Prayers and Mass Responses

Prayers and Mass Responses to know by heart

The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross In the name of the Father, (Touch your forehead) and of the Son (Touch your heart) and of the Holy (Touch your left shoulder) Spirit. Amen. (Touch your right shoulder

Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Our Father

Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Hail Mary

Angel of God, my guardian dear, To whom God’s love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, To light and guard To rule and guide. Amen

Angel of God

Grace Before Meals

O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Before the Gospel, we sing “Alleluia.” At the end of prayers, we say “Amen.” After the Intersessions, we say “Lord hear our prayer.”

Mass Responses

Mass Responses

Priest: “The Lord be with you.” Response: “And with your spirit.” Confiteor: “I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.”

Verse before the Gospel: “Alleluia”

Lector: “The Word of the Lord.” Response: “Thanks be to God.”

Response to the Readings

Priest: “A reading from the Gospel according to __________.” Response: “Glory to you O Lord.”

Response to the Gospel introduction

Priest: “The Gospel of the Lord.” Response: “Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

Response to the Gospel

Lector: “We pray to the Lord.” Response: “Lord hear our prayer.”

Response to Intercessions

Response: “Amen.”

Priest: “Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, forever and ever.”

The Great Amen

Priest: “Go in the Peace of Christ.” Response: “Thanks be to God.”

Response to Dismissal

“Peace be with you.”

The Sign of Peace:

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen

St. Michael Prayer

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you, and I detest all my sins because of your just punishments, but most of all because they offend you, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin. Amen.

Act of Contrition

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

The Apostles Creed

Kyrie: “Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Gloria