Preparing for Mass/ Confiteor
The older classes are putting together a book that they will be able to bring to Mass. A "how-to" book of sorts. With instructions, steps, and prayers to help them participate in the Traditional Latin Mass.
This week we covered:
-blessing ourselves with holy water when we enter the church
-finding the tabernacle (saying "hello" to Jesus) and genuflecting before sitting down
-kneeling and saying a prayer to help prepare our minds for Mass
-standing up to greet the priest
-Psalm 42 (expressing our joy at being able to attend Mass)
-Confiteor (telling Jesus that we are sorry for the sins that He will be offered up for in the Mass)
-listening for "Mea culpa" and striking our breast
-crossing ourselves when the priest gives absolution
-what "oremus" means
-what propers are, and where we can find them
-what the altar stone is
-why the priest kisses the altar
-the Introit
*Homework: the children are to find out when their baptism took place, and who the priest was that performed it. Fill in this information in your book. They are also to try and find out which saint's relics are in the altar of their church.
The Benedictines made a craft in honor of All Saint's Day. They each colored a picture of their patron saint, then glued them onto colored paper and added cotton balls for our "clouds of witnesses display" to help aid us during our Litany to the Saints at the end of the day.
A blessed All Saints and All Souls day to you all!
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