To the Reader
Dear in
Christ, I set before you the venerable
Liturgy of the Hispanic
Christians of the first millennium, the
Liturgy of Sts. Isidore and
Leander, a very early form of the Roman
liturgy, by some accounts, and
by others an early form of the Gallican
family. It will be seen that
this Liturgy, in many of its
particulars, is strikingly similar to
certain particulars of the Old
Sarum Rite Mass. Whether this is
due to an early Roman prototype or to
some cross-fertilisation between
England and Spain remains a
mystery.
The following
translation was made from the Missale
Mixtum, published by Cardinal
Ximenes at the turn of the 16th century.
It contains some later
interpolations into this Rite, but on
the whole the ancient form is
admirably preserved. The edition
published in Spain in the early 1950s
shows a division of the Priest's parts
herein, part being assigned to
the Priest, and part to the Deacon. Time
has not permitted me to work a
restored Deacon's role into the current
presentation.
This
presentation is not wholly complete, but
near enough, I believe, to
share profitably. Because the
preponderance of Propers (changeable
texts) is even stronger in the Mozarabic
than in other Western
liturgies, the full glory of this Rite
requires the many proper texts,
which sadly cannot be added to this
presentation at this time, but
which ought to be added to this page in
the future.
Through the
prayers of our holy fathers Isidore and
Leander, Lord Jesus Christ our
God, have mercy upon us. Amen.
The Translator [Rev. Fr.
Hieromonk
Aidan (Keller)]
June 2001
Mozarabic
Mass
Key: P. = Priest, D.
= Deacon, Choir
= Quire (choir), R.
= Response (choir/people)
PREPARATION
When
the Priest (P.) is prepared to
celebrate at Mass, going into the
sacristy he washes his hands,
saying:
Let us pray.
Collect: O Lord,
almighty Father, grant to our
faculties, we beseech Thee, that
like as the defilements of the hands
are outwardly washed away: so the
filth of our minds may mercifully be
cleansed by Thee: and the array of
holy virtues may increase within us. Through
Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Then
he kneels before the vestments and
says 4 Hail Marys.
And from his inmost heart
he shall commend
himself to the glorious Virgin
Mary: that he might offer it as an
acceptable sacrifice to God the
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And that
he might have her for a Mediatress
and Helper in this sacrifice. Then he
arms
himself with the sign of the Cross
and says over each vestment:
In the name of
the
Father + and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit. Amen.
At
the amice.
Collect:
Place upon my head, O
Lord, the helmet of salvation, for
fighting and overcoming all the
wiles of the Devil: and for
overcoming
the savagery of all mine enemies. Through
our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who
liveth and reigneth with Thee in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, God:
through all the ages of ages. Amen.
At the
alb.
Collect: CLOTHE me, O
Lord, in the vestment of salvation
and
the tunic of righteousness: and with
the vesture of gladness encompass
me for ever. Through
Christ our Lord.
Amen.
At the
cincture.
Collect: GIRD me,
O Lord, with the cincture of faith,
and the loins of my body with the
virtue of chastity, and extinguish
in them the feeling of
concupiscence: that the unbroken
chain of a chastity entire may abide
in me continually.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
At the
maniple.
Collect: MAY I be
worthy, I beseech Thee, O Lord, to
carry the sheaf of justice, and bear
it with patience: bearing it with
joy, may I receive a portion with
Thy
Saints. Through
Christ our Lord.
Amen.
At the
stole.
Collect: GIVE me once
again, O Lord, I beseech Thee, the
stole of immortality, which I lost
in the prevarication of our first
parent: and inasmuch as I presume to
draw nigh to Thy holy Mystery with
this adornment, unworthy though I
be, grant that I may be worthy to
rejoice with the same unto eternity. Through
our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who
liveth and reigneth with Thee in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, God:
through all the ages of ages. Amen.
At the
chasuble.
Collect: THY yoke, O
Lord, is sweet, and Thy burden
light:
grant that I may so avail to wear
it, that I may attain Thy grace. Through
Christ our Lord.
Amen.
After
he is vested, thePriest says this:
Responsory: FATHER,
I have sinned against heaven and
before Thee, and I am not now worthy
to be called Thy son: | Make me as
one of Thy hired servants.
Verse: How
many hired servants in my Father's
house abound with bread, and I here
perish with hunger: I will arise,
and will go to my Father, and say to
Him: | Make me as one...
