirit He became incarnate from the Virgin Mary and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance to the scriptures and ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He shall come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his Kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit the Lord the giver of life who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son He is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. Intercessions Here we offer prayers for many causes. The priest invites you to offer your own prayers and you may do so silently or publicly as you feel you wish. You may sit or kneel for our prayers. After each intercession may be said: Intercessor: Father in your mercy All: Hear our prayer At the end of the intercessions, the Intercessor says: Rejoicing in the fellowship of all your angels and saints we commend ourselves and all Christian people to your unfailing love. Merciful Father: All Accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ Liturgy of The Eucharist Offertory Sentence A short quotation from Scripture may be said whilst the vessels and, bread and wine, the gifts to be offered, are placed on the altar P Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we have this bread to offer which earth has given and human hands have made It will become for us the bread of life. C Blessed be God for ever P By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity P Blessed are you Lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we have this wine to offer Fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink. C Blessed be God for ever The Celebrant then symbolically washes his hands before beginning the most sacred part of the Eucharist P Lord wash away my iniquity, cleanse me from my sin. Pray brothers and sisters that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God the Almighty Father. C May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of His name, for our good and the good of all His church. P The Lord be with you C And also with you P Lift up your hearts C We lift them to the Lord P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God C It is right to give him thanks and praise The Preface This prayer changes with the church's seasons and there are special ones for feast days. All end with the words: . P It is indeed right, and a good and joyful thing, to thank you, Father in heaven, and to praise you with all creation. For in you we live, we move and we have our being. Each day anew we know the works of your loving- kindness. In this life you already give us the Holy Spirit as pledge of eternal glory. Through him you raised Jesus from the dead and gave us the sure hope that the paschal mystery will be fulfilled in us. Therefore we join the praise of heaven, singing with all your creatures the hymn of joy: All Holy Holy Holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the Highest +Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER This is the most solemn part of the Mass when the bread and wine is blessed and becomes the body and blood of Christ, his gift to us. During the consecration the Priest says: P Blessèd are you, Lord of all power and might, in your Son Jesus, the Christ, who came in your name. He is your saving word for humanity. He is the hand which you extend to sinners. He is the way in which your peace reaches us. God, our Father, because we have turned away from you, you draw us back by your Son, the good Shepherd. He was obedient for us unto death so that we might get back to you and to each other. That is why we celebrate the reconciliation which has been granted to us in your Son. Heavenly Father, fill our praise with your glory. +Bless this gift, complete it, accept it as rendering present the one sacrifice of our Lord. Send your Holy Spirit upon us and our eucharist, sanctify this bread to be the body + of Christ and this cup to be the blood + of Christ. Let the Holy Spirit fulfill the word of your beloved Son. Who on the night in which he was handed over, he took bread, gave you thanks, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat: this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Likewise after supper he took the cup, thanked you again, gave the cup to his disciples, saying, Take and drink this, all of you, this is the cup of the new and everlasting covenant, my blood which is shed for you and for all for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in remembrance of me. As often as we eat from this bread and drink from this cup, we taste and proclaim the mystery of faith. All Dying you destroyed our death Rising you restored our life Lord Jesus, come in glory. P Until he comes again, we celebrate the memorial of our reconciliation and proclaim the gift of your love, your Son who entered death for us, whom you set free from death and raised to your right hand. We ask you: look on these signs of our devotion, on this bread and on this cup. Accept us in your Son and in this meal grant us the Spirit whom he has promised, the Spirit of unity who takes away what separates us, who brings us together in Christ and who makes us instruments of your peace. Fill us through this body and blood of your Son with all the blessing and grace of heaven. We ask you to remember all who have gone before us in the sign of faith and rest in peace. Also our departed sisters and brothers whose faith is known to you alone. (Silence) Accompany them to the banquet in your presence which has been prepared for all people, together with Mary the Mother of our Lord, St. Severin, all the apostles and martyrs, and with all the saints who live from your friendship. May we and all for whom your Son has died share in his resurrection. Accept us sinners too who trust in the fullness of your love into the fellowship of your salvation, with all whose life has come to completion with you, not because