This document summarizes the third session of a series on living a liturgical life. It discusses the dismissal rite, including the post-communion prayer, final blessing, and dismissal. It emphasizes that the liturgy sends us forth to live out our mission. We are called to allow God to change us and live holily. The dismissal reminds us that our lives should prepare us for the next Eucharist through works of justice and charity.

1. We Gather, We Pray,
We Go Forth
Living a Liturgical Life
By: Adam Thibodeaux
Session 3:
We Go Forth

2. Review of Sessions 1 & 2

3. Review of Sessions 1 & 2
Liturgy is by its very nature a communal ritual.

4. Review of Sessions 1 & 2
Liturgy is by its very nature a communal ritual.
Participation in the Liturgy and the Community is of the upmost
importance.

5. Review of Sessions 1 & 2
Liturgy is by its very nature a communal ritual.
Participation in the Liturgy and the Community is of the upmost
importance.
The Liturgy is the source and summit of our Catholic faith and it
is the font from which all of the power of the Church flows.

6. Review of Sessions 1 & 2
Liturgy is by its very nature a communal ritual.
Participation in the Liturgy and the Community is of the upmost
importance.
The Liturgy is the source and summit of our Catholic faith and it
is the font from which all of the power of the Church flows.
The prayers of the liturgy form and shape our personal prayers

7. Review of Sessions 1 & 2
Liturgy is by its very nature a communal ritual.
Participation in the Liturgy and the Community is of the upmost
importance.
The Liturgy is the source and summit of our Catholic faith and it
is the font from which all of the power of the Church flows.
The prayers of the liturgy form and shape our personal prayers
Liturgy provides the form, the symbols, and the words that we
use to pray as a community.

8. What’s on the Agenda?

9. What’s on the Agenda?
We Go Forth

10. What’s on the Agenda?
We Go Forth
A look at the Dismissal Rite

11. What’s on the Agenda?
We Go Forth
A look at the Dismissal Rite
What is the challenge issued at every Mass?

12. What’s on the Agenda?
We Go Forth
A look at the Dismissal Rite
What is the challenge issued at every Mass?
How do we live out our Christian mission?

13. What’s on the Agenda?
We Go Forth
A look at the Dismissal Rite
What is the challenge issued at every Mass?
How do we live out our Christian mission?
Dealing with Changes in the Liturgy

14. What’s on the Agenda?
We Go Forth
A look at the Dismissal Rite
What is the challenge issued at every Mass?
How do we live out our Christian mission?
Dealing with Changes in the Liturgy
Where do we go from here?

15. What’s on the Agenda?
We Go Forth
A look at the Dismissal Rite
What is the challenge issued at every Mass?
How do we live out our Christian mission?
Dealing with Changes in the Liturgy
Where do we go from here?
How to better prepare for the changes

16. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites

17. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
The Concluding Rites

18. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
The Concluding Rites
Final Blessing

19. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
The Concluding Rites
Final Blessing
Dismissal

20. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
The Concluding Rites
Final Blessing
Dismissal
Recessional Hymn

21. We Go Forth
The Post-Communion Prayer

22. We Go Forth
The Post-Communion Prayer
The Post-Communion Prayer

23. We Go Forth
The Post-Communion Prayer
The Post-Communion Prayer
Though not part of the concluding rite, the post-communion prayer acts
as a bridge between the, communion rite and the concluding rite.

24. We Go Forth
The Post-Communion Prayer
The Post-Communion Prayer
Though not part of the concluding rite, the post-communion prayer acts
as a bridge between the, communion rite and the concluding rite.
Characteristics of this prayer include:

25. We Go Forth
The Post-Communion Prayer
The Post-Communion Prayer
Though not part of the concluding rite, the post-communion prayer acts
as a bridge between the, communion rite and the concluding rite.
Characteristics of this prayer include:
Thanksgiving

26. We Go Forth
The Post-Communion Prayer
The Post-Communion Prayer
Though not part of the concluding rite, the post-communion prayer acts
as a bridge between the, communion rite and the concluding rite.
Characteristics of this prayer include:
Thanksgiving
Usually references the Eucharist

27. We Go Forth
The Post-Communion Prayer
The Post-Communion Prayer
Though not part of the concluding rite, the post-communion prayer acts
as a bridge between the, communion rite and the concluding rite.
Characteristics of this prayer include:
Thanksgiving
Usually references the Eucharist
Collective in nature

28. How the Post-Communion Prayer
relates to the dismissal

29. How the Post-Communion Prayer
relates to the dismissal
Prayer after Communion from the Evening
Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday:
Grant, almighty God,
that, just as we are renewed
by the Supper of your Son
in the present age,
so may we enjoy the
banquet for all eternity.