Kyrieleyson. Xristeleyson. Kyrieleyson.
Our Father...
V. From my
hidden sins cleanse me, O Lord.
R. And
from those of others spare Thy
servant.
V. O Lord,
hear my prayer.
R. And let
my cry come unto Thee.
Let
us pray.
Collect: O GOD, Who
makest
worthy of the unworthy, righteous
ones of sinners, and clean of the
unclean: cleanse my heart and my
body from all the filth and
consideration of sin: and make me a
worthy and striving minister to Thy
holy altars: and grant that upon
this altar to which I, unworthy,
dare
to approach, I may offer Thee
acceptable sacrifices for my sins
and
offences and goings astray, daily
and beyond number, and for the sins
of all the living, and of the
faithful departed, and of them that
have
commended themselves to my prayers,
and may my vow be acceptable to
Thee by Him Who offered Himself a
sacrifice to Thee, O God the Father,
for our sakes, Who is the worker of
all works, and the only High Priest
without the stains of sin: Jesus
Christ Thy Son our Lord. Who liveth
and reigneth with Thee in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, God: through all
the ages of ages.
Amen.
And
straightway, joined his hands
before his breast, he shall humbly
set
forth, and go to the Altar, and
begin to say:
Rejoice, Mary...
In the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen. May the
grace of the Holy Spirit be with us.
V. I shall
go in unto the altar of God.
R. To God
Who giveth gladness to my youth.
Ps.
JUDGE me, O God...
He
shall say the whole of Ps. 42, with
Glory Be, then:
V. I
shall go in unto the altar of God.
R.
To God Who giveth gladness to
my youth.
V.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to preserve
us.
R.
This day without sin.
V.
O confess to the Lord, for He
is good.
R.
For His mercy endureth for
ever.
V.
Pray for us, holy Theotokos.
R.
That we may be made worthy of
the promises
of Christ.
On
principal
Feasts only, the Priest sings:
By the glory of Thy
name, O Christ, Son of the living God,
and by the intercession of the
holy Virgin Mary, and of blessed
James, and of all thy holy ones,
assist and have mercy upon Thine
unworthy servants, and be Thou in our
midst, O our God: Who livest and
reignest unto the ages of ages.
R.
Thanks be to God.
Then
the
Choir begins the Officium, and he
the confession:
I confess to almighty
God, and the blessed Ever-Virgin Mary:
and the holy Apostles Peter and
Paul, and all the Saints: and
to you, brethren, I reveal that I have
gravely sinned, through pride,
in the law of my God, thought, word,
deed and omission, through my
fault: through my fault: through my
most grievous fault.
Therefore I beseech the
All-blessed Virgin
Mary, and all holy men and women, and
you, brethren, to pray for me.
Absolution:
May almighty God have mercy
on thee (you), and, all thy (your)
sins forgiven, bring thee (you) to
eternal life. R.
Amen.
Absolution
to
the people: May
the merciful Lord grant you pardon,
absolution, and remission of all
your sins, with the amendment of your
ways and life: through the grace
of the Holy Spirit.
R. Amen.
V. O God, Thou wilt turn and
quicken us.
R.
And Thy people shall be glad in Thee.
V.
Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy.
R.
And Thy salvation do Thou give
unto us.
V.
Thy priests shall be clothed
with
righteousness.
R.
And Thy Saints shall rejoice.
V.
O Lord, hear my prayer.
R.
And let my cry come unto Thee.
V.
The Lord be with you.
R.
And with thy spirit.
Let
us pray.
Collect:
Take away from us all our
iniquities, we beseech Thee, O Lord,
and the spirit of pride and
haughtiness, which Thou dost resist:
and
fill us with the spirit of fear, and
give us a heart that is broken and
humbled, which Thou dost not despise:
that we may be worthy to enter
with pure minds into the Holy of
Holies. Through
our
Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
and reigneth with Thee in the
unity of the same Holy Spirit, God:
through all the ages of ages. Amen.
And
straightway
he goes up to the Altar, and makes a
Cross over the Altar,
saying:
In the name of the
Fa+ther, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit. Amen.
And
he
kisses the Altar, and kissing it
says the Ant.:
Hail, precious Cross,
who art consecrated by the Body of
Christ, and adorned with His limbs
as with pearls. Make safe this
assembly present, gathered unceasingly
in the praises of thee.
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless
Thee.
R.
