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The first Mass was instituted by Christ at the Last Supper, on the first Holy Thursday. The first Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was celebrated on the eve of the Passion. The unbloody sacrifice of the Last Supper is a memorial of Christ's bloody sacrifice on the cross. Thus, the Mass is a unifying event of the Last Supper and Christ's sacrifice on ...
Catholic liturgies are broadly categorized as the Latin liturgical rites of the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic liturgies of the Eastern Catholic Churches.. The Catholic Church understands liturgy not only to mean the celebration of the Holy Mass, but also the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours and the administration of sacraments and many sacramentals.
The term Mass refers to the act by which the sacrament of the Eucharist comes into being, while the term Holy Communion refers to the act by which the Eucharist is received. [2] Blessed Sacrament is a devotional term used in the Catholic Church to refer to the Eucharistic species (consecrated sacramental bread and wine). [4]
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An English translation, Ceremonial of Bishops, was published 1989. [4] The book is in eight parts: Episcopal liturgy in general; Mass; Liturgy of the Hours and Celebrations of the Word of God; Celebrations of the Mysteries of the Lord in the course of the year; Sacraments; Sacramentals; Noteworthy dates in the life of a bishop
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Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity. The term Mass is commonly used in the Catholic Church, [1] Western Rite Orthodoxy, Old Catholicism, and Independent Catholicism.
A mass-book is a book, used most commonly by the laity, as an aid while attending Catholic Mass (the principal Catholic church service). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The massbook comprises scriptural readings, prayers , and psalms for the day's mass, sometimes also including homiletic or exegetical material.