Altar linen and vessels - Page 4

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1. The vessels used at the Eucharist are these:

  • on the altar – chalice (cup), paten (plate), and ciborium (container for people’s wafers);
  • on the credence table – two cruets (wine and water), wafer-bread box, and lavabo jug and dish with towel.

2. The following linen is used:

  • altar cloths;
  • corporal (on which the bread and wine are consecrated);
  • pall (cover for chalice);
  • purificator (for drying chalice);
  • coloured burse (for carrying corporal);
  • matching coloured chalice veil (for covering vessels).

3. The thurible and boat are used for incense.


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