• Sending Forth After the final blessing we are sent forth into the community to live the good news - requires action.
  
• Eucharist Means Thanksgiving
  
• The Sign of Peace Before receiving Jesus in the Eucharist, we share a sign of peace.
  
• Great Amen We affirm our faith in Jesus' presence in the Eucharist, literally means "Yes, I Believe".
  
• Doxology "Through Him, with Him, in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit."
  
• Acclamations Shouts and songs of joy from the assembly.
  
• Consecration Actually the entire Eucharistic prayer, remembering God's saving events of the past.
  
• Transubstantiation The doctrine the refers to the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist
  
• Eucharistic Prayer Our perfect prayer of thanksgiving in which Christ becomes present to His people in bread and wine and our response to be present to others and change the world!
  
• Liturgy of the Eucharist The Eucharistic Prayer, Our Father, Sign of Peace, and Communion
  
• Apostle's Creed Prayer that states what we believe about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Church. Written before the Nicene Creed.
  
• Offertory The time between the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. We prepare the Table and take the collection to represent our gifts so that others may have what they need.
  
• Prayers of the Faithful Our petitions to God. The community can be part of the answer to prayer. We ask God to act through us.
  
• Holy Family Joseph, Mary, and Jesus. Feast of the Holy Family is celebrated the Sunday after Christmas.
  
• Homily To prepare us to receive Jesus in the Eucharist
  
• Gospel Good news, remembering the important events in Jesus' life, and His teachings
  
• Psalm One of the 150 Psalms in the Jewish (Old) Testament, sung between the First and Second Reading
  
• Liturgy of the Word Remembering and sharing our stories from both the Jewish (Old) and and New Testaments
  
• Confiteor "I confess" prayer in the Penitential Rite to acknowledge God's mercy, not a time for private confession.
  
• Kyrie The only Greek words in the Mass, translated "Lord have mercy".
  
• Lord I am not Worthy Prayed after the breaking of the bread, acknowledging God's love and mercy.
  
• Penitential Rite We recall God's love and mercy and stand ready to be transformed to be like Jesus
  
• Opening Rite Greeting of the priest, remembrance and praise of God's love, and Opening Prayer.
  
• Nicene Creed our response to the Word and what we believe.
  
• Roman Missal Also known as the Sacramentary. Contains the order and prayers of the Mass.
  
• The Mass The most perfect and important act of worship and prayer of the Catholic community.
  
• Do this in memory of me The words spoken by Jesus at the Last Supper. Memory is more than remembering, it means, "Be present to me".
  

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