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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Low Mass canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf form of the Roman Rite Mass
liturgical celebration
assistedBy altar server
belongsToPeriod pre-Vatican II Roman liturgy
celebratedBy priest
celebratedIn Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
contrastedWith High Mass
Solemn Mass
differsFrom Missa cantata
Solemn High Mass
followsRubricsOf Tridentine liturgical books
linked to: Missale Romanum
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 Canon of the Mass
Communion Rite
Last Gospel
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 Roman Missal of 1962
linked to: Missale Romanum

Tridentine Missal
linked to: Missale Romanum
usesMusic none or minimal
usesRite Roman Rite
linked to: Latin Rite

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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