we would merit it but because you are granting your mercy through our Lord Jesus Christ. Remember, Lord, your one holy catholic and apostolic Church, redeemed by the blood of your Son. Grant it unity, deepen its faith and keep it in peace. Strengthen our Abbot General Klaus and our bishop protector Joachim. Bless all those in apostolic ministry. Remember especially our brothers and sisters in the Order of Port Royal, all Benedictines and all Cistercians. Heavenly Father we praise and bless you and look for the coming of your kingdom in which, together with all creation redeemed from sin and death, we glorify you through Christ, our Lord. THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER continues ending with the words: Through him and with him and in him, in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory is yours, God, almighty Father, now and for ever. Amen. All Blessing and honour and glory and power be yours for ever and ever. Amen. P Let us pray with confidence in the words our Lord gave us: All say: Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come, thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. The priest says: Deliver us, Lord from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ All say: For thine is the kingdom, the power and the Glory For ever and ever. Amen. Fraction P We break this bread to share in the body of Christ C Though we are many, we are one body, because we all share in one bread. P May the mixing of the body and blood of Christ be to our eternal salvation. Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) We say together: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, Grant us peace. P This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are those who are called to his supper. C Lord I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed. P Lord, grant that what we receive with our mouths may make clean our hearts and through this Holy Communion may we receive the benefits of eternal salvation P The bread of heaven, the cup of salvation COMMUNION [The Holy Communion is given to any who desire to receive the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the form of bread and wine. Usually the sacred bread is placed on the tongue of the recipient by the priest whilst standing but if you prefer you may take it in your hand. No-one is excluded from receiving the Blessed Sacrament whether they are adult or children. A blessing will be given to very young children or any who do not desire to receive the Sacrament. After receiving communion you may sit quietly whilst the sacred vessels are put away and then the priest will read a short passage from holy Scripture ] All say together: Father of all we give you thanks and praise that when we were still far off you met us in your Son and brought us home. Dying and living, he declared your love gave us grace and opened the gate of glory. May we who share Christ's body live his risen life, We who drink his cup bring life to others, We whom the spirit lights give light to the world. Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us So we and all your children shall be free and the whole earth live to praise your name, through Christ our Lord P The Lord be with you C And also with you If the Bishop is presiding the following is said: B Blessed be the name of the Lord C From this day forward for evermore B Our help is in the name of the Lord C Who has made heaven and earth The Blessing On solemn occasions (when the Bishop is wearing the mitre and carrying his crozier) it is the custom to kneel for his blessing. P The peace of God which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his son, Jesus Christ our Lord: and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. All Amen. The Peace In our monastic Order we always share the Peace at the end of the Mass P Lord Jesus Christ you said to your apostles, ‘I leave you peace, my peace I give you’, look not on our sins but on the faith of your church and grant us the peace and unity of your kingdom where you will live for ever and ever. P The peace of the Lord be always with you C And also with you We exchange the peace with the words: Peace be with you to which we reply And also with you. Some Prayers which may be said before, during or after Mass These are printed in the Missal or Mass Book so that the congregation my join the celebrant in prayer or offer private prayer at the end of the Service The Ave Maria (Hail Mary) The priest says: Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus All reply: Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and in the hour of our death. Amen A Prayer before the Cross God we love you with our whole heart and above all things and are heartily sorry that we have offended you. May we never offend you any more; may we love you without ceasing and make it our delight to do in all things your most holy will. The Prayer of St Ignatius Teach us good Lord to serve you as you deserve. To give and not to count the cost. To fight and not to heed the wounds. To toil and not to seek for rest. To labour and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do your will. The Anima Christi (Soul of Christ) Soul of Christ sanctify me Body of Christ save me Blood of Christ inebriate me Water from the side of Christ wash me Passion of Christ strengthen me O Good Jesu hear me Within you wounds hide me Suffer me not to be separated from you From the malicious enemy defend me In the hour of my death call me and bid me come to you That with your saints I praise you for ever and ever Amen Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen) Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to you do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus. 0 clement, 0 loving, 0 sweet Virgin Mary! Pray for us, 0 holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.our bishop protector Joachim |
