Dismissal/Concluding Rites?

[AuntMartha]

I have been trying to find out the appropriate things a priest should say at the end of Mass. I found this website:
myweb.lmu.edu/fjust/Mass.htm

At the bottom it has three choices of endings. I have most commonly heard, "The Mass is ended, go in peace. Today, though, the priest said a slightly longer dismissal, which caught me off guard, so much so that I can’t remember exactly what he said. But I think it was a combination of two of them: “The Mass is ended, go in peace to love and serve the Lord.”

Is this consider to be okay?

Thanks, Aunt Martha ******

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[stbruno]

The concluding rites are actually a sending off to take the word of God with you and tell others. So his ending was perfectly acceptable as well as commonly used.

 

[AuntMartha]

Thank you! I was surprised to hear something different today. I’m glad to know it was okay.

Aunt Martha

 

[Ter]

“The Mass is ended, go in peace to love and serve the Lord.”

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This is used almost all the time in Ireland. So much so that the other ending sounds unfinished to me - though they are both equally correct.

 

[chicago]

Sometimes a priest will add “and one another” to that option, however. That is something which really isn’t supposed to be done.

 

[vegpotter]

chicago:

Sometimes a priest will add “and one another” to that option, however. That is something which really isn’t supposed to be done.

I had a priest for a couple of years who did that and I absolutely loved it! To me, it really stresses the two great commandments that Jesus gave us–to love the Lord, our God, with all our heart, mind, and soul and to love our neighbors as ourselves. I found it inspiring.

 

[Andreas_Hofer]

I would rather we just maintain the centuries-old dismissal of “Ite, missa est.” “Go, you are sent.” With all the options we have right now, you never know how long the priest might elaborate on his dismissal.

 

[Ben_G]

Andreas Hofer:

With all the options we have right now, you never know how long the priest might elaborate on his dismissal.

While you have a practical point based on simplicity and signaling the Congregation when to respond, I personally agree with vegpotter that the “and one another” is a good inspiration for the Congregation as members depart the church and go out into the world to carry on their daily lives. “Go, you are sent” implies a mission but does not not state what that mission is. To me, any and all reminders that we must love and serve one another in the way our Lord showed us at the Last Supper (i.e., strive for peace in the world, employ a preferential option for the poor) are welcome.