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When the priest or deacon announces the Gospel at Mass, the people respond, "Glory to you, O Lord."
We often call the Responsorial Psalm the "response" to the First Reading. That's true, but it's really "responsorial" since it has a responsory - a refrain that occurs with each verse.
Imagine you're with a group of friends swapping stories about recent trips. But each of you brings a written copy for everyone else.
The Collect is the prayer that concludes the Introductory Rites of the Mass.
The Penitential Act at Mass always includes some form of the invocations traditionally called the Kyrie.
In the liturgy, God pardons sinners through the words of absolution. The word absolution appears in two distinct places in the liturgy.
