There is a coherence to the structure of the Mass. There are four main “parts”: the introductory rites; the Liturgy of the Word; the Liturgy of the Eucharist; and the Concluding Rite.

This illustration shows an altar with many of the objects used for the celebration of Mass. (Credit ... down the Holy Spirit in the part of the eucharistic prayer called the epiclesis.

The eucharistic prayer is the most important and least understood prayer in the Catholic Mass. Most Catholics see ... of some extraneous prayers, but is part of the history of God's action in ...

looking at their phone or even taking pictures during papal liturgies, saying these are distractions that take focus away from the "heart of the Church," which is the Eucharist. "The Mass is not a ...

This coming Advent, Catholics throughout the English-speaking world will begin using a new translation for the prayers that we say in the Mass ... Eucharist. This is the first in a four-part ...

The Mass is where our prayer finds its origin, structure, and fulfillment. The Eucharistic Sacrifice truly becomes the culmination of prayer and of a life lived completely in the Lord Jesus and ...

The bishops should presume goodwill on the part ... the entire prayer. Finally, the bishops should have a chapter encouraging people to abandon the traditional Latin Mass for the Eucharist as ...