Fr. H. Hoever S.O.Cist - Latin Mass Children’s Missal - Black

Prayer Before a Crucifix L OOK down on me, good and gentle Jesus, while I kneel here. Make my soul strong in faith, hope and love. Make me really sorry for all my sins so I will never sin again I am sad when I see the wounds on Your hands and feet, and think of the words of Your prophet, David: They have pierced my hands and feet, they have hurt all my bones. (Say one Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be, for the Pope.) This Missal Belongs To Name .................................................. School .................................................. * * * I received My FIRST HOLY COMMUNION on............................... at the Church of ....................... at the Church of .......................

Pastor .................................................. * * * I received the Sacrament of CONFIRMATION on................................ at the Church of ........................................................ Bishop .................................................. Sponsor ................................................ At Mass Jesus Comes to Save Us De Permissu Superiorum Nihil Obstat: J OHN A.

G OODWINE , J.C.D. Censor Librorum Imprimatur: F RANCIS C ARDINAL S PELLMAN Archbishop of New York January 3, 1959 All the First Degree responses for a Dialogue Mass as indicated by the Instruction of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, dated September 3, 1958, are included in their proper place. In addition, the complete Latin text of the Our Father has been provided. Copyright 2013 Neumann Press. Neumann Press is an imprint of TAN Books. All rights reserved.

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2013 CONTENTS Grateful acknowledgment is made to Rev. Mother Kathryn Sullivan, R.S.C.J., of Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, Purchase, N. Y., for her painstaking and scholarly suggestions in editing this book. Dear Boys and Girls: T HIS is your own missal.

Take it with you when you go to Mass. It will help you to please God, to adore and thank Him, to praise and love Him. On every page you will find a picture and a prayer. The picture will show you what the priest is doing. The prayer will help you to pray with the priest. Every Sunday the priest reads a gospel that will teach you something that Jesus said or did.

Study the picture and read the gospel story before you come to church. During the day think about what you have read and talk to Jesus about it. In this way you will grow more and more like Him.

HOLY MASS O N Calvary Christ offered His Body and Blood to God the Father for us. In the Mass this great act is repeated. Every Mass has two parts: The Mass of the Catechumens.

The Mass of the Faithful. During the Mass of the Catechumens, we speak to God in acts of contrition (when the priest prays at the foot of the altar), in acts of desire, of praise, of petition (when the priest says the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Prayers). Then we listen to what God says to us in the Epistle, the Gospel, and the Sermon. The Mass of the Faithful begins with the Creed. Then, with the priest, we offer the bread and wine which is changed at the Consecration into the Body and Blood of Christ.

The SACRIFICE of CALVARY is Renewed in the Mass

On Calvary Jesus offered Himself as the Sacrificial Gift.

The SACRIFICE of CALVARY is Renewed in the Mass

On Calvary Jesus offered Himself as the Sacrificial Gift.

On Calvary the One who sacrificed His life was Jesus, without any ministers. On Calvary Jesus merited graces for us. On Calvary Jesus really suffered and died. At Every Mass I Should Remember that our Lord wants me to assist at Holy Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of obligation. Remember that our Lord is very pleased when I come to Holy Mass on week days. Remember to pray for the living and the dead for whom the Mass is being offered.

Remember to pray with the priest by using this missal, and to receive Holy Communion.

The SACRIFICE of the MASS is the Same as the Sacrifice of Calvary

In the Mass Jesus offers Himself as the Sacrificial Gift in an unbloody manner. In the Mass Jesus Himself offers the Holy Sacrifice; the priest is His representative. In the Mass the merits of Jesus are applied to us. In the Mass Jesus does not suffer nor die. At Every Mass I Should ADORE and THANK God for His great love for me.

HONOR and PRAISE God. GIVE myself to God in union with the offering made by Jesus Christ, His Son. ASK God to forgive my sins and to increase my love for Him.

PRAYER BEFORE MASS I bless myself saying: KNEEL I N THE Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. O MY Jesus, You came on earth to save the world by dying for us on the cross.

You come again in every Mass to show us Your love. During this Mass I want to thank You for dying for us on the cross and to adore You present on this altar. Teach me how to become like You. Bless all whom I love and all for whom I ought to pray.

THE BEGINNING OF HOLY MASS KNEEL The priest makes the sign of the cross while standing at the foot of the altar. Amen. Amen.

D EAR God, I have come to Mass to adore You, and to thank You for all Your blessings. I ask You to give Your grace to me and to the whole world. THE CONFITEOR We Are Sorry For Our Sins While the priest bows low to say the Confiteor, we tell God how sorry we are that we have displeased Him. KNEEL I CONFESS to almighty God, to the blessed Virgin Mary, and to all the saints and angels, that I have sinned. I hope that almighty God will have mercy on me, forgive me my sins, and lead me to everlasting life. Amen.