Low Mass

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Low Mass is a simpler, typically quieter form of the traditional Latin Tridentine Mass celebrated by a priest with minimal ceremonial and usually without music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf form of the Roman Rite Mass
liturgical celebration
assistedBy altar server
belongsToPeriod pre-Vatican II Roman liturgy
celebratedBy priest
celebratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
contrastedWith High Mass
Solemn Mass
differsFrom Missa cantata
Solemn High Mass
followsRubricsOf Missale Romanum
surface form: Tridentine liturgical books
hasAlternativeName Missa lecta
hasCharacteristic celebrated by a single priest
minimal ceremonial
typically without music
use of one server or a small number of servers
usually recited rather than sung
hasEucharisticTheology same as other forms of the Tridentine Mass
hasFrequency often the most frequently offered form of the Tridentine Mass in parishes before liturgical reforms
hasHistoricalContext standard parish form of the Tridentine Mass in the 19th and 20th centuries
hasLanguage Latin
hasLiturgicalForm simplified form of the Tridentine Mass
hasLiturgicalPosture priest usually at the altar facing ad orientem
hasPart Ordinary of the Mass
surface form: Canon of the Mass

Communion Rite
Last Gospel
Liturgy of the Catechumens
surface form: Liturgy of the Word

Offertory
Prayers at the Foot of the Altar
hasParticipationForm primarily spoken responses by server or congregation
hasPurpose to provide a simpler celebration of the Tridentine Mass
hasSetting church or chapel altar
hasVolumeLevel quieter than High Mass
languageType liturgical Latin
omits chant of the Ordinary and Proper
deacon and subdeacon
elaborate processions
incense in ordinary circumstances
regulatedBy rubrics of the Roman Missal
stillCelebratedUnder traditionalist Catholic communities
typicallyCelebratedOn non-solemn occasions
weekdays
usesMissal Missale Romanum
surface form: Roman Missal of 1962

Missale Romanum
surface form: Tridentine Missal
usesMusic none or minimal
usesRite Latin Rite
surface form: Roman Rite

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

Tridentine Mass hasForm Low Mass