The Mass


Vatican II: Constitution on the Liturgy See Chapter 2: The Most Sacred Mystery of the Eucharist.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal 1975 Decree of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 2, Section 2

Instruction concerning worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Prepared by the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship, approved and confirmed by His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Promulgated on March 17, 1980

Gather Faithfully Together: A Guide for Sunday Mass Pastoral letter by Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, September 1997

“The Mass that Takes Its Time” By Jean-Marc Furnon in The Way, 2009

Mass and Communion Service: What's the Difference? By Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M. in Catholic Update, 1999

Participating Fully at Sunday Mass: An Adaptation of Gather Faithfully Together: A Guide for Sunday Mass By Cardinal Roger Mahony in Catholic Update, 1999

A Walk Through the Mass: A Step-By-Step Explanation By Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M. in Catholic Update, 1999

Is the Mass a Meal? By Charles Gusmer in Catholic Update, 1999

Celebrating Mass By Luke Timothy Johnson, Dennis M. Doyle, Bernard P. Prusak, Paul Elie, Lyn C. Isbell, Michael O. Garvey, Ralph Thibodeau, Elena Cabriel, Dennis Burke and Peggy Rosenthal in Commonweal, Jan 30, 1998

Strange Omission of Key Women in the Lectionary By Ruth Fox in National Catholic Reporter, May 13, 1994

Mass Times We maintain a database of the Mass Times for all the Catholic churches in the United States. You can access this database from this web site or by phone

The Mass From St Ann's Shrine in Scranton PA. Includes: Today's Mass (Feast Day, Prayers, Readings & Homily); Petition & Prayer Requests (Your Petitions & General Petitions); Readings for additional Masses (Feast Day, Prayers, Readings & Homily); Priests & People; Gift Items from The Mass

The Council of Trent on the Mass Doctrine Concerning the Sacrifice of the Mass; Canons on the Sacrifice of the Mass; Decree Concerning the Things to be Observed and Avoided in the Celebration of Mass; Decree Concerning Reform; Decree Concerning the Petition for the Concession of the Chalice

The Sacrifice of the Mass Baltimore Catechism

Sacrifice of the Mass Joseph Pohle, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911

CAFOD, Justice and the Eucharist

Selections from the Assyrian Liturgy

The Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil

The Divine Liturgy of St. James

The Divine Liturgy of St. Mark

The Liturgy of the Blessed Apostles

The Order of Mass The basic texts used in the Eucharist, courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J. of Loyola Marymount University.

Biblical Texts related to the Catholic Mass Compiled by Prof. Felix Just, S.J. of Loyola Marymount University.

The Roman Catholic Lectionary for Mass Compiled by Prof. Felix Just, S.J. of Loyola Marymount University. This website has comprehensive tables of the scripture readings from several editions of the Roman Catholic Lectionary for Mass, so that you can easily obtain an overview of all the readings used in a particular liturgical season and/or in a particular year of Ordinary Time. There are also many cross-references and some comparative analyses so that you can more easily see the differences between various editions of the Lectionary for Mass.




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