Altar Servers

The Order of the Mass

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Introductory Rites

• Entrance Procession
• Greeting of the altar and the people
• Act of Penitence
• Gloria (Except for Advent, Lent, and most daily Masses)
• Opening Prayer

Liturgy of the Word

• 1st Reading
• Responsorial Psalm
• 2nd Reading (not in most daily Masses)
• Gospel
• Homily
• Profession of Faith/Creed (not in most daily Masses)
• Petitions/Prayers of the Faithful

Liturgy of the Eucharist

• Presentation of the Gifts/Preparation of the Altar
• Prayer Over the Gifts
• Eucharistic Prayer

Communion Rite

• The Lord’s Prayer
• Sign of Peace
• Fractioning (“Lamb of God”)
• Communion
• Prayer After Communion
• Announcements

Concluding Rite

• Blessing & Dismissal
• Recessional