Catholic Mass: Difference between revisions
→Instruments of the Mass
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* ciborium | * ciborium | ||
** a container to hold consecrated hosts for distribution at Communion | ** a container to hold consecrated hosts for distribution at Communion | ||
* corporal | |||
** from "corps" for body | |||
** the white cloth that is placed on the altar and on which the paten and chalice are placed | |||
** it also covers the paten, chalice and pall before and after the Liturgy of the Eucharist | |||
** it is folded to form 9 squares | |||
** when not in use, it is folded and placed in a "burse" | |||
* flagon | * flagon | ||
** also, decanter, a bottle or glass that holds the wine that will be consecrated | ** also, decanter, a bottle or glass that holds the wine that will be consecrated | ||