What to do at the new mass!?

[mystagogia87]

I’ve been looking around online so I can find out what I’m supposed to say and do when the new mass goes into effect. Can somebody direct me to some resource? It’s too bad that it’s been hard to find; I would hope that people would have been trying to make it as easy as possible to find to get the message out.

 

[CarrieH]

Here you go. The new responses will be in the missalettes in the pews, if your church uses those. We have printed pew cards in our parish. Some churches are using projection screens to show the new responses, not my favorite thing to look at, but it gets the job done. Nobody will expect you to say all of this stuff perfectly right off the bat. Even the priests are going to make mistakes at first. God bless.

 

[Marie5890]

Does your parish use some sort of missal or missalette?..It will be in there.

There are a few changes for the laity, but it’s not overwhelming…

old.usccb.org/romanmissal/

 

[Cider]

I’ve been looking around online so I can find out what I’m supposed to say and do when the new mass goes into effect. Can somebody direct me to some resource? It’s too bad that it’s been hard to find; I would hope that people would have been trying to make it as easy as possible to find to get the message out.

Have you checked out the parish bulletin? I know ours has the new responses and prayers in bold, even though they have not implemented them yet. First Sunday in Advent you know.

 

[Ohana]

The new missalettes should have the changes in them. Mostly there is a change in the Gloria - glory to God in the Highest, and peace to people of good will is one, There is also a change in the Creed where we say one in substance with the Father, now it is consubstantial with . . . . The other change for us is when the priest says “Peace be with you”, we reply, “and with your Spirit”. For the laity there is not great change, but the priest has more changes in what they say at different parts of the Mass. I understand that many of these will be inaudible to us. We will see. It is not a “New Mass”, by the way, simply a more accurate translation of the Latin Mass into the vernacular. I think they went a little too far, but hey, who am I.

 

[alwayslooking]

I use a personal perminate missal for meditation and mass.

The Catholic Book Publishing Company puts out an excellent annual missal. The cover is better than most paperbacks, sturdier and more flexible than cardboard. It has the full order of mass (prayers and responses) as well as extras that you didn’t ask for like readings and a small prayer book.

For the price it is better than any other resource I’ve found when wanting to read the prayers of mass.

amazon.com/Saint-Joseph-Sunday-Missal-Prayerbook/dp/0899421474/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1321573568&sr=8-5

 

[Julia_Mae]

I’ve been looking around online so I can find out what I’m supposed to say and do when the new mass goes into effect. Can somebody direct me to some resource? It’s too bad that it’s been hard to find; I would hope that people would have been trying to make it as easy as possible to find to get the message out.

Let’s see if this works…
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Snip, save, print.

 

[Aelred_Minor]

Another change is that we will be saying “I believe” instead of “We believe” in the Creed, and “all things visible and invisible” instead of “all things seen and unseen.” These changes generally have a dual purpose- fidelity to the Latin original and theological precision. Also in some cases there is a goal of a more solemn, beautifly liturgy using language that better reflects the traditional language of prayer in English (though without bringing back archaic elements like the second person singular pronoun).

I wounldn’t loose any sleep over it. Materials to assist parishioners will almost certainly be provided if they haven’t been already, and anyway you’ll catch on eventually and everyone will understand if you occasionally say “Why believe in the God, the Father Almighty”

 

[TheMc]

The other change for us is when the priest says “Peace be with you”, we reply, “and with your Spirit”.

Umm… unless your pastor is a bishop, he should not be greeting the people with “Peace be with you”…

 

[Joe_Kelley]

I think Julia Mae has it all. We have a prettier version on our website HSCCFV

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[Julia_Mae]

I think Julia Mae has it all. We have a prettier version on our website HSCCFV

It is prettier and comes with explanation.

The version I posted, if I did it right, you should be able to right click and copy to Paint, and then put the two images side by side on a 8.5x11 “paper” in landscape orientation in Word. Then you can print out a single sheet you can fold in half like a little book and carry to Mass with you. I made them for my Parish. You can also put two on one side and two on the other and have handy 4x6 sheets that have the changes on front and back. I like them side-by-side to follow the Creed.

 

[Ohana]

Umm… unless your pastor is a bishop, he should not be greeting the people with “Peace be with you”…

Oops, but the last Mass I went to was offered by our Bishop.

 

[centurionguard]

I’ve been looking around online so I can find out what I’m supposed to say and do when the new mass goes into effect. Can somebody direct me to some resource? It’s too bad that it’s been hard to find; I would hope that people would have been trying to make it as easy as possible to find to get the message out.

Not to be picky with all due respect but why are you calling the Reform of the Mass a New Mass? Its not Novus Ordo II as some I’ve heard name.

