Editing Tridentine Mass (section)

====Priest at the altar====
[[File:Dominus vobiscum 1960s.jpg|thumb|''Dominus vobiscum'' ("The Lord be with you") before the [[Collect]].<br /><small>In the Tridentine Mass the priest should keep his eyes downcast at this point.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/rubrics/ |title=Rubrics V |access-date=2009-03-23 |archive-date=2008-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412042637/http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/rubrics/ |url-status=dead }}</ref></small>]]
* [[Introit]]
** The priest again makes the sign of the Cross while he begins to read the Introit, which is usually taken from a [[Psalm]]. Exceptions occur: e.g. the Introit for [[Easter]] Sunday is adapted from [[Book of Wisdom|Wis]] [http://drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drb&bk=25&ch=010&l=20-21 10:20–21], and the antiphon in Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary was from the poet [[Coelius Sedulius|Sedulius]]. This evolved from the practice of singing a full Psalm, interspersed with the antiphon, during the entrance of the clergy, before the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar were added to the Mass in medieval times. This is indicated by the very name of "Introit".
* [[Kyrie]]
** This part of Mass is a linguistic marker of the origins of the Roman liturgy in [[Greek language|Greek]]. "Kyrie, eleison; Christe, eleison; Kyrie, eleison." means "Lord, have mercy; Christ have mercy;..." Each phrase is said (or sung) three times.
* [[Gloria in excelsis Deo]]
** The first line of the ''Gloria''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~thesaurus/thesaurus/Trinitas/Gloria.html |title=Text in Latin and English |access-date=2004-05-16 |archive-date=2012-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314114752/http://home.earthlink.net/~thesaurus/thesaurus/Trinitas/Gloria.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> is taken from [[Gospel of Luke|Lk]] {{bibleverse-nb||Luke|2:14}}. The ''Gloria'' is omitted during the penitential liturgical seasons of [[Advent]], [[Septuagesima]], [[Lent]], and Passiontide, in which violet vestments are worn, but is used on feasts falling during such seasons, as well as on Holy (Maundy) Thursday. It is always omitted for a Requiem Mass.
* The [[Collect]]
** The priest turns toward the people and says, "Dominus vobiscum." The servers respond: "Et cum spiritu tuo." ("The Lord be with you." "And with thy spirit"). The [[Collect]] follows, a prayer not drawn directly from Scripture. It tends to reflect the season.