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====Dismissal====
====Dismissal====
  Priest: Go forth, the Mass is ended.
  Priest:  
  or:
<blockquote>Go forth, the Mass is ended. [or] <br>
Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord. [or]
Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord. [or]<br>
  Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life. [or]
  Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life. [or]<br>
  Go in peace.
  Go in peace.
</blockquote>


*the people respond to the call to "Go forth" with:  
*the people respond to the call to "Go forth" with:  
**note that the command to "Go forth" states the same as the core meaning of the word "Mass"
<blockquote>People: Thanks be to God </blockquote>
***"Mass" comes from the Latin ''missa'' for "to send forth"


People: Thanks be to God
*note that the command to "Go forth" states the same as the core meaning of the word "Mass"
**"Mass" comes from the Latin ''missa'' for "to send forth"


* a closing hymn may be sung, for which the priest may wait for the first verse
* a closing hymn may be sung, for which the priest may wait for the first verse