232 ANDREW J. SHIPMAN MEMORIAL 



commemoration of the departed : "Be ye not sad, all ye who 

 sleep in the dust, and in the decay of your bodies. The living 

 Body which you have eaten and the saving Blood which you 

 have drunk, can again vivify all of you, and clothe your bodies 

 with glory. O Christ, Who hast come and given peace by Thy 

 Blood to the heights and the depths, give rest to the souls of 

 Thy servants in the promised life everlasting!" The priest 

 then prays for the living, and makes special intercession by 

 name of those living or dead for whom the Mass is offered. 

 He blesses and offers the sacred elements, in a form somewhat 

 analogous . to the Offertory in the Roman Rite. Another 

 Phrumiur and the great Sedro of St. Ephraem or St. James is 

 said, in which the whole sacrifice of the Mass is foreshadowed. 

 The psalm preparatory to the Epistle in Arabic is recited, and 

 the epistle of the day then read. The Alleluia and gradual 

 psalm is recited, the Book of Gospels incensed, and the Gospel, 

 also in Arabic, intoned or read. The versicles of thanksgiving 

 for the Gospel are intoned, at several parts of which the priest 

 and deacon and precentor chant in unison. The Nicene Creed, 

 said in unison by priest and deacon, follows, and immediately 

 after the celebrant washes his hands saying Psalm xxvi. This 

 ends the Ordinary of the Mass. 



The Anaphora, or Canon of the Mass, is then begun, and 

 varies according to season, place and celebrant. In the An- 

 aphora of the Holy Catholic and Roman Church, which is a 

 typical one, the Mass proceeds with the prayers for peace very 

 much as they stand at the end of the Roman Mass ; then follow 

 prayers of confession, adoration and glory, which conclude by 

 giving the kiss of peace to the deacon and the other clergy. 

 The Preface follows: "Let us Hft up our thoughts, our con- 

 science and our hearts! I^. They are lifted up to Thee, O 

 Lord ! P. Let us give thanks to the Lord in fear, and adore 

 Him with trembling. ^. It is meet and just. P. To Thee, 

 O God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, O glorious and holy 

 King of Israel, for ever! 1^. Glory be to the Father and the 

 Son and the Holy Ghost, now and forever, world without end. 

 I^. Before the glorious and divine mysteries of our Redeemer, 

 with the pleasant things which are imposed, let us implore the 

 mercy of the Lord ! ^. It is meet and just" (and the Preface 

 continues secretly). Then the Sanctus is sung, and the Conse- 

 cration immediately follows. The words of Consecration are 



