The Ordinary of the Mass

P: Who, the day before He suffered, took bread into His holy and venerable hands, and having lifted up His eyes to heaven, to Thee, God, His almighty Father, giving thanks to Thee, blessed it +, broke it, and gave it to His disciples, saying: Take ye and eat ye all of this:

The priest bends over the Host and says

FOR THIS IS MY BODY

P: Qui pridie quam pateretur, accepit panem in sanctas ac venerabiles manus suas: et elevatis oculis in coelum ad te Deum Patrem suum omnipotentem, tibi gratias agens, benedixit +, fregit, deditque discipulis suis, dicens: Accipite et manducate ex hoc omnes:

HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM

The bell is rung three times as the priest adores and elevates the Sacred Host.

The Consecration of the Wine

The priest uncovers the Chalice and says

P: In like manner, after He had supped, taking also into His holy and venerable hands this goodly chalice again giving thanks to Thee, He blessed it +, and gave it to His disciples, saying: Take ye, and drink ye all of this:

P: Simili modo postquam coenatum est, accipiens et hunc praeclarum Calicem in sanctas ac venerabiles manus suas: item tibi gratias agens, benedixit +, deditque discipulis suis, dicens: Accipite et bibite ex eo omnes:

The priest bends over the Chalice and says

FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, OF THE NEW AND EVERLASTING TESTAMENT, THE MYSTERY OF FAITH, WHICH FOR YOU AND FOR MANY SHALL BE SHED UNTO THE REMISSION OF SINS

P: As often as ye shall do these things, ye shall do them in memory of Me.

HIC EST ENIM CALIX SANGUINIS MEI, NOVI ET AETERNI TESTAMENTI: MYSTERIUM FIDEI, QUI PRO VOBIS ET PRO MULTIS EFFENDETUR IN REMISSIONEM PECCATORUM

P: Haec quotiescumque feceritis in mei memoriam facietis.

The bell is again rung thrice as the priest adores and elevates the Chalice.

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