Eucharistic liturgy and Mass are the terms used to describe celebration of the Eucharist in the Western or Latin liturgical rite of the Catholic Church. The term Mass is derived from the Late Latin word missa (dismissal), a word used in the concluding formula of Mass in Latin: "Ite, missa est" ("Go, the dismissal is made")
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- For the structure of the Mass in the Roman Rite of the Church, see Mass (Catholic Church)
- For the structure of the Mass in the Eastern Catholic Churches, see Divine Liturgy
- For the reforms of the Roman-Rite Mass after the Second Vatican Council, see Mass of Paul VI
- For the structure of the Mass before the Second Vatican Council, see Tridentine Mass.
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