Ite Missa Est - Other Dismissal Formulas

Other Dismissal Formulas

In 2008 alternative dismissal formulas were approved for Mass of the Roman Rite:

• "Ite ad Evangelium Domini nuntiandum" (Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord)
• "Ite in pace, glorificando vita vestra Dominum" (Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life)
• "Ite in pace" (Go in peace)

In each case the response is "Deo gratias" (Thanks be to God).

The dismissal formulas in other liturgical rites are:

• Ambrosian Rite: "Procedamus in pace" (Let us go in peace). Response: "In nomine Christi" (In the name of Christ).
• Mozarabic Rite: "Solemnia completa sunt in nomine D. N. I. C: votum nostrum sit acceptum cum pace" (The celebration is completed in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ; may our prayer be accepted with peace). Response: "Deo gratias" (Thanks be to God).
• Apostolic Constitutions: "Go in peace."
• Antiochene, Alexandrian and Byzantine liturgies: "Let us go forth in peace" (said by the deacon). Response: "In the name of the Lord." Then the priest says a short "prayer of dismissal".