The priest stands at the foot of the altar, signs himself, and says the first words of the Mass — he has not gone up yet.
Sacerdos paratus cum ingreditur ad Altare, facta illi debita reverentia, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus, et clara voce dicit:
The vested priest approaches the altar, makes the reverence due to it, signs himself from forehead to breast and says aloud:
priest
priest:
Deinde, iunctis manibus ante pectus, incipit Antiphonam:
With hands joined before his breast, the priest begins the antiphon.
priest:
server
server:
Psalm 42, said in alternation with the server, closed by the Glória Patri and the antiphon again.omitted in Passiontide and at Masses for the Dead — with its doxology and the repeated antiphon
In Missis Defunctorum, et in Missis de Tempore a Dominica Passionis usque ad Sabbatum sanctum exclusive, omittitur Psalmus Iúdica me, Deus, cum Glória Patri, et repetitione Antiphonæ, sed dicto In nómine Patris, Introíbo, et Adiutórium, fit conféssio.
At Masses for the Dead, and at Masses of the season from Passion Sunday through Maundy Thursday, the psalm, the Glória Patri and the repetition of the antiphon are omitted. After In nómine Patris, the antiphon and the Adiutórium, the Confíteor follows at once.
Postea alternatim cum Ministris dicit sequentem:
The priest says the psalm alternately with the ministers.
priest
priest:
server
server:
priest:
server:
priest:
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Sacerdos repetit Antiphonam:
The priest repeats the antiphon.
priest:
server:
A versicle and its response. The priest signs himself a second time and, bowing low, begins the confession.
Signat se, dicens:
The priest makes the sign of the cross.
priest
priest:
server
server:
The priest confesses first, addressing the servers: “to you, brothers”.
Deinde iunctis manibus profunde inclinatus facit Confessionem.
The priest joins his hands, bows deeply, and recites the Confíteor.
priest:
Percutit sibi pectus ter, dicens:
The priest strikes his breast three times.
priest:
The servers answer him with the same prayer in the singular — without the Indulgéntiam, which is the priest’s alone.
server
server:
Sacerdos dicit:
The priest answers.
priest
priest:
Et erigit se. Deinde Ministri repetunt Confessionem: et ubi a Sacerdote dicebatur vobis, fratres, et vos, fratres, a Ministris dicitur tibi, pater, et te, pater.
The priest straightens up. The ministers now repeat the confession — in the same words, with the single change the missal states outright: where the priest said “to you, brethren” and “you, brethren”, they say “to you, father” and “you, father”.
The general confession is said twice: first by the priest, then by the servers and the faithful, each followed by the Misereátur — and the second by the Indulgéntiam as well.
Deinde Ministri repetunt Confessionem.
The ministers repeat the Confíteor.
server
server:
Percutiunt sibi pectus ter, dicentes:
They strike their breasts three times.
server:
Two prayers for pardon after the servers’ confession, the Misereátur and the Indulgéntiam — petitions, not sacramental absolution.
Postea Sacerdos, iunctis manibus, facit absolutionem, dicens:
With hands joined, the priest says the prayer for forgiveness.
priest
priest:
server and faithful everyone answers
server and faithful:
Signat se signo crucis, dicens:
The priest signs himself and says the second prayer.
priest:
server and faithful:
The last versicles at the foot, said in alternation. Immediately after them the priest goes up to the altar.
Et inclinatus prosequitur:
Bowed, the priest continues.
priest
priest:
server
server:
priest:
server:
priest:
server:
priest:
server and faithful:
The priest goes up the steps asking to be cleansed of sin, and kisses the altar over the relics.
Et extendens ac iungens manus, clara voce dicit:
The priest extends and joins his hands, then says one word aloud.
priest:
Et ascendens ad Altare, dicit secreto:
The priest ascends the steps to the altar and continues silently.
silently
priest:
Deinde, manibus iunctis super Altare, inclinatus dicit:
With joined hands resting on the altar the priest bows over it and begins the second prayer.
silently
priest:
Osculatur Altare in medio.
The priest kisses the middle of the altar.
silently
priest: