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It appears under the title Missa 3 vocum secundi toni irregularis cum contratenore extra manum in diapenthe sub ut.
Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009
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Mike tried to teach her to say, "Missa is great!", and I got a big baby grin and, "GREAT!"
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway buymeaclue 2008
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Although from the beginning the word Missa usually means the Eucharistic Service or some part of it, we find it used occasionally for other ecclesiastical offices too.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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He is of course speaking of what was once called the Missa pro Defunctis, but which was later to emerge in 1967 as the Sanctus in the "Missa Primativa" and later came to be the main Mass setting published for every parish in Pope Paul VI's Jubilate Deo of 1974 (which was published into the public domain as an effort to spread it widely).
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Lillian is old enough to say, "Missa," and also old enough to think it's fun to refuse to say it when someone wants her to.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway buymeaclue 2008
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The "Missa" is almost always a Bidding Prayer addressed to the people, while the "Alia Oratio" is nearly always addressed to God, but sometimes both are Bidding Prayers and sometimes both are prayers to God.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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"'Rore gone too, mass'r; -- she gone long wi' Missa 'Genie."
The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Mayne Reid 1850
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In the Mozarabic the Bidding Prayer is called Missa, and is followed by "Agyos, agyos, agyos, Domine Deus
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Missa went to the Harmony Festival and took this shot of Christian hooping, sharing her thoughts and photos here.
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None of us is exempt from this, and now with the Missa versus populum [Mass facing the people], that danger is even greater.
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