LEARNING THE MASS - SanctaMissa.org

When you have reached the
center, place your left hand on the altar
and with your right hand lay the
purificator (open ends toward the back)
on the half of the paten which is not
covered by the corporal.
Take the chalice with your right
hand at the node and, placing the four
fingers of the left hand under the base of
the chalice, the thumb on the base, raise
the chalice to the height of your eyes.
Recite the prayer Offerimus tibi, Domine
while looking at the cross.
When you have finished the
prayer, lower the chalice just above the
corporal and make the sign of the cross
horizontally over the place the chalice is
to occupy. Set the chalice down on the
corporal across the crease of the backcenter
fold, and, placing your left hand
on the base, with your right hand cover
the chalice with the pall.
Make a medium bow and, joining
your hands, place them on the edge of
the mensa. Hold them there during the
entire prayer In spiritu humilitatis.
When you have finished, stand
erect. Separate, elevate, join, and lower
your hands, raising your eyes to the
cross and lowering them immediately as
you say in the low tone the prayer Veni
sanctificator, place your left hand on the
altar outside the corporal and with your
right hand make the sign of the cross
over the oblata. 16 Then join your hands
O
fférimus tibi, Dómine, cálicem
salutáris, tuam deprecántes
cleméntiam: ut in conspectus
divínae majestátis tuae pro nostra
et totíus mundi salute cum odóre
suavitátis ascéndat. Amen.
I
n spíritu humilitátis et in ánimo
contríto suscipiámur a te,
Dómine: et sic fiat sacrifícium
nostrum in conspectus tuo hódie,
ut pláceat tibi, Dómine Deus.
V
eni, sanctificátor, omnípotens
aetérne Deus: et bénedic hoc
sacrifícium, tuo sancto nómini
praeparátum.
16 All signs of the cross in the Mass are made in
the form of a Greek cross, i.e., the direct and
transverse bars are of equal length. Your right
hand should be kept on a horizontal plane and
brought back to the center after completing the
direct line before beginning the transverse line.
When you make the sign of the cross over the
oblata, begin the top of the direct bar at about the
center of the pall and draw your hand back in a
straight line across the host: when you make the
sign of the cross over the Host alone after
signing the oblata, do not lower your hand lest in
doing so you should strike the chalice with the
tips of your fingers.
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