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CONCERNING THE
SERVICE On the Altar, extra candels should be lighted as for a festival. The monstrance, covred with a veil, should be on the Altar before the service begins, together with a white burse containing a corporal. this corporal should only be yused at Benediction. The Blessed Sacrament may be exposed at the begining of the service, the Office then being sung in the presence of the exposed Blessed Sacrament, and Benediction is given at the end. Alternatively, Exposition and Benediction may follow the office. If the Sacrament is to be exposed for a period of time, such as for a special day of adoration, it is important that the Sacrament should not be left unattended. They should always be one or two members of the faithful keeping watch, kneeling in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.
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Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed SacramentExpositionThe Priest and his assistants approach the Altar, genuflect, and kneel on the lowest step. After a brief prayer, the Priest or Deacon stands, goes up to the Altar and there spreads the corporal. He uncovers the monstrance, unlocks and opens the tabernacle, and genuflects. Then taking the case which contains the sacred Host from its receptacle, he places it securely in the monstrance. The hymn O Salutaris hostia is begun at once. Taking care that the monstrance faces the congregation, the Priest genuflects, goes to the lowest step, and kneels. Then the Priest, standing at the foot of the Altar, puts on incense in the censer, (without blessing it, since only the Blessed Sacrament is to be censed); and, kneeling on the lowest step, he censes the Blessed Sacrament with three double swings, bowing his head profoundly before and afterwards. O salutaris hostia O Saving Victim opening wide All praise and thanks to the ascend If Evensong is to be sung in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, the Priest and his attendants then move to the sedilla for the Office. The censing at the Magnificat is of the Sacrament only, the priest kneeling as above. Otherwise, a litany or hymn of praise may be sung, or some devotion appropriate to the time; e.g., the Te Deum (all standing) on great festivals or occasions of public rejoicing, or the Penitential Office on Ash Wednesday. Adoration and BenedictionDuring the second line of the following hymn, all should humbly bow: at the beginning of the second stanza incense is offered as before. Tantum ergo Sacramentum Therefore, we before him bending, Glory let us give and blessing Still kneeling, the Priest sings: V. Thou gavest them breat from heaven (Alleluia) Let us pray. O God, who in a wonderful Sacrament has left unto us a memorial of thy
Passion: grant us, we beseech thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries
of they Body and blood, that we may ever perceive within ourselves the
fruits of thy redemption. Who livest and reignest work without end. Amen Kneeling, the Priest receives the humeral veil on his shoulders. Then he goes up to the Altar, genuflects, takes the monstrance into his hands, holding it with the ends of the veil. Turhing by his right to the people, the Priest gives the Blessing (or Benediction) in silence, making the sign of the Cross with the monstrance over the kneeling congregation meanwhile an acolyte rings the sanctus bell thrice; and the thurifer censes the Blessed Sacrament with three double swings. The people may make the sign of the Cross and bow in fervent adoration, saying silently, Blessed, praised and adored by Jesus Turning back to the Altar by his right, the Priest places the monstrance on the Altar, genuflects, and goes to kneel at the foot of the Altar. He gives the humeral veil back to the Server. The Divine Praises are said by the Priest, the people repeating them after him, all kneeling. At the Celebrant's discretion, additional Praises may be added. The Divine PraisesBlessed be God. The Priest rises, goes to the Altar, genuflects, and removing the case containing the sacred Host from the monstrance, puts it back into its receptacle. This is replaced in the tabernacle. The Priest genuflects, closes and locks the tabernacle, puts the corporal back into its burse, veils the monstrance, and goes to stand at the foot of the Altar. Ant. Let us for ever adore: the most holy Sacrament. (Alleluia.) Psalm 117 Laudate Dominum O praise the Lord, all ye nations:* Glory be . . . The Priest and his assistants may leave the sanctury after the first half of the Gloria Patri has been sung. |
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SPIRITU ORABO ET MENTE : PSALLAM SPIRITU PSALLAM ET MENTE
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