Editing Tridentine Mass (section)

=== Participation of the faithful ===
[[File:Nuptial Mass Missa Nuptialis.jpg|thumb|[[Nuptial Mass]]]]
[[File:Communion during Missa Cantata.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Distribution of Communion at a Tridentine Mass: typically, the faithful kneel at the rail and receive on the tongue, with a [[paten]] held under their chin to protect against accidents. It is customary in most places for women to wear a [[Christian headcovering|veil]].]]

The participation of the congregation at the Tridentine Mass is interior, involving eye and heart, and exterior by mouth.<ref>[[Pope Pius X]] said: "If you wish to hear Mass as it should be heard, you must follow with eye, heart, and mouth all that happens at the altar. Further, you must pray with the Priest the holy words said by him in the Name of Christ and which Christ says by him" (The Daily Missal and Liturgical Manual from the Editio Typica of the Roman Missal and Breviary, 1962, Baronius Press, London, 2004, p. 897).</ref>

Except in the [[Dialogue Mass]] form, which arose about 1910 and led to a more active exterior participation of the congregation, the people present at the Tridentine Mass do not recite out loud the prayers of the Mass. Only the server or servers join with the priest in reciting the prayers at the foot of the altar (which include the [[Confiteor]]) and in speaking the other responses.{{efn|name=theygave}} Most of the prayers that the priest says are spoken inaudibly, including almost all the Mass of the Faithful: the offertory prayers, the [[Canon of the Mass]] (except for the preface and the final doxology), and (apart from the [[Agnus Dei (liturgy)|Agnus Dei]]) those between the [[Lord's Prayer]] and the [[postcommunion]].

At a [[Solemn Mass]] or [[Missa Cantata]], a choir sings the servers' responses, except for the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar. The choir sings the [[Introit]], the [[Kyrie]], the [[Gloria in Excelsis Deo|Gloria]], the [[Gradual]], the [[Tract (liturgy)|Tract]] or [[Alleluia]], the [[Credo]], the [[Offertory]] and [[Eucharist|Communion]] [[antiphon]]s, the [[Sanctus]], and the [[Agnus Dei (liturgy)|Agnus Dei]]. Of these, only the five that form part of the [[Ordinary of the Mass]] are usually sung at a Missa Cantata. In addition to the [[Gregorian Chant]] music for these, polyphonic compositions exist, some quite elaborate. The priest largely says quietly the words of the chants.