 

[puzzleannie]

go to the US bishop’s website, usccb.org
click on the link to Roman Missal
look at the tabs and find resources for parishes
look for the tab that says Order of the Mass–that has everything, priest’s prayers and people’s
look for the tab that says “People’s Parts” it shows the current version, and the new version side by side, with the changes in boldface type.
it is on a 2-sided 4 page PDF file you can download and print

every parish should be “training” or practicing throughout the fall months, and will have missalettes or other worship aids to help you come Nov. 27

here is the new link to the people’s parts
usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/roman-missal/background/articles-documents-and-reflections/changes-in-the-peoples-parts.cfm

their website has been under revision for the past few months so past links posted may or may not work now
try roman missal/liturgical resources to find FAQs, articles, and the prayers themselves.

 

[centurionguard]

go to the US bishop’s website, usccb.org
click on the link to Roman Missal
look at the tabs and find resources for parishes
look for the tab that says Order of the Mass–that has everything, priest’s prayers and people’s
look for the tab that says “People’s Parts” it shows the current version, and the new version side by side, with the changes in boldface type.
it is on a 2-sided 4 page PDF file you can download and print

every parish should be “training” or practicing throughout the fall months, and will have missalettes or other worship aids to help you come Nov. 27

here is the new link to the people’s parts
usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/roman-missal/background/articles-documents-and-reflections/changes-in-the-peoples-parts.cfm

their website has been under revision for the past few months so past links posted may or may not work now
try roman missal/liturgical resources to find FAQs, articles, and the prayers themselves.

Looking at the congregations reply in the Penitential Act, how will that change where you have some Parishes where the choir sings the entire prayer?

Its odd in these circumstances where we see new changes in prayer structure in the Mass between the Priest who traditionally leads the congregation in prayer and the laity making response to those prayers. I sang in the Church choir for many years so you become easily accustom to singing responses to priest’s prayers in the liturgy.

My health doesn’t allow me to sing now. However; even most of the congregation don’t all actively sing either. With the choir singing many prayer responses during the liturgy the responses to the same prayers for the congregation that doesn’t sing becomes rather passive unless they’re making the effort to recite the prayers themselves.

Additionally worse in a manner of speaking when the recitation of the Lamb of God traditionally begun by the Priest gets replaced entirely by the choir singing the entire prayer. Not sure if you follow what I’m trying to say.

 

[FLGreg]

I’ve been looking around online so I can find out what I’m supposed to say and do when the new mass goes into effect. Can somebody direct me to some resource? It’s too bad that it’s been hard to find; I would hope that people would have been trying to make it as easy as possible to find to get the message out.

I am sorry to say that I found the USCCB website woefully inadequate at disseminating information on the new Roman Missal. There are going to be a great many surprised people on the 27th (not to mention the once/twice a year “Catholics” at Christmas and Easter) as a recent poll published back in August showed 77% of Catholics had no knowledge of the changes.

The best resource I found comes from the Liturgy Office of England & Wales:

Roman Missal

Full Text with Rubrics and Commentary in red

Although it is designed to fit on UK paper sizes, the print function in Adobe Reader will shrink the page to fit US 8.5" x 11". Print one page and then print the other page on the other side.

 

[theistgal]

Umm… unless your pastor is a bishop, he should not be greeting the people with “Peace be with you”…

? I admit I haven’t been to a Latin Rite mass for a while, but doesn’t the priest (not just the Bishop) always say, “Peace be with you” at the Sign of Peace? Why would that phrase only be reserved to a bishop?

 

[MarkThompson]

? I admit I haven’t been to a Latin Rite mass for a while, but doesn’t the priest (not just the Bishop) always say, “Peace be with you” at the Sign of Peace? Why would that phrase only be reserved to a bishop?

No, he says “The peace of the Lord be with you always.”

That said, I don’t know that “Peace be with you” is reserved to a bishop; the rubric is simply that a bishop says “Peace be with you” instead of “The Lord be with you.”

 

[Aelred_Minor]

I was just looking at this:

old.usccb.org/romanmissal/samples-people.shtml

And noticed something for the first time. I’ve heard the Apostles’ Creed used a few times in the liturgy, but never noticed that there was anything odd about it. Going by the webpage though the version of the Apostles’ Creed that has been an option for the liturgy all these years is what I’d call a funny one:

I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ,
his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by
the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.

He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand
of the Father.
He will come again to judge
the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

Which has now been changed to what I would consider the normal Apostles’ Creed, meaning the Apostles’ Creed in English as I have always known it and prayed it in the Rosary:

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,

and in Jesus Christ,
his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by
the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again
from the dead;

he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand
of God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge
the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting. Amen.

 

[theistgal]

No, he says “The peace of the Lord be with you always.”

That said, I don’t know that “Peace be with you” is reserved to a bishop; the rubric is simply that a bishop says “Peace be with you” instead of “The Lord be with you.”

We may be talking “potato potahto” here, maybe two different parts of the Mass.

The priest does say “The peace of the Lord be with you always” at the Sign of Peace, right? at least that’s what it says on the Mass responses card reprinted on the previous page.
Maybe you’re talking about a different point in the Mass.