For by Thy holy Cross Thou hast
redeemed the
world.
Let
us pray.
Collect:
Hearken to us, O God of our
salvation: and by the victory of
the holy Cross defend us from all
dangers. Through
Christ
our Lord. Amen.
Collect: By the power of
the holy Cross, and by the
intercession of the blessed Virgin
Mary, and
of blessed Peter, Prince of the
Apostles, and of all the Saints,
absolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the
chains of our transgressions: and
whatsoever we might deserve for them
graciously turn away: and grant us
to come rejoicing unto the remembrance
of all that Thou hast done for
us, by which Thou hast vouchsafed to
fashion us anew.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Another: OUR consciences...
Another
Collect:
O
LORD, let there be with us...
Upon
unfolding
the corporals, the Priest says:
MAY
these our Gifts be pleasing unto Thee,
we beseech Thee, O Lord, in Thy
sight, that we may be able to please
Thee: lift up your gates, O ye
princes, and be lifted up, ye
everlasting gates, and the King of
glory
shall enter in. Who
is this King of glory?
the Lord strong and mighty in war: the
Lord of hosts, He is the King of
glory.
Washing
the
chalice, he says:
VOUCHSAFE,
O Lord, to cleanse this vessel, in
which may I be worthy to receive Thy
precious holy Body.
Who with the Father
and the Holy Spirit livest and
reignest, God: through all the ages of
ages. Amen.
When
he
places the host on the paten, he
says:
MAY
the blessing of God the Fa+ther
almighty, and the Son, and the Holy
Spirit, descend upon this victim to be
offered unto thee, God the
Father. Amen.
When
the
Choir has finished singing the
Officium, thePriest says:
V.
EVER through all the ages of ages.
R.
Amen.
On
most
Feasts, and Sundays outside Advent
and Lent, the Priest intones:
GLORY
be.
And
the
Choir takes it up and sings it to
the end:
To
God in the highest.
And on earth peace to
men of good will.
We praise Thee.
We bless Thee.
We
worship Thee. We glorify Thee. We give
thanks to Thee for Thy great glory. O Lord
God, heavenly King, God the Father
almighty. O
Lord the only-begotten Son, Jesus
Christ. O
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the
Father. That
takest
away the sins of the world: have mercy
upon us. That
takest away the sins of the world:
receive our prayer.
That sittest at the
right hand of the Father: have mercy
upon us. For
Thou
only art holy. Thou
only art the Lord.
Thou only art most high, O
Jesus Christ. With
the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God
the
Father. Amen.
Again,
the Priest says:
V. EVER
through all the ages of ages.
R.
Amen.
Without
"Let
us pray," (once said by the D.)
thePriest says the:
COLLECT (changing
with the season)
R.
Amen.
In
the
midst of the Altar, the Priest says:
V.
BY Thy mercy, O our God, Who art
blessed:
and livest, and rulest all things unto
the ages of ages.
R.
Amen.
V.
The Lord be always with you.
R.
And with thy spirit.
The
reader
of the Lesson says:
A
READING from the Book of N.
R.
Thanks be to God.
After
the last words of the Lesson:
R. Amen.
Again
the Priest says:
V. The
Lord be always with you.
R.
And with thy spirit.
V.
The Hymn of the three Youths.
The Angel of the Lord
likewise descended with Ananias and
his companions into the furnace. And he drave
away the flame of fire from the
furnace: and made the midst of the
furnace as a wind of dew blowing. And the fire
touched them not at all, nor
troubled them, nor did them any harm. Then
those three, as with one mouth,
praised, and magnified, and blessed
the
Lord from the furnace, saying: O Lord
God of our fathers, Thou art both
worthy of praise, and exalted above
all for ever. Amen.
V.
Blessed art Thou.
Bless the Lord, all ye
works of the Lord: say a hymn, and
exalt Him above all for ever. Amen.
Bless
the Lord, O Ananias, Azarias, and
Misael.
Say a hymn, and exalt
Him above all for ever.
Amen.
For
God
hath delivered us from Hades: and from
the hand of death hath He
saved us, and He hath delivered us
from the midst of the furnace of
burning: a breeze hath He brought us
in the midst of the fire.
The
Priest says:
V. O
GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is
good: for His mercy
endureth for ever.
R.
Amen.
V.
The Lord be always with you.
R.
And with thy spirit.
Then
shall
they sing the:
PSALLENDO (varying
with the Mass)
The
D.
says:
BE
silent!
