The Mass in Words and Pictures

The Greeting ('Dominus Vobiscum')

The greeting 'Dominus vobiscum'.  Photograph © Society of Saint Pius X 2003.

Returning to the centre of the altar, the Priest greets the congregation in the ancient formula "Dominus vobiscum" ("The Lord be with you"), to which the people reply "Et cum spiritu tuo" ("And with thy spirit").

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