Parts of the Mass

The priest blesses us in God's name

• Lord's Prayer

• Second Reading

• Prayer over the Gifts

• Opening Prayer

This is a prayer or song that we say/sing in response to God's word

• Responsorial Psalm

• Communion

• Penitential Rite

• Entrance and Greeting

We welcome the priest and one another

We stand and sing an entrance song

• Profession of Faith

• Gloria

• Entrance and Greeting

• Dismissal

This is read on Sundays and Feast Days

It comes from the New Testament

• Homily

• Second Reading

• Lord's Prayer

• Rite of Peace

We bring the gifts of bread and wine to the altar

• Offetory

• Penitential Rite

• Profession of Faith

• Communion

We are united as we pray to Our Father in heaven in the words Jesus taught us

• Gospel

• Homily

• Profession of Faith

• Lord's Prayer

The priest invites us to think of ways we have offended God and one another

• Penitential Rite

• Prayer after Communion

• Breaking of the Bread

• Homily

The priest prepares the Body of Christ for distribution

• Homily

• First Reading

• Breaking of the Bread

• Lord's Prayer

The priest explains the readings and how we can follow God's message for us

• Rite of Peace

• Blessing

• Homily

• Communion

The priest repeats the words of Jesus during the Last Supper

• Eucharistic Prayer

• Second Reading

• Dismissal

• Responsorial Psalm