[The
reader
of the Epistle says:]
A
READING from N.
or
The
Continuation of the Epistle of the
Apostle Paul to the N.
R.
Thanks be to God.
[While
the
Epistle is read, the D. puts wine in
the chalice, saying:]
MIX
in this chalice, we beseech Thee, O
Lord, that which flowed from Thy
side: that it may be for the remission
of our sins. Amen.
[Blessing
of
the water:]
GRANT,
O Lord, to bless.
[A
minister
shall say:]
MAY
it be blessed by Him Whose Spirit
moved over the waters.
In the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[Placing
water
into the wine, he says:]
FROM
the side of our Lord Jesus Christ
blood and water are asserted to have
come forth: these, therefore, we
mingle together: that the merciful
Lord may condescend to sanctify them
both unto the healing of our souls. Through the
same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The GOSPEL
| WithPriest
as reader:
Collect: STRENGTHEN
me, O King
of the Saints, having the
highest principality: grant to
my mouth
upright speech, and
fair-sounding: that I may
please Thee and all that
stand round about.
[He
bows at the midst of the altar
and says:]
GRANT,
O Lord,
to bless. May the Lord be in my
heart and in my mouth and upon
my lips
to declare the Holy Divine
Gospel.
|
With D. as
reader:
CLEANSE
my heart and body and my lips,
almighty and merciful
God, Who didst cleans the lips
of Isaias the Prophet with a
burning
coal. So also deign to cleanse
me by Thy freely-flowing
compassion:
that I may be worthy to
declare the Holy Gospel.
Through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
[He
asks the Priest's blessing:]
GRANT,
O Lord,
to bless.
[The
Priest says:]
THE
Lord
strengthen thine understanding
and thy lips: that thou mayest
rightly
speak His holy words to us.
|
[The
reader
of the Gospel says:]
A
READING from the Holy Gospel according
to N.
Choir: Glory
be to Thee, O Lord.
In those days...
[After
the last word of the Gospel:]
R. Amen.
[Apparently
it
is after the Gospel that thePriest
(D.) kisses the Gospel, saying:]
HAIL,
Word of God: reformation of virtue:
restoration of health.
[Then
the Priest says:]
V. THE
Lord be always with you.
R.
And with thy spirit.
[The
Choir begins to sing the LAUDA
(varying with the Mass).
Meanwhile, the Priest offers
the host and
chalice:]
Collect: LET this our
oblation be acceptable to Thy majesty,
almighty God, which we offer
Thee for our sins and offences: and
for the stability of the Holy,
Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Through
Christ our Lord.
[Setting
the
paten upon the corporals, he says:]
In
the name of the Fa+ther, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
[Then
he
takes the chalice, sanctifying it
and saying:]
IN
the name of the Fa+ther, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Collect: WE
offer
Thee, O Lord, the chalice of Jesus
Christ Thy Son, humbly beseeching
Thy mercy, that it may go up before
the sight of Thy divine majesty
with an odour of sweetness. Through the
same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
[He
places
the chalice upon the Altar and takes
the filiola without a
sanctification, and puts it over the
chalice, saying:]
Collect: THIS oblation, we
beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously
accept: and pardon the sins of all
them that make offering of them, and
of them for whom it is offered unto
Thee. Through
Christ
our Lord. Amen.
[He
bows
himself, joining his hands, and says
this prayer:]
IN
the spirit of humility, and with a
contrite heart, may we be accepted
of Thee, O Lord: and may our sacrifice
be in such wise that it may be
accepted by Thee this day, and be
pleasing unto Thee, O Lord God. Come, Holy
Spirit the Sanctifier: sanctify
this sacrifice prepared unto Thee at
my hands.
[Incense
is
placed in the thurible, the minister
saying:]
GRANT,
O Lord, to bless.
Priest: May
it be blessed by Him in Whose
honour it shall be burnt. In the name
of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit. Amen.
[Then
he
censes the sacrifice, saying:]
THROUGH
this incense be pleased, O Lord, with
me and Thy people, sparing our
sins: and let Thy wrath and fury find
rest: mercifully grant that to
Thee we may be a good odour unto life
eternal. Amen.
[The
Priest
bows at the midst of the Altar, with
joined hands, and says in a
ringing voice:]
ASSIST
me, brethren, in your prayers, and
make prayer for my sake unto God.
