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==== Invitation to Prayer ==== | ==== Invitation to Prayer ==== | ||
* the priest then addresses the people | * the priest then addresses the people: | ||
Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. | |||
* the people respond: | |||
' | May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good, and the good of all his holy Church. | ||
* note: the "sacrifice" is not just the bread and wine and/or the collection | |||
** the "sacrifice" is all of us | |||
** the Eucharist is presented "in memory" of the Lord, but as a living act, memorializing act, not in recognition of some past event | |||
** thus Christ's sacrifice is real at every Mass and we are part of it | |||
==== The Eucharistic Prayer ==== | |||
* the priest then extends his hands over the Offerings, asking the Father to bless and accept these gifts | |||
* the prayer is one of praise and thanksgiving | |||
* it starts with the | |||
===== Preface Dialogue ===== | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki> see [https://www.usccb.org/committees/evangelization-catechesis/holy-eucharist Holy Eucharist | USCCB] | <nowiki>*</nowiki> see [https://www.usccb.org/committees/evangelization-catechesis/holy-eucharist Holy Eucharist | USCCB] | ||
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** we owe it to God to "give thanks" | ** we owe it to God to "give thanks" | ||
* see [https://www.catholicherald.com/article/columns/right-and-just/ Right and just - Arlington Catholic Herald] | * see [https://www.catholicherald.com/article/columns/right-and-just/ Right and just - Arlington Catholic Herald] | ||
''epiclesis'' | |||
==== Eucharistic prayer ==== | ==== Eucharistic prayer ==== | ||
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* [https://www.catholicherald.com/article/local/the-eucharist-explained/ The Eucharist explained - Arlington Catholic Herald] | * [https://www.catholicherald.com/article/local/the-eucharist-explained/ The Eucharist explained - Arlington Catholic Herald] | ||
== Layout of a Church == | == Layout of a Church == | ||
[[File:Old St Peters Basilica plan.png|thumb|Plan of Old St Peter's Basilica, showing atrium (courtyard), narthex (vestibule), central nave with double aisles, a bema for the clergy extending into a transept, and an exedra or semi-circular apse.]][[File:Transept1.png|thumb|Cathedral ground plan. The shaded area is the transept; the darker shading at the centre represents the crossing.]] | [[File:Old St Peters Basilica plan.png|thumb|Plan of Old St Peter's Basilica, showing atrium (courtyard), narthex (vestibule), central nave with double aisles, a bema for the clergy extending into a transept, and an exedra or semi-circular apse.]][[File:Transept1.png|thumb|Cathedral ground plan. The shaded area is the transept; the darker shading at the centre represents the crossing.]]see [https://stpaulrepository.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/rcia-06-the-church-what-is-in-a-catholic-church-building-by-fr-guy-de-gaynesford.pdf What's in a Catholic church building?] | ||
* '''altar''' | * '''altar''' | ||
** from Latin ''altare'' for "high place for sacrifice" | ** from Latin ''altare'' for "high place for sacrifice" | ||