The culmination of the Mass is the consumption of the sacrament as prepared by the ritual officers during the ceremony. This sacrament consists of a cake of light and a small goblet of wine. Each participant stands in turn before the shrine, consumes the host, proclaiming: “There is no part of me that is not of the gods.”

The Gnostic Mass also forms the foundation of many of the church’s sacramental rites such as baptism, confirmation, marriage, and ordination. You can find the full text of the ritual here.

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Parents, please note that while our celebrations of the Gnostic Mass welcome children of any age as congregants (provided they are old enough to sit still for a one hour Mass), the ceremony does include some nudity. While we feel that this is done tastefully and with symbolic import, the combination of children, religious ritual, and nudity deserves a heads-up and we would be remiss to have this facet of the ceremony appear as a surprise.