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Rh altar, and recites the Gospel of St. John: In principio erat Verbum ("In the beginning was the Word"). William de Bury says that it was St. Pius V. who ordained that this Gospel should always be recited at the end of Mass; as formerly some said it, and others omitted it.

This explanation of the prayers of Mass may be serviceable to all to the faithful as well as to priests.