LEARNING THE MASS - SanctaMissa.org

tone; finish the rest in the low tone.
Repeat the same thing each of the other
times you say Domine, non sum dignus.
Stand erect when you have said
the last anima mea. With your right hand
take the half of the Host which is to your
left and place It in front of the other half;
hold both in your left hand. Now take
the two halves together in your right
hand, holding Them near the bottom.
Make a vertical sign of the cross
with the Host over the paten, saying
Corpus Domini nostri, etc., and bowing
at the Holy Name. In making this sign of
the cross, do not move the Host beyond
the edge of the paten.
Bow low over the altar, laying
your forearms upon it. Consume the
Host while holding the paten under your
chin.
Stand erect and, transfering the
paten to your right hand, place it where
it was before, i.e., in front and to the
right of the chalice. Rub the fingers of
both hands over the paten. Then join the
thumbs and forefingers again and hold
your hands joined before your face.
Remain for a moment in meditation. 43
C
orpus Dómini nostri Jesu
Christi custódiat ánimam
meam in vitam aetérnam. Amen.
Separate your hands and, placing
your left hand at the base of the chalice,
uncover it. Place both hands on the
corporal and genuflect, saying Quid
retribuam Domino pro omnibus, quae
retribuit mihi? Take the paten in your
right hand and, holding it almost
horizontally, scrape the edge of it along
the corporal to remove the fragments of
Q
uid retríbuam Dómino pro
omnibus, quae retríbuit
mihi?
43 The real purpose of this delay is to give the
celebrant time to swallow the Host; there is no
such pause after he has consumed the Precious
Blood. Rubricists differ in estimating how long
the pause should be.
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