If no proper Entrance Antiphon is provided, a suitable entrance chant or song may be used.

All make the Sign of the Cross as the priest says:

The priest greets the people:

The priest may very briefly introduce the faithful to the Mass of the day.

The priest invites the faithful to perform the Penitential Act:

A brief pause for silence follows, and then one of the following Penitential Acts:

And, striking their breast three times, all say:

The absolution by the priest follows:

Or:

At the end of the Homily it is appropriate for there to be a brief silence for recollection. The congregation then stands.

On Sundays and Solemnities, the Profession of Faith or Creed will follow. During Lent and Easter Time, especially, the Apostles' Creed may be used.

At the words that follow, up to and including 'and became man', all bow.

After each intention, the minister says the following (or a variation of it):

The priest says a concluding prayer. When the Liturgy of the Word has been completed, the people sit.

During the Offertory Song the faithful usually express their participation by making an offering, bringing forward bread and wine for the celebration of the Eucharist and perhaps other gifts to relieve the needs of the Church and of the poor.

When he has received the bread and wine for the celebration, the priest offers prayer of blessing quietly at the altar. Sometimes these prayers are said aloud. If the priest says the prayers aloud, the assembly’s acclamation each time is:

The priest completes additional personal preparatory rites, and the people rise as he says:

The people reply:

Then the priest says the Prayer over the Offerings, at the end of which the people acclaim:

Extending his hands, the priest says:

The people reply:

The priest, raising his hands, continues:

The people:

The priest, with hands extended, adds:

The people:

The priest continues to the Preface prayer:

The priest concludes the Preface with the people singing or saying aloud the Sanctus:

After the singing of the Sanctus the congregation kneels for the Eucharistic Prayer.

The priest alone recites:

After the words of Consecration, the priest says:

The people continue, acclaiming either:

Then the priest alone continues:

At the conclusion of the Eucharistic Prayer the priest takes the chalice and the paten with the host and, raising both, he alone says:

All respond:

The congregation stands and the priest says:

Together with the people, he continues:

The priest alone continues, saying:

The people conclude the prayer, acclaiming:

Then the priest alone says aloud:

The people reply:

The priest adds:

The people reply:

The deacon, or the priest, adds:

And all may offer one another a customary sign of peace.

During the breaking of the host the following is sung or said:

After the Lamb of God, the people kneel.

After his private prayers of preparation the priest genuflects, takes the host and, holding it slightly raised above the paten or above the chalice says aloud:

And together with the people he adds once:

After the priest has consumed the Body and Blood of Christ, the communicants come forward in reverent procession, and make a preparatory act of reverence by bowing their head in honor of Christ’s presence in the Sacrament before receiving Holy Communion.

The priest says:

The communicant replies:

When Communion is ministered under both kinds the minister of the Chalice raises it slightly and shows it to each of the communicants, saying:

The communicant replies:

After the distribution of Communion, if appropriate, a sacred silence may be observed for a while, or a psalm or other canticle of praise or a hymn may be sung.

Then, the priest says:

All stand and pray in silence. Then the priest says the Prayer after Communion, at the end of which the people acclaim:

The priest says:

The people reply:

The priest blesses the people, saying:

The people reply:

The people reply: