“You are indeed holy, O Lord,…”

@teehbabyy_md This is the highest point of every mass 🙏

……and you never fail to gather your people to yourself. So that from the rising of the sun to its setting, a pure sacrifice may be offered unto your Name.

I preferred “the fount of all holiness….”

Exactly... Followed by "And all you have created rightly gives you praise"

Funny enough i can recite this offhand ..

The fountain of all holiness, make holy therefore ...

the fact I always follow up with the priest, takes me to the highest heights.

And all you have created rightly gives you praise

The fountain of all holiness

"the fount of all holiness"

I so much love this part😬 especially when the priest says " the fount of all holiness...let your spirit come upon this gifts and make them holy so that they may become for us the body and blood of Christ". I so much this particular one.

@okaka_ca

"Nna, ị dị nso ezi e..."

@Adikastakes Amen

Why do they read it, even as a lay person listening to it over and over I usually mumur it during mass when the priest is ...

Amen🙏

In Nigeria, it’s common to be bowed all through this part and sign yourself when the priest signs the hosts.

Yes, we do it here, but it’s not the right thing.

What makes it not right?

During liturgy, there are prescribed gestures meant for the priest that the people are not meant to imitate, according to the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. So during the Epiclesis, the priest is instructed to make the sign of the cross over the gifts, but the…

faithful are not instructed to do anything at that point. Another one is during the Lord’s Prayer. The priest alone is meant to extend his hands (orans posture). These are called “presidential gestures”. But here, almost everyone extends their hands 😄 Although, it’s…

understood that it’s just a local devotional habit that people learn from one another, so it’s overlooked. So it’s not like it is a sin, it’s just something you’re not supposed to do.

Am fucking proud to be a Catholic 🥹

Fell in love with Latin Mass from way back, and am sure this is Eucharistic Prayer III....

“The fountain of all holiness…”

This is the ejaculation point at every Mass

“And the fount of all holiness…”