Choir:
THE
Father, and the Son, and the Holy
Spirit assist thee.
[And
thePriest
turns to the people, and they make
their offerings if they
wish. As
thePriest receives the offerings,
the Choir sings the:]
SACRIFICIUM
(changing with the Mass)
[To
each
person offering bread or wine
thePriest says:]
MAYST
thou receive a hundredfold: and
possess life eternal in the kingdom of
God. Amen.
[And
the offerant shall kiss the stole of
thePriest, and withdraw.]
[Then
thePriest blesses the antidoron,
saying:]
V. Our
help is in the name of the Lord.
R.
Who hath made
heaven and the earth.
V.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
R.
From henceforth, now, and for
evermore.
Collect: BLE+SS, O Lord,
this creature of bread, as Thou
didst bless the five loaves in the
wilderness: that all who partake
thereof may receive health both of
body and of soul.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
May
the bles+sing of God the Father
almighty, and the Son, and the Holy
Spirit, descend upon this bread: and
upon all that eat thereof.
[Here he has
water poured upon his hands, and
says:]
I
WILL wash my hands in innocency, O
Lord, and encompass Thine Altar:
that I may hear the voice of Thy
praise, and tell of all Thy wondrous
works. Destroy
not my soul with the
ungodly, O God, nor my life with men
of blood.
[He
signs
the oblation with three fingers as
he says silently:]
IN
the name of the Father, + and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit: Thou
reignest, God, unto the ages of ages.
R. Amen.
[The
Priest
bows before the Altar and says
silently this prayer:]
I
SHALL approach unto Thee in the
humility of my spirit:
I shall speak to Thee,
for Thou hast given me great hope in
Thy power. Thou,
then,
O Son of David, Who art come unto us
in the flesh, the Mystery
being laid open by the key of Thy
Cross: open the secrets of my heart,
sending one of the Seraphim, who with
that flaming coal which is taken
from Thine altar will cleanse my lips
of pollution, clear my clouded
mind, minister the occasion to that
which should be taught: that the
tongue which serves to the use of my
neighbours out of charity may make
no sound in error: but resound with
the praises of Truth without end. Through
Thee, my God: Who livest and reignest
to ages of ages.
Amen.
[Here
begins the Mass.]
V. The
Lord be always with you.
R.
And with thy spirit.
I. PRAYER
[The
Priest says the MISSA, varying with
the Mass, ending:]
R. Amen.
Priest: BY Thy mercy, O
our God, Who art blessed: and livest,
and rulest all things unto ages
of ages.
R. Amen.
[The
Priest
lifts up his hands and says:]
Let us pray. Agios, Agios,
Agios, O Lord God, King eternal.
To Thee be praises and thanks.
[Then
he
begins the Preces:]
Let us have in mind
the
Holy Catholic Church, in our prayers:
that the Lord mercifully
vouchsafe to increase her in faith,
hope, and charity.
Let us have in mind all the
lapsed, captives,
sick ones, and travellers: that the
Lord mercifully vouchsafe to
behold, redeem, heal, and strengthen
them.
[The
Choir
answers:]
GRANT
this, O almighty, everlasting God.
II. PRAYER
[Afterwards
thePriest
says the ALIA PRAYER, varying with the
Mass, ending:] R. Amen.
Priest: BY Thy mercy, O
our God, in Whose sight the names of
the Saints, Apostles and Martyrs,
Confessors and Virgins, are declared.
R.
Amen.
Priest: OUR
Priests N. and N. (he names the B.
and Metropolitans), and the Pope of
Rome, and the rest, offer the
Oblation to God the Lord, for
themselves and for all the clergy and
peoples of the Church given into their
care: and for all the
brotherhood. Again,
all the Presbyters,
Deacons, clergy, N. and N. (he names those of
the people that gave the offering),
and the people that stand
round about, make offering: to the
honour of the Saints, for themselves
and their own.
Choir: THEY
offer for themselves and for all
the brotherhood.
Priest: MAKING
remembrance of the most blessed
Apostles and Martyrs: the glorious,
holy Virgin Mary, Zacharias, John,
the Infants: of Peter and Paul, John,
James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas: of
Bartholomew, Matthew, James, Simon and
Jude: of Matthias, Mark, and
Luke.
Choir: AND
of all Martyrs.
