Penitential Act

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element of the Roman Catholic Mass liturgical rite

The Penitential Act is a rite in the Roman Catholic Mass where the congregation acknowledges its sins and asks for God’s mercy at the beginning of the liturgy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Penitential Act canonical 2
Act of Contrition 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf element of the Roman Catholic Mass ⓘ
liturgical rite ⓘ
appliesTo all present at Mass ⓘ
doesNotConfer sacramental absolution ⓘ
expresses communal confession of sinfulness ⓘ
trust in divine mercy ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus required element of Mass (with allowed substitutions) ⓘ
hasForm Confiteor ⓘ
Kyrie tropes ⓘ
dialogue form with invocations ⓘ
hasLiturgicalSeasonNuance Advent ⓘ
Lent ⓘ
hasPurpose acknowledgment of sins ⓘ
asking for God’s mercy ⓘ
historicalDevelopment reformed after Second Vatican Council ⓘ
includes brief silence ⓘ
formula of absolution (non-sacramental) ⓘ
invocation of God’s mercy ⓘ
isAddressedTo Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Christ

God ⓘ
isFollowedBy Kyrie ⓘ
isNot individual auricular confession ⓘ
substitute for Sacrament of Reconciliation ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
vernacular languages ⓘ
mayBeOmittedWhen Rite of Blessing and Sprinkling of Water is used ⓘ
mentionedIn Missale Romanum ⓘ
surface form: Roman Missal
occursAt beginning of the Mass ⓘ
occursBefore Collect ⓘ
Gloria ⓘ
partOf Introductory Rites ⓘ
performedBy congregation ⓘ
priest ⓘ
precedes Liturgy of the Word ⓘ
regulatedBy General Instruction of the Roman Missal ⓘ
relatedTo Penance ⓘ
surface form: Sacrament of Penance
theologyFocus God’s mercy ⓘ
conversion ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
usedIn Catholic Mass ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Mass

Roman Rite ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mass of Paul VI → includes → Penitential Act ⓘ
Confiteor → usedIn → Penitential Act ⓘ
The War Within → hasPart → Penitential Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act of Contrition