30. How the Post-Communion Prayer
relates to the dismissal

31. How the Post-Communion Prayer
relates to the dismissal
The dynamic of this prayer is that it forms a link with life
lived outside of the Eucharistic action, which the Concluding
Rites make explicit.

32. How the Post-Communion Prayer
relates to the dismissal
The dynamic of this prayer is that it forms a link with life
lived outside of the Eucharistic action, which the Concluding
Rites make explicit.
In effect this prayer reminds us that we‘gather’ for the
sacred Eucharist in order to be‘dismissed’ from it.

33. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites

34. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
Final Blessing

35. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
Final Blessing
Simple formula: a greeting and the sign of the cross.

36. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
Final Blessing
Simple formula: a greeting and the sign of the cross.
During the seasons of the Church year and special feasts, it is done more
solemnly. In those times, we bow our head and pause in silence to ask for
God’s blessing as the priest makes several invocations.

37. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
Final Blessing
Simple formula: a greeting and the sign of the cross.
During the seasons of the Church year and special feasts, it is done more
solemnly. In those times, we bow our head and pause in silence to ask for
God’s blessing as the priest makes several invocations.
In both forms we conclude the same way we began Mass, signing
ourselves with the sign of Christ’s cross. A final reminder that we are a
baptized member of the body of Christ.

38. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites

39. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
The Dismissal

40. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
The Dismissal
“Ite Missa Est”-Mission or Sending Forth

41. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
The Dismissal
“Ite Missa Est”-Mission or Sending Forth
What we have done here in the liturgy we must now go and do in the
world.

42. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
The Dismissal
“Ite Missa Est”-Mission or Sending Forth
What we have done here in the liturgy we must now go and do in the
world.
The Recessional Hymn

43. We Go Forth
The Dismissal/Concluding Rites
The Dismissal
“Ite Missa Est”-Mission or Sending Forth
What we have done here in the liturgy we must now go and do in the
world.
The Recessional Hymn
Whether we sing a dismissal song, exit to instrumental or choir music, or
leave in silence, we know that our Christian work has just begun.

44. New Translation

45. New Translation
We have been given new options for dismissal that the
priest can choose from...

46. New Translation
We have been given new options for dismissal that the
priest can choose from...
Go forth the Mass is ended.

47. New Translation
We have been given new options for dismissal that the
priest can choose from...
Go forth the Mass is ended.
Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.

48. New Translation
We have been given new options for dismissal that the
priest can choose from...
Go forth the Mass is ended.
Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.
Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

49. New Translation
We have been given new options for dismissal that the
priest can choose from...
Go forth the Mass is ended.
Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.
Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.
Go in peace.

50. We Go Forth
Living out the Mission

51. We Go Forth
Living out the Mission
“The dismissal of the assembly is like the breaking of the bread. We have become ‘the
bread of life’ and ‘the cup of blessing’ for the world. Now we are scattered, broken,
poured out to be life for the world. What happens at home, at work, at meals? What do
we make of our time, our words, our deeds, our resources of all kinds? This is what
matters.”
--Joseph Cardinal Bernardin

53. We Go Forth
Living out the Mission

54. We Go Forth
Living out the Mission
We are called to take inside ourselves God’s Word,
body and blood and allow God to change us in
holiness and to live this change in everything we
do.

55. We Go Forth
Living out the Mission

56. We Go Forth
Living out the Mission
“We could mark the moments till our next opportunity to go to
Mass. But in the meantime we must live the Mass. This is what
the church means by “source and summit” of Christian life...Our
life in the world should be our preparation for the next
Eucharist.”
--Archbishop Donald Wuerl

57. We Go Forth
Living out the Mission
“We could mark the moments till our next opportunity to go to
Mass. But in the meantime we must live the Mass. This is what
the church means by “source and summit” of Christian life...Our
life in the world should be our preparation for the next
Eucharist.”
--Archbishop Donald Wuerl
If someone would ask St. Francis de Sales what he was doing, he would always respond...
“I’m preparing for Mass.”

59. We Go Forth
Living out the Mission

60. We Go Forth
Living out the Mission
“Our communities, when they celebrate the Eucharist, must become
ever more conscious that the sacrifice of Christ is for all, and that the
Eucharist thus compels all who believe in him to become "bread that
is broken" for others, and to work for the building of a more just and
fraternal world.” (Sacramentum Caritatis, 88)

61. Dealing with Changes...
Where Do We Go From Here?

62. Dealing with Changes...
Where Do We Go From Here?
Remember...This isn’t the first time we’ve done this
We are not alone...
Look at this as an opportunity to reflect on the words we say... Let’s move
from saying to praying
Keep an open mind & heart
Prayer... Integrate these newly translated prayers into your daily prayer
routine (i.e. The Gloria)

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