The Priest at Mass / Christ
1. Enters the Sanctuary / Enters the Garden of Olives
2. Begins prayers at foot of Altar / Begins prayer in the garden
3. Says the Confiteor (I Confess) / Falls down in agony, sweats blood
4. Goes to Epistle side of Altar (our R) / Is bound a prisoner led to Annas
5. Reads the Introit (Antiphonal Psalm) / Falsely accused by Annas and blasphemed
6. Center of Altar, recites Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) / Brought to Caiphas; Denied 3x by Peter
7. Turns & says "Dominus vobiscum" (Lord with you) / Looks at Peter-& converts him
8. Goes to Roman Missal and reads Collect & Epistle / Brought to Pilate
9. Goes to middle of Altar, then to Gospel side / Taken to Herod and mocked
10. Returns to middle of Altar / Led back to Pilate
Sermon or Homily
Offertory
11. Uncovers chalice / Stripped of His garments
12. Offers bread and wine / Scourged at the pillar
13. Covers chalice with the Pall / Crowned with thorns
14. Washes hands at Epistle side of Altar / Declared innocent by Pilate
15. Turns & says "Orate Fratres..." ("Pray brethren...") / Shown to people by Pilate who says "Ecce Homo" ("Behold the man")
16. Prays silently the Secret prayer / Mocked and spat upon
17. Recites Preface & Sanctus (Holy) - bell rung / Christ condemned; Barabbas freed
Canon of the Mass
18. Makes Commemoration of the living / Carries the Cross to Calvary
19. Blesses bread & wine with sign of cross 5x / Nailed to the Cross
Consecration
20. Consecrates Host and adores and elevates It / Christ raised on the Cross
21. Consecrates wine and elevates chalice / Blood of Christ flows from His wounds
22. Prays in a low voice / Hangs on the Cross; Sees His Mother kneeling
23. Says aloud "Nobis quoque peccatoribus" ("To us likewise sinners") / Prays for all mankind
24. Recites aloud Pater Noster (Our Father) / Speaks 7 last words on the Cross
25. Breaks Sacred Host / Dies on the Cross
26. Drops a particle of the Host in chalice / Christ's soul descends into Limbo
27. Recites Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) / Christ is acknowledged as Son of God by those standing beneath the Cross
Communion
28. Receives Body & Blood of Christ / Christ's body is laid in the sepulchre
29. Cleanses chalice / Christ's body is anointed in the sepulchre
30. Prepares the chalice on the Altar again / Rises from the dead
31. Turns & says "Dominus vobiscum" / Appears to His Mother and Disciples
32. Reads Communion and Post Communion prayers / Teaches for 40 days
33. Turns & says last "Dominus vobiscum" / Bids farewell to His Disciples
34. Says the "Ite Missa est" (Go the dismissal it is--Go you are sent forth) / Commissions the Apostles to preach the Gospel to all nations; Ascends into heaven
35. Gives the blessing to the people / Sends down the Holy Ghost on Pentecost
36. Reads the last Gospel / Christ is preached and worshipped throughout the world as the Son of God made Man
This and further reflections on the Latin Mass
by St. Leonard of Port Maurice (1676-1751):
https://www.virgosacrata.com/holy-sacrifice-catholic-mass.html
http://www.catholictradition.org/Eucharist/hidden-treasure.htm
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The above illustration of the forms of celebration of the Tridentine Mass comes from Treasure and Tradition: The Ultimate Guide to the Latin Mass, by Lisa Bergman, St. Augustine Academy Press, Homer Glen (IL) 2014.
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