Order of Mass

{{See also|Mass ordinary}}

{{See also|Proper (liturgy)}}

In the Roman Missal, the Order of Mass is printed as a distinct section placed in the middle of the book, between the Mass of the Easter Vigil and that of Easter Sunday in pre-1970 editions, and between the Proper of the Seasons and the Proper of the Saints thereafter.

In a Catholic tradition Order of Mass (Latin: Ordo Missae) is sometimes used as a synonym of Ordinary of the Mass (Ordinarium Missae),The first printing of the Tridentine Roman Missal used the term Ordinarium Missae (Missale Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum Pii V. Pont. Max. editum Apud haeredes Bartholomaei Faletti, Ioannem Varisei et socios, Roma 1570. Facsimile: Manlio Sodi, Antonio Maria Triacca, Missale Romanum. Editio princeps (1570), Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 1998, {{ISBN|88-209-2547-8}}), but in later editions Ordo Missae in more classical Latin was used. "Order of Mass", rather than "Ordinary of the Mass", is the official term for English-speaking Catholics, in both the 1973 translation of the Roman Missal and in the revised translation that in most English-speaking countries will be brought into use on the First Sunday in Advent in 2011 (see [http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/order-of-mass.pdf The Order of Mass]). but the last expression usually rather refers to the Ordinarium parts of the Mass, i.e. the Mass ordinary, the set of texts of the Roman Rite Mass that are generally invariable. This contrasts with the proper (proprium), which are items of the Mass that change with the feast or following the Liturgical Year.

{{See also|Pre-Tridentine Mass#Comparison of the Mass, c. 400 and 1000 AD}}

Before the Roman Missal of 1570 the Order of Mass was less uniform but by 1000 AD many sections of the Tridentine Mass were already established as part of the Mass.

{{See also|Tridentine Mass#Liturgical structure}}

The Order of Mass for the Tridentine Mass appears in Roman Missals from 1570, until it was replaced by the Order of Mass as published in the Roman Missal of 1970.

{{See also|Mass of Paul VI#Changes in the Order of Mass}}

Many prayers have been shortened and/or alternative versions of texts of the ordinary can be chosen.

The Eastern churches generally follow similar traditions distinct from but analogous to Western practice. The 23 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches, celebrate the Eucharist in ways only accidentally different from the Western Church.

In the Byzantine Rite the Eucharist is called Divine Liturgy, which has several versions, with the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom coming closest to an equivalent of the Order of Mass in the Western traditions.

File:Konsekration Alsike Kyrka.png the host during the Mass at Alsike Church, Sweden]]

In the Lutheran Churches, the Order of Mass takes the following form:{{cite web |title=The Eucharist also called Holy Communion (High Mass) |url=http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/gudstjanstbanken/service_book/01hogmassa.htm#TopOfPage |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=19 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704082152/http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/gudstjanstbanken/service_book/01hogmassa.htm#TopOfPage |archive-date=4 July 2007 |date=2007}}

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• Introit
• The Preparation for Mass
• The Absolution
• Prayer of Thanksgiving
• Kyrie Eleison
• Gloria and Laudamus
• Collect of the Day
• Old Testament reading
• Responsorial Psalm
• Epistle reading
• Gradual
• Alleluia
• Gospel reading
• Sermon
• Nicene Creed
• Notices (e.g. Banns of marriage)
• Intercessions
• Offertory
• Eucharistic Prayer
• Sursum Corda
• Preface
• Sanctus
• Lord's Prayer
• Fraction
• Pax
• Agnus Dei
• Prayers before Communion
• Holy Communion
• Prayer of Thanksgiving
• Benedicamus Domino
• Blessing of the Faithful
• Dismissal

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The Order of Mass produced under the liturgical reforms of the Lutheran divine Olavus Petri, expanded the anaphora from the Formula Missae, which liturgical scholar Frank Senn states fostered "a church life that was both catholic and evangelical, embracing the whole population of the country and maintaining continuity with pre-Reformation traditions, but centered in the Bible's gospel."{{cite book |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Paul F. |last2=Johnson |first2=Maxwell E. |title=The Eucharistic Liturgies: Their Evolution and Interpretation |date=2012 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=978-0-8146-6240-3 |page=250-251 |language=en}}

Traditionally, In Anglicanism the Book of Common Prayer is the guide for liturgical practices regarding the Eucharist, for instance having the Gloria near the end of the Service in some editions.

However various revisions have taken place throughout the Anglican Communion during the 20th and 21st Century, with most provinces creating a liturgy with a close resemblance to the western tradition. For example, until the retranslation of the Roman Catholic English Order of the Mass, the Church of England Common Worship liturgy was almost identical to the Roman Catholic Ordo except for some differences in wording in the Eucharistic prayers, though with the substantive elements identical the notable difference being that the peace follows the intercessions, not the Eucharistic Prayer.{{cite web| url = https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/introduction/litrevis.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130625215526/http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/introduction/litrevis.aspx| archive-date = 2013-06-25| title = Liturgical Revision}}

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• [https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass Order of Mass] - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• [https://thavmapub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/the-traditional-lutheran-liturgy.pdf Text of the Lutheran Mass in English]

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