Saints LightGo Forth: The Concluding Rites and Your Week
Mass ends by blessing us and sending us out, which is where the name Mass comes from. We carry Christ, his Word and his love for the poor into the week.
What this lesson teaches
- The Concluding Rites bless us and send us out; the word Mass comes from this sending.
- Communion unites us as one Body and commits us to recognize Christ in the poor.
- Sunday is a day of worship and rest, free from unnecessary work.
- We take the Mass into the week by living the Word, serving others and visiting the Blessed Sacrament.
Catechism paragraphs this lesson cites
- CCC 1332
- CCC 1396-1397
- CCC 1418
- CCC 2184-2185
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Scripture read in this lesson: James 1:22; Matthew 28:19-20.
A sample question from this lesson
Where does the word Mass come from?
- From a Greek word for bread
- From the Latin missa, from the sending forth at the end of the liturgy
- From the Hebrew word for sacrifice
- From the name of an early pope
Show the answer
From the Latin missa, from the sending forth at the end of the liturgy. The liturgy ends with the sending forth (missio) of the faithful, which gives the Mass its name (CCC 1332).
The lesson in the app has three questions, each with an explanation.
Words to know
- Dismissal
- The final words of Mass that send the people out to live what they have celebrated.
- Visit to the Blessed Sacrament
- Time spent in prayer before Christ present in the tabernacle outside of Mass.
More terms in the Catholic glossary. More passages in the Scripture index.
Read the full lesson in the app
"Go Forth: The Concluding Rites and Your Week" is lesson 8 of The Mass, Explained. In Saints Light you get the whole teaching, the Scripture quoted in full, all three questions and a step to live it this week.
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