Priest: AGAIN,
for the spirits of them that are
fallen asleep. Of
Hilary, Athanasius,
Martin, Ambrose, Augustine,
Fulgentius, Leander: of Isidore,
David,
Julian, again Julian, Peter, again,
Peter. Of
John the servant of God.
Of Visitanus,
Viventus, Felix: Cyprian, Vincent,
Gerontius: Zacharias, Zenapolus,
Dominic, Justus: of Saturninus,
Salvatus, again Salvatus: of Bernard,
Raymond, John, Celebrunus,
Gundesalvus, Martin: of Roderic, John,
Guterrius, Sancius, again Sancius: of
Dominic, Julian, Julian, Philip,
Stephan, John, again John, Felix.
Choir: AND of all that
are fallen asleep.
III. PRAYER
[The
Priest says the Post Nomina, varying
with the Mass, but ending:]
R.
Amen.
Priest: FOR Thou art the
life of the living, the health of the
sick, and the repose of all the
faithful departed.
Unto endless ages of
ages.
R.
Amen.
IV. PRAYER
[The
Priest says the Ad Pacem, varying with
the Mass, but ending:]
R.
Amen.
[Then,
in the midst of the Altar, he says:]
Priest: FOR Thou art our
true Peace, and charity unbroken: Thou
livest with Thee: and reignest
with the Holy Spirit, one God: unto
ages of ages.
R. Amen.
[The
Priest
lifts up his hands, blessing the
people:]
THE grace of God the
Father almighty, the peace and love of
our Lord Jesus Christ, and the
communion of the Holy Spirit, be
always with us all.
Choir: AND
with men of good will.
Priest: WHEREFORE
make peace with them that
stand near you.
[The
Choir
sings the Responsory:]
MY peace I give you:
My
peace I commit to you: not as the
world giveth peace do I give to you.
V. A
new
commandment I give you: that ye love
one another.
MY
peace I give...
V.
Glory and honour to the Father, and to
the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit: unto ages
of ages. Amen.
MY
peace I give...
[While
the
Choir says "My peace" thePriest
takes the bread from the paten, and
says:]
RECEIVE the kiss of
peace and love: that you may be fit
for the most holy Mysteries of God.
[And
straightway
he gives the pax to the D., or the
server, and the server
to the people.
After this thePriest bows
himself, joins his hands, and
sings:]
I WILL go in unto the
altar of God.
Choir: UNTO
God Who giveth gladness to my
youth.
[The
Priest
places his hands upon the chalice
and says:]
OPEN your ears to the
Lord.
Choir: WE
have them unto the Lord.
Priest: LIFT
up your hearts.
Choir: LET
us lift them unto the Lord.
[The
Priest,
with joined hands, bows to the midst
of the Altar, and says:]
TO our God and Lord
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who is
in the heavens: let us render
worthy praises, and worthy thanks.
[As
the
Priest says "Let us render" above,
he lifts his hands on high. And the
Choir answers:]
IT is meet and just.
INLATION
[Then
the
Priest sings the INLATION, varying
with the Mass:]
IT is meet and just,
... saying thus:
Choir:
HOLY, Holy, Holy, Lord
God of Sabaoth:
Heaven and earth are full of the glory
of Thy majesty. Osanna
to the Son of David.
Blessed is He that cometh in
the name of the
Lord. Osanna
in the highest. Agyos,
Agyos, Agyos Kyrie o Theos.
V. PRAYER
[Afterwards
the
Priest sings the POST SANCTUS, varying
with the Mass, but ending:]
R.
Amen.
[Then,
in
silence, the Priest joins his hands
and, bowing before the Altar,
says this prayer:]
BE PRESENT, be
present,
O Jesus, good High Priest, in our
midst: as Thou wert in the midst of
Thy disciples: sancti+fy this
oblation, + that what is sanctified +
we
may receive through the hands of Thy
holy Angel, O holy Lord and
Redeemer everlasting.
Our Lord Jesus
Christ, the night in which He was
betrayed, took bread: and, giving
thanks, bles+sed and brake: and gave
to His disciples, saying: Take, and
eat.
This . is . My . Body
.
which . is . delivered . for . you.
[The
Priest
elevates the Body here:]
AS often as ye shall
eat: ye shall do it in remembrance +
of Me.
LIKEWISE also the
chalice, after He had supped, saying:
[Over
the
chalice the Priest says:]
This + is . the .
chalice . of . the . New . Testament .
in . My . Blood, . which . shall
. be . shed . for . you . and . for .
many . for . the . remission . of
. sins.
