Mass penny An Anglo-Saxon term signifying a money offering of uncertain value commonly made, at the Offertory of the Mass all over the Western Church from the 12th to the 15th century. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Mass Penny a conventional name for the offering made by a chief mourner at a funeral. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Mass Penny”
Mass, Parochial
Mass, parochial A Mass celebrated for the parishoners on all Sundays and Holy Days of obligation. The parish priest is not obliged to celebrate it, but if he does not he must offer his Mass for that intention. If it is a High Mass it is preceded by the aspersion of water and the blessing … Continue reading “Mass, Parochial”
Mass of the Pre-sanctified
Mass of the Pre-sanctified The Mass celebrated on Good Friday in which the celebrant receives in Communion a Host previously consecrated or sanctified. Strictly it is not a Mass, but a Communion for the priest. The form of the Mass is gone through to a certain extent but the important words of consecration are entirely … Continue reading “Mass of the Pre-sanctified”
Mass of requiem
Mass of requiem (Latin: rest) Mass celebrated for the dead, deriving its name front the first word of the Introit. It is also called Black Mass, from the color of the vestments used. It differs from other Masses by the omission of the Psalm “Judica Die” at the beginning, and of the Gloria Patri and … Continue reading “Mass of requiem”
Mass, Nuptial
Mass, nuptial There is a special, Mass assigned for marriages. It has prayers and other parts appropriate to the occasion, and may be said on many days of the year. On very important feasts the Mass of the day is said, with a commemoration of the nuptial Mass; see also, closed times. The nuptial blessing … Continue reading “Mass, Nuptial”
Mass, Music of the
Mass, Music of the Under this heading will be considered exclusively the texts of the Mass (and not, therefore, the Asperges, Vidi aquam, Litanies, Prophecies, etc., which in the Roman Missal are found more or less closely associated with the Mass in certain seasons of the Church Year), which receive a musical treatment. These texts … Continue reading “Mass, Music of the”
Mass, Midnight
Mass, Midnight Usually celebrated the first hour on Christmas morning with due permission of the bishop, and restriction as to place and admission; occasionally also on other feasts, as on the Circumcision, New Year’s Day. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Mass, Low
Mass, Low A shortened and simplified form of the High Mass , with priest and server only. If parts of the Mass be sung it is a sung Mass or Missa Cantata. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Mass, Liturgy of the
Mass, Liturgy of the A. Name and Definition The Mass is the complex of prayers and ceremonies that make up the service of the Eucharist in the Latin rites. As in the case of all liturgical terms the name is less old than the thing. From the time of the first preaching of the Christian … Continue reading “Mass, Liturgy of the”
Mass, hunter’s
Mass, hunter’s Said for hunters in a hurry, was a kind of dry Mass (Missa sicca), a common form of devotion used for funerals or marriages in the afternoon, when a real Mass could not be said. It consisted of the Mass with the Offertory, Consecration, and Communion omitted. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary