word Mass. For the celebration of the Eucharist in Eastern Christianity, including Eastern Catholic Churches, other terms such as Divine Liturgy, Holy...

In many Western Christian traditions, Midnight Mass is the first liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve, traditionally...

Divine Liturgy (Ancient Greek: Θεία Λειτουργία, romanized: Theia Leitourgia) or Holy Liturgy is the usual name used in most Eastern Christian rites for...

The Tridentine Mass, also known as the Traditional Latin Mass or the Traditional Rite, is the liturgy in the Roman Missal of the Catholic Church codified...

two-volume Mass of the Roman Rite or Missarum Solemnia. Paul F. Bradshaw and Maxwell E. Johnson trace the history of eucharistic liturgies from first-century...

In Christian liturgy, a vigil is, in origin, a religious service held during the night leading to a Sunday or other feastday. The Latin term vigilia,...

The Mass of Paul VI, also known as the Ordinary Form or Novus Ordo, is the most commonly used liturgy in the Catholic Church. It was promulgated by Pope...

Catholic liturgies of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The Catholic Church understands liturgy not only to mean the celebration of the Holy Mass, but also...

Catholic Church. The Roman Rite governs rites such as the Roman Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours as well as the manner in which sacraments and blessings...

(Roman Rite) Mass Mass of Gregory I (c.600) Ordines Romani Uses in Rome Liturgy of the Roman Curia Liturgy of St Peter's Basilica Liturgy of Lateran Basilica...

Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used (whether recommended or prescribed) by a Christian congregation or denomination on a regular basis. The...

regards the Mass as its most important ritual, going back to apostolic times. In general, its various liturgies followed the outline of Liturgy of the Word...

Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to...

The ordinary, in Catholic liturgies, refers to the part of the Mass or of the canonical hours that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on...

respectively). On such occasions the liturgy contains prayers or collects ad pacem. In the Ambrosian Liturgy, at the end of the Mass, the congregation is dismissed...

as well as some Methodist churches. The Mass and its settings draw their name from the introit of the liturgy, which begins with the words Requiem aeternam...

instructions for the sign of peace differ depending on the liturgy being performed. In the Tridentine Mass, the sign of peace is given at Solemn Masses alone...

A Gnostic Mass is a liturgical Mass administered by a Gnostic church. There are several such churches, each with its own version of the Mass. Some of them...

Bay (abbreviated Mass Bay), a bay off the U.S. state of the same name Mass (liturgy), an act of worship in some Christian churches Mass in the Catholic...

to describe these liturgies as they existed from the papacy of John Paul II to present. The Anglican Use was originally "the liturgy of The Book of Divine...

Eucharistic Prayer, or Great Thanksgiving, is a portion of the Christian liturgy of the Eucharist in which, through a prayer of thanksgiving, the elements...

Pre-Tridentine Mass – Forms of the Mass before 1570 "Liturgy of the Mass". Catholic Encyclopedia – via New Advent. Crichton, J.D. (1986). "Mass, High". In...

and Eastern Orthodox churches, a homily is usually given during Mass (Divine Liturgy or Holy Qurbana for Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, and Divine...

psalms of the Night office, called ganonaklookh (Canon head). Like the Mass (liturgy) itself, the Daily Office within the Lutheran Church has had considerable...

Anglican Communion, the Easter Vigil is the most important liturgy of public worship and Mass of the liturgical year, marked by the first use since the...

server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy. An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such as fetching...

up missa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Missa may refer to: Mass (liturgy) Mass (music), a choral composition that sets liturgical text to music...

The proper (Latin: proprium) is a part of the Christian liturgy that varies according to the date, either representing an observance within the liturgical...

Roman Canon History of the Roman Canon Mass Pre-Tridentine Mass Tridentine Mass Mass of Paul VI Anaphora (liturgy) From the very printing of the first edition...

emphasize the Tridentine Mass, the Roman Rite liturgy largely replaced in general use by the post-Second Vatican Council Mass of Paul VI. Many Traditionalist...