[The
Priest
elevates the chalice, veiled with
the filiola, here:]
AS often as ye shall
drink: ye shall do it in remembrance +
of Me.
[Note
that
on all days except Feasts the
Priest, after having said "in
remembrance of Me," and after the
Choir answers, "Amen," says in a
raised voice:]
AS often as ye shall
eat this bread and drink this chalice,
ye shall show forth the death of
the Lord, till He come.
In glory + from
heaven. R.
Amen.
VI. PRAYER
[The
Priest says the POST PRIDIE, varying
with the Mass, but ending:]
R.
Amen.
Priest: THEE
bestowing it, O holy Lord: for
unto us Thine unworthy servants Thou
dost create exceeding good:
sancti+fy: quicken: + bl+ess: and
give us all these things: that they
may be blessed by Thee our God unto
ages of ages. Choir:
Amen.
[Then
the Priest unveils the chalice, and
taking the Lord's Body from the
paten holds It in his hand above the
chalice, saying the Ad
Confractionem, except where the Choir
sings a proper one.
Afterward the Priest says:]
V.
The Lord be always with you.
R.
And with thy spirit.
Priest: THE Faith which
we believe with the heart let us then
say with the mouth.
[And
the Priest elevates the Body of Christ
that It may be seen by the
people. And
the Choir says the Symbol
antiphonally:]
Choir: WE believe in one
God, the Father almighty. Maker of
heaven
and earth. The
Creator of all things
visible and invisible.
And in one our
Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten
Son of God. And
born
of the Father before all ages. God of
God. Light
of light. True
God
of true God. Born,
not made. Omousion
to the Father, that is, of the same
substance with the Father. By Whom all
things were made which are in heaven
and which are on earth.
Who for us men, and for our
salvation, came
down from heaven.
And became incarnate by
the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
He suffered under Pontius
Pilate. Was
buried; the third day he arose. He ascended
into heaven: sitteth at the right
hand of God the Father almighty. Whence He
shall come to judge the living and the
dead. Of
Whose kingdom there shall be no end. And
in the Holy Spirit the Lord and Giver
of life, both proceeding from the
Father and the Son.
With the Father and
the Son to be worshipped and
conglorified. Who
spake
by the Prophets: and one Holy,
Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I confess
one Baptism for the remission of
sins. I
wait for the resurrection of the
dead and the life of the Age to come. Amen.
{Here
in the Missal is a diagramme of the
bread arranged on the paten.}
[After
this
the Priest breaks the Eucharist in
the middle, and lays the middle
portion in the paten: and from the
other portion he makes five smaller
particles and lays them in the
paten: and he takes the other
portion
and makes four smaller particles,
and lays them in the paten likewise,
in order, as shown above. Apparently
it is
during this time that if there be
one proper, the Choir sings the:]
AD
CONFRACTIONEM, varying.
[The
Priest
cleans his fingers thoroughly. And
having veiled the chalice he makes
the Commemoration of the Living. The Symbol
(or Ad Confractionem) being ended,
there begins the:]
VII. PRAYER
Priest:
LET us pray.
[The
Priest
says the "Ad Orationem Dominicam,"
varying with the Mass.
The Ad Orationem leads
directly into the:]
OUR FATHER
Priest: OUR
Father, Who art in heaven.
R.: Amen.
Priest: Hallowed be Thy
name.
R.: Amen.
Priest: Thy kingdom come.
R.: Amen.
Priest: Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
R.: Amen.
Priest: Give us this day
our daily bread.
R.: For Thou art God.
Priest: And forgive us
our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
R.: Amen.
Priest: And
lead us not into temptation.
R.: But
deliver us from evil.
Priest: DELIVERED from
all evil, strengthened for ever in
good, may we be worthy to serve
Thee, our God and Lord: put an end, O
Lord,
[Here
the
Priest strikes his breast:]
to our sins: grant joy
to them that are afflicted: bestow
redemption upon the captives: health
upon the sick: and repose to the
departed. Grant
peace
and safety in all our days: shatter
the audacity of our enemies:
and hearken, O God, to the prayers of
Thy servants, all faithful
Christians, upon this day and at all
times. Through
our
Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
and reigneth with Thee in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, God: ever
through all the ages of ages.
R.: Amen.
