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blessed on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul and laid
on the tomb of the apostles.
Ministers at high Mass. At Pontifical high Mass
the bishop remains on his throne from the Introit to
the Offertory, and he goes to the altar for the other
part of the Mass. At the throne he is assisted by a
priest, two deacons, a master of ceremonies and chaplains
whose duty it is to offer him the vestments and ponti
fical insignia. At the altar he is assisted by a deacon
and sub-deacon
High
like a simple priest at an ordinary
Mass.
The deacon is vested in alb, amice, girdle, maniple,
stole worn as a scarf, and dalmatic. The sub-
deacon wears the same vestments with the exception
of the stole, and in place of the dalmatic he wears the
tunic. The dalmatic and tunic are really similar, differ
ing now only in name.
The subdeacon sings the Epistle and accompanies
the deacon during the singing of the Gospel. He puts
and remains standing at the
the water into the chalice ;
foot of the altar with the paten, from the offering of
the chalice until the end of the Pater noster. He receives
the kiss of peace from the deacon, and then gives it to
the members of the clergy ; after the ablutions, he
purifies
the chalice. The deacon assists the celebrant
during the whole of Mass, standing
sometimes at
his right hand, sometimes at his left ; he sings the Gos
pel ; puts
the wine into the chalice which he covers and
uncovers during the Canon etc. At the end of Mass,
the deacon sings the lie Missa est, which is the signal for
the congregation to disperse.
Vespers and Lauds. The other sung offices are Ves
pers (sometimes Lauds) then Compline, and Benediction
of the most Holy Sacrament. For the rite of solemn