Liturgy

A stated goal of the Ordinariate is to retain liturgical elements of Anglican heritage and Catholic faith.

Divine Worship: The Missal is the Ordinariate's book of liturgical texts for the celebration of Mass. The missal has been approved and promulgated by the Vatican for use beginning November 29, 2015.

Divine Worship: The Missal provides a way for the Ordinariates to celebrate the sacred liturgy of the Catholic Church with an “Anglican inflection.” The missal uses Prayer Book English — language derived from the classic books of the Anglican liturgical tradition — that is fully Catholic in expression and content. 

Published articles on Divine Worship: The Missal include:

“Divine Worship and the Liturgical Vitality of the Church,” by Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia, O.P., Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Co-Chairman of the Anglicanae Traditiones Interdicasterial Commission. Published in Antiphon (2015).

“A Missal for the Ordinariates: The Work of the Anglicanae Traditiones Interdicasterial Commission,” by then-Msgr. Steven J. Lopes, then-Official at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Coordinating Secretary of the Anglicanae Traditiones Interdicasterial Commission. Published in Antiphon (2015).

“Very Members Incorporate: Reflections on the Sacral Language of Divine Worship,” by Dr. Clint Allen Brand, Ph.D., K.S.G., Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas. He served as a member of the Anglicanae Traditiones Interdicasterial Commission.

Other liturgical resources for the Ordinariate include:

• The Ordo for the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter

• Liturgy for Weddings

• Liturgy for Funerals

Resources on our spirituality include:

• Background on Our Lady of Walsingham, the earliest Marian apparition in the British Isles and formed an elemental component of English spirituality

• Prayers of the Ordinariate