This is the Mass

The sacrifice of the mass / By Fulton J. Sheen

Author's preface: By Henry Daniel-Rops

Introibo Altare Dei: the prayers at the foot of the altar

Confiteor: the general confession of sins

The kissing of the altar: the priest goes up to the Holy Table

The marking of the beginning: the sing of the cross

The mercy and the glory of God: the Kyrie and the Gloria

Made one in the Lord: the collect

The reading in God's name: the epistle

An interval of preparation: between the epistle and the gospel

The word of God: the gospel

The canon of our faith: the credo

The offertory: prayers at the offering

By bread and wine: the preparation of the bread and wine

With clean hands: the washing of the celebrant's hands

To the three divine persons: prayer to the holy trinity

In secret: the secret prayers

The prologue to the great Thanksgiving: the preface

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus: the three-fold acclamation to the All-Holy

The church at the foot of the cross: the remembrance of the living

This is my body: the elevation of the host

This is my blood: the elevation of the chalice

In remembrance...: the supplices

Our dead and we sinners: the commemoration of the dead

Thanksgiving: the little elevation

The Pater noster: the Lord's prayer

The broken road: the breaking of the Host

In the blood of the lamb: the Agnus Dei

The celebrant's communion: the priest receives the holy communion

The communion of the people: the congregation approach the holy table

In the hand of God: the blessing

In the glory of the word: the last Gospel

Translator's annotations / By Alastair Guinan.