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INTRODUCTORY RITE |
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LITURGY OF THE WORD | |
Posture: Sit during the first reading and psalm. Stand during the proclamation of the Gospel. While standing, if your hands are freed, fold them upright. |
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After the general intercessions, C goes to the altar. The altar servers wait for him by the credence table with chalice and communion cups in hands. bb gives the main chalice to C and br places the communion cups at the nearby corner of the altar. (Note: Try to do your tasks together as a team: getting things, bowing, and putting things away.) Next, bb holds the cruet of wine while br holds the cruet of water and wait for C. After C returns the cruets to the
Then, the servers bring water and towel for C to wash his hands. br places the tower over his/her wrist and holds the bowl, and bb handles the water pitcher. C places his hands over the bowl and bb pours the water over the hands of C. When C says, “Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice …”,, br and bb go standing below the step of the altar as shown
+ C ALTAR br bb
At the end of “Holy, Holy …”, all kneel down When C elevates the Body of Christ, br rings the bell. When C elevates the Blood of Christ from the chalice, br At the end of “Amen” for the doxology (“Through him, with him, and in him …”), the altar servers stand up and remain where they are for the entire prayer of the “Our Father”. At the invitation to offer the sign of peace (“Let us offer each other the sign of peace”), the servers go directly toward the altar to exchange the sign of peach with C and with one another. (Note: Servers do not leave the sanctuary.) At the end of the exchange of the sign of peace, the servers stand by the altar, near the credence table, preparing to receive Holy Communion.
Posture: Kneel during the Eucharistic Prayer. |
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COMMUNION RITE | |
At the beginning of “Lamb of God …”, the altar servers stand by the end of the altar, near the credence table. After receiving the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, the altar servers return to their seats. While C is distributing holy communion to the congregation, bb picks up the Sacramentary and places it on the little table next to the chair of C. When C returns to the altar from giving holy communion, bb gets the cruet of water and be ready to pour water into the chalice of C. bb puts away the cruet and wait by the credence table for C to finish purifying the chalice and communion cups. One by one, C hands to bb the communion cups and chalice to be put away on the
Posture: Sit up straight. |
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CONCLUDING RITE | |
When C says, “Let us pray”, all stand and bb brings the Sacramentary to him. When C finishes saying the concluding prayer, he closes the book. Then bb returns to his/her seat. When C starts going toward the altar, the altar servers walk together toward the center aisle, at 1st step of the sanctuary, and wait for C as they did at the beginning of the Mass. Genuflection Line-up:
+ ALTAR br C bb
Facing the tabernacle and altar, all genuflect or bow together with C and proceed back to the sacristy. (Note: The line up for exit procession is in the same order as the line up for the entrance procession). |
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