What is the
significance of the "Ite, Missa est" at the end of the Traditional Latin Mass?
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The
significance of the "Ite, Missa est" (Latin
for "Go, the Mass is ended") at the end of the Traditional Latin Mass, the very
re-presentation of the Sacrifice of the Cross, can be related to
Jesus' words on the Cross as recorded in the Gospel of John: "It is
finished" (Jn. 19:30).
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