This is the table at the front of the church where the priest celebrates Mass.
What is the altar?
We begin Mass with this symbol of our faith.
What is the Sign of the Cross?
This part of the Mass consists of the First Reading, the Psalm, and the Gospel.
What is the Liturgy of the Word?
What is the Sign of Peace?
This is the person who celebrated the first Mass of all time.
Who is Jesus?
This is the sacred box where the Eucharist is kept after Mass.
What is the tabernacle?
After the priest says "The Lord be with you," we respond with these words.
What is "And with your spirit?"
This part of the Mass is when the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus.
What is the Liturgy of the Eucharist?
An altar server does this during the consecration so that we recognize the bread and wine are being turned into the Body and Blood of Jesus.
This is the prayer that Jesus taught us himself.
What is the Our Father?
This is the golden cup which holds the Precious Blood of Jesus.
What is the chalice?
After the first reading, when the lector says "The word of the Lord," we respond this way.
What is "Thanks be to God!"
The Mass consists of __ major parts.
What is 4?
We do this when we walk past the tabernacle or enter our pew, out of respect for Jesus present in the Eucharist.
What is genuflecting?
What is "Honor the Sabbath Day"?
This is the book the priest reads from during Mass.
What is the Roman Missal?
After the priest proclaims the Gospel and says, "The Gospel of the Lord," we respond with this.
What is "Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ"?
This first part of Mass includes the Sign of the Cross, the Penitential Act, and an opening prayer.
What are the Introductory Rites?
We do this when we enter the church as a sign of our Baptism.
What is blessing ourselves with Holy Water?
This is the day when the Mass was celebrated for the first time.
What is Holy Thursday / the Last Supper?
This is the place from which the readings of the Mass are proclaimed.
What is the ambo?
This is our response when the priest says, "Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world, blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb."
What is "Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word, and my soul shall be healed"?
This part, at the end of Mass, includes a closing prayer and a recessional hymn.
What are the Concluding Rites?
We do this before the Gospel to say "May the Word of God be in my mind, on my lips, and in my heart."
This word which we sing before the proclamation of the Gospel comes from a word of praise used in the Psalms.
What is "Alleluia"?