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Low Mass

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Low Mass
n.
A Mass of simple ceremony that was recited rather than sung by the priest. No longer in official use.
Low Mass
Noun
a simplified form of Mass that is spoken rather than sung
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Noun1.Low Mass - a Mass recited without music
Mass - (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
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Originated by Pope Leo XIII in the 19th century after he had a traumatic vision of the spiritual battle for the soul of the church, he placed it at the end of every low Mass, and there it remained until the liturgical reforms of Vatican II.
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It is hard to fathom why the church allowed the low Mass to become the ordinary rite for Sunday parish worship.
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