[Now
he
takes the first particle, called
Kingdom, from the paten and holds
it over the chalice, saying in the
season of Resurrection only:]
THE Lion of the tribe
of Juda, the root of David, hath
prevailed, alleluia.
Choir: WHO
sittest upon the Cherubim, root of
David, alleluia.
[The Priest
sings this three times, and the
Choir answers him each time. And
afterwards he says this prayer
within
himself in a subdued voice:]
HOLY things for the
holy, and may the mingling of the Body
of our Lord Jesus Christ be to
us that receive and drink It for
forgiveness: and be granted unto the
faithful departed for their repose.
[He
lowers
the particle into the chalice and
veils the chalice: and the D.
says in a loud voice:]
BOW down yourselves
for
a blessing.
Priest: The Lord be
always with you.
R.
And with thy spirit.
[The
Priest,
still turned East, says the:]
BENEDICTION,
varying with the Mass.
[The
Benediction consists of three varying
petitions, to each of which the
response is "Amen."
The fourth does not
vary:]
Priest: WHICH may He
deign to grant: by Thy mercy, O our
God, Who art blessed, and livest,
and rulest all things unto ages of
ages.
R. Amen.
Priest: The
Lord be always with you.
R.
And with thy spirit.
AD ACCEDENTES
[The
Choir sings the AD ACCEDENTES, which
varies.]
[This
said, the Priest takes the other
particle following and says:]
Collect: I will take the
bread of heaven from the table of the
Lord: and I will call upon the
name of the Lord.
[He
says the Commemoration of the Dead,
holding that particle over the
chalice. And
after the Comm. he says
silently:]
Collect: O
LORD my God, grant me so to receive
the Body and Blood of Thy Son our Lord
Jesus Christ: that by It I may
deserve to receive the remission of
all my sins, and to be filled with
Thy Holy Spirit, O our God. Who livest
and
reignest unto ages of ages: amen.
Collect: HAIL for
ever, most holy Flesh of Christ: unto
eternity the highest sweetness.
[Here
he makes the sign of the Cross with
the Host and receives the particle
which he holds in his hand. Then he
veils
the chalice, and goes to the paten:
and he consumes all the particles
in order. And
then he takes the paten and
holds it over the chalice, and cleans
it thoroughly with his thumb, and
then says:]
Collect: HAIL
for ever, heavenly Drink: to me
before all
things and above all
things, Thou art sweet.
Collect: MAY the Body and
Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ keep my
body and soul unto eternal life. Amen.
[Here
he partakes of the Blood. And when the
Priest has received the Blood, he says
immediately:]
Priest: O
LORD my God, Father, and Son, and
Holy Spirit: make me ever to seek Thee
and love Thee: and never depart
from Thee, through this holy Communion
which I have received: for Thou
art God, and there is no other besides
Thee: unto ages of ages.
Amen.
[Apparently
it
is here that the people are
communicated. During
this
time the Choir sings:]
The
COMMUNIO, which varies.
[The
Priest
goes to the right horn of the Altar
and says:]
MAY the Body of our
Lord Jesus Christ which we have taken,
and His holy Blood which we have
drunk, cling to our bowels, O eternal,
almighty God: that it may not
come unto our judgment, nor our
condemnation, but be profitable to us
for salvation, and for the healing of
our souls unto life eternal. Amen.
BY Thy mercy, O our God, Who
art blessed, and
livest, and rulest all things unto
ages of ages.
R. Amen.
V.
The Lord be always with you.
R.
And with thy spirit.
[The
Priest says the [Final] COLLECT,
varying with the season, ending:]
R.
Amen.
Priest: THE
solemnities are accomplished in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ: may our
vow be accepted with peace.
R.
Thanks be to God.
The Liturgy of
the Mozarabic Rite is ended.
[At
the
end of Mass is said the Ant. to the
praise of the glorious Virgin
Mary:]
Ant.: HAIL, Queen of
mercy, our life, our sweetness, and
our hope, hail! To
thee do we cry, banished children of
Eve. To
thee do we breathe forth mourning and
weeping in this valley of tears. Turn
then, O our advocate, those thine eyes
of mercy towards us.
And after this exile, show unto
us the blessed
Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement: O
loving: O sweet Ever-Virgin Mary.
V.
After childbirth thou didst remain a
Virgin.
R.
Mother of God, intercede for us.
The end
of the Divine Liturgy of the
Mozarabic Rite of the Mass. Thanks be to
God.
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