What is the priest doing after he receives the gifts?

[jujubee]

I should know this by now but…

Would someone explain the wine and little bit of water being mixed? And also I would like to know about why the priest washes his hands? What is he praying then?

 

[nkmeck]

I should know this by now but…

Would someone explain the wine and little bit of water being mixed? And also I would like to know about why the priest washes his hands? What is he praying then?

“Lord wash away my iniquities, clense me from my sin.” That’s the prayer when he’s washing the hands. Some else can probably help you with the water and wine, which I believe symbolizes the blood and water that poured from Christ’s side.

 

[CV81]

“Lord wash away my iniquities, clense me from my sin.” That’s the prayer when he’s washing the hands. Some else can probably help you with the water and wine, which I believe symbolizes the blood and water that poured from Christ’s side.

from memory, the priest says something similar to " “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.”

 

[nicolep]

The priest says the following while mixing the water and wine:

“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.”

I thought the mixing of the water signified our union with him in Holy Communion. I have also heard what the OP referred to as the blood and water flowed from his side on the cross.

 

[ASD]

Here’s a basic list of parts of the Mass that I use in catechism class: Parts of Mass. I think you’re talking about the Offertory.

It has three parts: 1. offering host; 2. mixing of water and wine, signifying our mystical union with Christ; wine represents Divine nature; water represents human nature; 3. offering Chalice.

Here’s a presentation about Mass: Catholic Mass Revealed.

Personally, I prefer this: Sancta Missa

ASD​

Santa Missa

 

[Lancer]

A few things for your consideration:
With regard to the water mingled with the wine in the Mass…the Council of Trent points out…the flowing of blood and water from Christ’s side, from which the Church, the dispensatrix of the sacraments, was formed, like a new Eve from the side of the new Adam.

When the wine and water are mingled, they can never be separated. This is to remind us to pray that we may never be separated from our Lord Jesus Christ. The celebrant prays that by the mingling of water and wine we may become partakers of Christ’s Divinity (who humbled himself to share in our humanity).

Also…there is one other “mingling” that occurs later that is an incredible moment in the Mass. As we are saying the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God who takes away the sin…)–the priest breaks a small particle of the consecrated host (the Body of Christ) and “mingles” it into the chalice–the Blood of Christ. This is the moment of the re-presentation of the resurrection of Our Lord Jesus. (Remember that when the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ…they are separated from each other to re-present the death of Christ on Calvary (separate the body from its blood and you have death). The words that priest says are: “…may this mingling of the body and blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ bring eternal life to us who receive it.” Keep your eye on the priest hands at this point in the Mass and when he mingles the body with the blood…realize that you are present in the tomb of Jesus when he rises from the dead…and that in a few moments, you are going to receive this risen glorified person, Our Lord Jesus Christ – His Body, His Blood, His Soul and His Divinity (in sacramental form) in Holy Communion! Lastly, when we receive him in his natural state…his glorified risen state as he sits at the right hand of the Father…we will be staring at the end of the world and the end time!

Pax Christi

 

[Aramis]

from memory, the priest says something similar to " “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.”

Properly, that’s supposed to be the deacon, but in the absence of a deacon, the celebrant is to do so.

And yes, the mixture of water and wine does represent the blood from the wound.