Which is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass?

Answer 1

The mass texts that are recited every day

Answer 2

The Liturgy of the Word

The Readings.

Roman Catholic AnswerThe Mass is divided into two parts, the first part of the Mass is called the Liturgy of the Word, the second part is the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The Liturgy of the Word includes the greeting, the Penitential Rite, the Gloria, the Readings, the Psalm, the Homily, the Creed on Solemnities and Sundays, and the intercessions.

Answer 3

The parts of the Mass that never change, the invariable portions. The various prayers, preface, etc. are the parts that change from day to day; the Ordinary - the responses, the Penitential Rite, the Gloria, the Creed, the Offertory, the Canon, are remain the same and are called the Ordinary.

Answer 4

Catholic Answer

The Ordinary is comprised of the parts of the Mass that do not vary from day to day. The Proper contains the prayers, preface, and whatnot that varies with the season, feast, etc. The prayers that are always the same are the Ordinary: Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, Eucharistic Prayer, Our Father, Peace.

Answer 5

In the days before the 1970 Missal, definitions were much simpler. Most of the Mass was the same every day. That part appeared in the centre of the Missal and was called the Ordinary or Order of Mass (Ordo in Latin). The particular prayers for the day were called the Proper. The Proper for Sundays, Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter were at the front of the Missal and those for Saints' Days and special occasions were at the back. The layout meant that the Missal sat comfortably on its stand during the Ordinary.

The modern rite of Mass as set out in the latest translation of the Missal still has an Ordinary and a Proper. However, there are a number of variations available for many parts of the Mass and these appear one after the other - meaning that the priest has to keep skipping sections. Then we get on to the Preface which is Ordinary for some Masses - there are some 80 Ordinary Prefaces - and Proper for others.

Teaching altar servers and sacristans how to set up the Missal for Mass has become extremely complicated. We've reached the stage where my Parish Priest prefers to say Sunday Mass from the congregational Mass sheet.

Answer 6

Roman Catholic AnswerThe Mass is divided into two parts, the Liturgy of the Word, and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The Ordinary or Common are the prayers which do not change with the season or feast (those are the Propers), but they may have several options. The sections which do not change in the Ordinary in the Liturgy of the Word would be the introduction, the penitential rite, and the Gloria.

Answer 7

Roman Catholic AnswerThe Ordinary of the Mass is the part which does not change with the day, season, feast, etc. - those are called the Propers. The Ordinary is everything that stays the same, so the first part of the Ordinary is "In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." followed by the Penitential Rite.