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Ite, missa est (English: "Go, it is the dismissal") are the concluding Latin words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite in the Catholic Church, as well as in the Divine Service of the Lutheran Church.
This is the versicle chanted in the Roman Rite by the deacon at the end of Mass, after the Post-Communions. It is our formula of the old dismissal ( apolysis ) still contained in all liturgies.
Dec 1, 2022 · One of the oldest formulae of the Roman Rite, recorded in Ordo I (7th or 8th century). [1] The form missa is an adoption of spoken Late Latin for missiō (“dismissal”).
Ite, missa est (English: "Go, it is the dismissal") are the concluding Latin words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite in the Catholic Church, as well as in the Divine Service of the Lutheran Church.
But it is a most important part of the liturgy. The name that Roman Catholics commonly give to the celebration of the Eucharist – the Mass – comes, most agree, from the Latin words of the dismissal text: Ite Missa est – Go, the Mass is ended. We Catholics call the whole liturgy after the dismissal.
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Apr 2, 2021 · The word is a shortened English form of the final Latin words of the Mass, “Ite, Missa Est,” which mean “It is ended; be dismissed” or “Mass is ended; go in peace.” We also call Mass “The Lord’s Supper” or “The Eucharist,” or “the Holy Mysteries,” or the “Sacrifice of the Mass.”
The normal concluding formula of the Roman Mass, meaning ‘Go, you are dismissed’. Since 1969 it has been omitted when another liturgical function follows.
