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1.Scripture: God speaks to us; Christ is present in the word
– it is He Himself who speaks when the holy Scriptures are read in
Church; we make the word our own
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2.Preaching: We learn the meaning of the scriptures or the
feast we are celebrating and how they apply to our lives today
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3.Presidential Prayer Texts (Prayers of the Presider): They
include the Opening Prayer (‘collects’ our prayers); Prayer
over the Offerings (accepts and blesses our gifts); Eucharistic Prayer
(Center and summit of the Mass; a prayer of thanksgiving and sanctification);
Prayer after Communion (we ask that the Eucharist we have just
celebrated will have the spiritual effect of allowing us to bear fruit in our
lives.
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4.Congregational Texts: Dialogues (Greeting, After Readings,
Preface Beginning); Litanies (Lord Have Mercy, General Intercessions,
Lamb of God); Glory to God (prayer of joy and praise); Creed (we
profess what we believe); Acclamations (Gospel Acclamation,
Holy-Holy-Holy, Memorial Acclamation, Great Amen); Lord’s Prayer
(the prayer that Jesus taught us)
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5.Processional Chants: Entrance Song [Antiphon]
(preparation and unity); Communion Song [Antiphon] (union in spirit,
joy of heart)
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6.Singing: Music choices should “correspond to the
spirit of the liturgical action and … foster the participation
of all the faithful.” [GIRM 41]
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7.Silence: Recollection, meditation, prayer
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