Putting the Parts of the Catholic Mass in Order
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Put the parts of the Mass in Order.
Topics of this game:
- Symbolizing both Christ's journey to Calvary and our coming to offer worship to God.
- We call to mind our sins, acknowledging our need for God's mercy and asking him to grant it.
- Ancient hymn of praise by which we honor and glorify God.
- Opening prayer of Mass that "collects" the intentions of all present and offers them to God.
- Usually from the Old Testament--We listen to God speak to us.
- We respond to God with a song/response of praise or petition.
- On Sundays, Solemnities, and some feasts, from the New Testament Epistles, Acts of the Apostles, or Revelation
- We prepare to hear the very words of Jesus from the Gospels
- We again hear the Word of God proclaimed by the priest or deacon.
- The priest or deacon offers a teaching/reflection on the readings.
- The people together profess our Faith as a response of acceptance of what we have heard.
- The assembly offers prayers for the needs of The Church, the World, and the Local Community
- The altar is prepared for the consecration. The people offer their own intentions in union with the priest.
- Specific prayer of thanksgiving that usually incorporates references to a specific feast or liturgical season
- Prayer of acclamation that reminds us that the Mass unites heaven and earth.
- The calling down of the Holy Spirit upon the gifts of bread and wine.
- Through Transubstantiation, the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus.
- Together the congregation proclaims the mystery of Faith.
- At the conclusion of the Eucharistic prayer the people proclaim their assent of Faith to all that was done
- We pray in the words of Christ, united as brothers and sisters in him and as children of God.
- United as one family we offer a sign of peace symbolizing our unity in Jesus.
- We, again, call upon the mercy of God recognizing that Jesus is the Passover Lamb who died to save us.
- We receive the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus in the Eucharist
- We make one more unified prayer of praise and thanksgiving to God for the gift of his Son's sacrifice.
- We are sent to proclaim and live what we have done and encountered to the rest of the world.
- The priest processes out of the Church to symbolize that we are all called to go proclaim the Gospel
