E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

WITHIN THE ACTION. 95
WITHIN THE ACTION.
Communicantes et memoriam
venerantes, in primis
gloriosae semper Virginis
Mariae, Genitricis Dei et
Domini nostri Jesu Christi :
sed et beatorum Apostolorum
ac Martyrum tuorum, Petri
et Pauli, Andreae, Jacobi,
Joannis, Thomae, Jacobi,
Philippi, Bartholomaei, Matthaei,
Simonis et Thaddaei :
Lini, Cleti, dementis, Xysti,
Cornelii, Cypriani, Laurentii,
Chrysogoni, Joannis et Pauli,
Cosmae et Damiani, et om
nium Sanctorum tuorum :
quorum mentis precibusque
concedas, ut in omnibus protectionis
tuae muniamur
auxilio. Per eumdem Chris
tum Dominum nostrum.
Amen.
Communicating with, and
honouring in the first place
the memory of the glorious
and ever Virgin Mary, Mother
of God and of our Lord Jesus
Christ ; as also of the blessed
Apostles and Martyrs, Peter
and Paul, Andrew, James,
John, Thomas, James, Philip,
Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon
and Thaddeus, Linus, Cletus,
Clement, Xystus, Cornelius,
Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus,
John and Paul,
Cosmas and Damian, and of
all Thy Saints : by whose
merits and prayers, grant
that we may be always de
fended by the help of Thy
protection. Through the same
Christ our Lord. Amen.
EXPLANATION OF THE PRAYER COMMUNICANTES.
We now come to the third portion of the first prayer
of the Canon. This portion is called the Communicantes
"
or Commemoration of the saints in What is
glory."
" meant by Within the Action," and why are the words
selected as a heading for this prayer ? As already said,
the Canon was sometimes called by ancient writers the
Action, as including the great Act or Deed of the
priest at the Mass in consecrating bread and wine,
and converting both into the Body and Blood of our
Lord.
"
" The reason why Within the Action is placecj