Details: In Masses celebrated in accordance with the 1962 Roman Missal the Gloria is sung frequently: the 1960 Code of Rubrics require it at not only on I and II-class feasts (corresponding to solemnities and feasts in the post-Vatican II Mass) but also on III-class feasts (corresponding to memorials in...
Details: The priest makes the sign of the Cross while he begins to read the Introit, which is usually taken from a Psalm. This evolved from the practice of singing a full Psalm, interspersed with the antiphon, during the entrance of the clergy, before the Prayers at the Foot of...
Details: Asperges (Sprinkling with holy water, Psalm 51:9, 3) is an optional penitential rite that ordinarily precedes only the principal Mass on Sunday. In the sacristy, a priest wearing an alb, if he is to celebrate the Mass, or surplice, if he is not the celebrant of the Mass,...
Details: The procession is the first part of the mass. During a solemn Mass, the priest processes in from the narthex with deacon, and subdeacon, master of ceremonies and servers. During Low Mass, the priest processes in with alone or with one or two servers and places the veiled chalice...
Details: An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Catholic liturgy. An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such as carrying candles, ringing the altar bell, bringing up the gifts, carrying the Gospel book, and many other things. If young,...
