Part V The Public Thanksgiving After Communion
Dominus vobiscum:
The Lord be with you:
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
R. And with thy spirit.
P. Oremus.
P. Let us pray.
The Post Communion being also different every day, what follows may be said:
We give thee thanks O God, for thy mercy in admitting us to have a part in offering this sacrifice to thy holy name: accept it now to thy glory, and be ever mindful of our weakness; pardon all our defects, and grant our request; through, &c. Amen.
P. Dominus vobiscum:
P. May the Lord be with you:
B. Et cum spiritu tuo.
R. And with thy spirit.
P. Ite, Missa est.
P. Depart, the Mass is finished.
Or, if “Gloria in excelsis” has not been said,
P. Benidicamus Domino.
P. Let us bless the Lord.
R. Deo gratias.
R. Thanks be to God.
In Masses for the Dead.
P. Requiescant in pace.
P. May they rest in peace.
R. Amen.
R. Amen.
May the performance of this my homage be pleasing to thee, O Holy Trinity; and grant that the sacrifice which I, though unworthy, have offered up, in the sight of the Divine Majesty, may be acceptable to thee, and, through thy mercy, become a propitiation for me, and all those for whom it hath been offered: through Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Priest turning himself towards the people, says, (except in Masses for the Dead.)
May almighty God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, bless you. Amen.
P. Dominus vobiscum:
P. May the Lord be with you:
R. Et cum spiritu tuo.
R. And with thy spirit.
P. Initium sancti Evangelii secundum Joannem.
P. The beginning of the Gospel according to St. John.
R. Gloria tibi, Domine.
R. Glory be to thee, O Lord.
The Gospel According to St. John
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word; the same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was made nothing that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men: and the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him. He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light. It was the true light which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him to them he gave power to be made the sons of God, to those that believe in his name; who are born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us. And we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
R. Deo gratias.
R. Thanks be to God.