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[JLFoster]

I have been attending Sunday Mass for most of my 28 years… that said, I have only attended a weekday mass on Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, and Good Friday. I recently decided to make mass my morning routine, but I was at a loss as to why it was so different. There were two prayers I had never heard before, and much was missing. Can anyone tell me how I can find out those prayers and the outline of the daily mass? Thank you so much. I am so glad I found this forum, God Bless.

 

[Eilish_Maura]

I have been attending Sunday Mass for most of my 28 years… that said, I have only attended a weekday mass on Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, and Good Friday. I recently decided to make mass my morning routine, but I was at a loss as to why it was so different. There were two prayers I had never heard before, and much was missing. Can anyone tell me how I can find out those prayers and the outline of the daily mass? Thank you so much. I am so glad I found this forum, God Bless.

You need to be more specific as to what is ‘missing’ and what has been ‘changed’ or ‘added’.

 

[Phemie]

I have been attending Sunday Mass for most of my 28 years… that said, I have only attended a weekday mass on Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, and Good Friday. I recently decided to make mass my morning routine, but I was at a loss as to why it was so different. There were two prayers I had never heard before, and much was missing. Can anyone tell me how I can find out those prayers and the outline of the daily mass? Thank you so much. I am so glad I found this forum, God Bless.

The only difference on weekdays is that the Gloria & Creed are usually omitted (unless it’s a feast or solemnity or a more solemn occasion) and there is only one reading before the Gospel. Other than that the Mass is the same.

 

[14fhl]

iGoogle>add stuff>search catholic>add Today’s reading

Add you will have each day’s reading on your google home page every day.

 

[benedictgal]

Just for clarification purposes, the Church does not celebrate Mass on Good Friday. The service, instead, centers on the Liturgy of the Word, the Veneration of the Cross and the Reception of Holy Communion.

You couldn’t have picked a better time of the year to start attending Daily Mass than now. The readings for these next two weeks are beautiful. The Old Testament weekday readings for Holy Week (Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday and Holy Wednesday) center around Isaiah’s prophecies of the Suffering Servant. The Paschal Triduum, which begins on Holy Thursday (the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper), the aforementioned Good Friday and the Easter Vigil Mass (on Saturday night) forms one complete liturgy.

Daily Mass is also a tad bit quieter than Sunday Mass. In most parishes, instead of having enrance and communion hymns, you have antiphons, which the priest and people recite.

As Phemie noted, there’s only one reading. During Advent and Lent, you hear the Old Testament; during the Easter Season (which lasts 50 days), you’ll hear the Acts of the Apostles as the first reading. During the Christmas season, which extends from December 24th (evening Vigil) all the way to the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord, you’ll hear one of the Johnanine Letters (from St. John) as the First Reading. During Ordinary Time, you’ll hear a mixture of the Old Testament and the Epistles as the first reading.

During Holy Days of Obligation and Solemnities, the Gloria will be chanted/recited and we will pray the Creed. You will also hear an additional reading, as the Epistle will be proclaimed (it’s the second reading during Sunday Mass). You’ll also sing hymns.

 

[love4mary]

I fell in love with the Holy Mass the first time I attended, June of 03. I could not get enough of the Mass so started attending Daily Mass as well.

Daily takes all of 1/2 hour to celebrate, but the graces received are just as wonderful,imagine starting your day after receiving our Lord in the Holy Eucharist:thumbsup:

 

[NetNuncio]

I have been attending Sunday Mass for most of my 28 years… that said, I have only attended a weekday mass on Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, and Good Friday. I recently decided to make mass my morning routine, but I was at a loss as to why it was so different. There were two prayers I had never heard before, and much was missing. Can anyone tell me how I can find out those prayers and the outline of the daily mass? Thank you so much. I am so glad I found this forum, God Bless.

Since most daily Masses do not have music, it is possible that the prayers you had never heard are generally covered by music (for example, the Benedictus es Domine or “Blessed are you Lord, God of all creation” at the preparation of the gifts is often said while the offertory chant/hymn is occurring on Sundays. Other than a lack of music (usually), usually no Gloria and no creed, Mass is the same on Ferial Days as it is on Sundays/Solemnities.

 

[John_Lilburne]

…There were two prayers I had never heard before, and much was missing. Can anyone tell me how I can find out those prayers and the outline of the daily mass? …

An outline of the Mass is at catholic-resources.org/ChurchDocs/Mass.htm .

Probably daily Mass had no singing. So the new prayers required to be said when there is no singing are the Entrance Antiphon and the Communion Antiphon. These change each day, so you want to join in saying them you require a book with them, such as a Daily Roman Missal.

Normally, not everyone is required to say them. From the 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) approved for the USA, which can be accessed from romanrite.com/girm.html :
"87. … If there is no singing, however, the Communion antiphon found in the Missal may be recited either by the faithful, or by some of them, or by a lector. Otherwise the priest himself says it after he has received Communion and before he distributes Communion to the faithful. "

 

[MusicMan]

It is also possible that the priest used an Eucharistic Prayer that you were unfamiliar with, specifically Eucharistic Prayer IV, which is used more often at daily Mass than Sunday Mass. This might account for the prayers you had never heard before.

 

[benedictgal]

It is also possible that the priest used an Eucharistic Prayer that you were unfamiliar with, specifically Eucharistic Prayer IV, which is used more often at daily Mass than Sunday Mass. This might account for the prayers you had never heard before.

Given the fact that we are in the waning days of Lent, the celebrant also could have used the Eucharistic Prayer for Reconciliation (there are two of them from which to choose).

These are very beautiful. Of course, there are also the Eucharistic Prayers commonly known as the Swiss Canons. They aren’t that lovely. Hopefully, they won’t be included in the new Roman Missal.

 

[Brother_John]

It is also possible that the priest used an Eucharistic Prayer that you were unfamiliar with, specifically Eucharistic Prayer IV, which is used more often at daily Mass than Sunday Mass. This might account for the prayers you had never heard before.

When I was an altar boy back in the '69-'74 time frame, we had a priest who could turn the 6:15 am weekday Mass in 18 minutes flat. He always used EP #2, the shortest one. There were rarely more than 10 people there, including Mom, me, Sister Cornelia on the organ, and the priest.

 

[MusicMan]

Given the fact that we are in the waning days of Lent, the celebrant also could have used the Eucharistic Prayer for Reconciliation (there are two of them from which to choose).

These are very beautiful.

Indeed. All three, the two for Reconciliation and IV are quite different, and can be a bit of a surprise if one is acustomed to I or II.

Of course, there are also the Eucharistic Prayers commonly known as the Swiss Canons. They aren’t that lovely. Hopefully, they won’t be included in the new Roman Missal.

These, I am not familiar with. However, I am not in the practice of allowing my personal asthetic desires to cause me to hope the Church includes, removes, or changes something. The Church is much wiser than my asthetic tastes.

 

[NetNuncio]

The Swiss Canon or *Eucharistic Prayer for Masses for Various Needs and Occasions * Is incredibly simple and has totally desacralized the traditional language of prayer. I personally would find it much more useful as a Eucharistic Prayer for Masses with Children.

Another huge problem is that the edition approved by the US Bishops is not the same as the final published version. The final version has the congregation taking up new acclamation. No one knows by whom it was added. This causes serious concerns about when it was added and if the edition that was published was approved by the Holy See.

I also hope for its removal in the new translation, but unless it was removed from the 2002 Latin Edition of the Roman Missal, I don’t see that happening. However, I hope that the Holy See will at least review the final translation.

 

[Titus]

It is also and fully permitted for Morning Prayer from the Divine Office to be included in mass- perhaps the OP attended such a mass?