E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

io8 THE FIRST PART OF THE PRAYER.
omnis honor et gloria just before the Pater Noster.
" This is now usually known as the little Elevation."
The Elevation of Host and Chalice immediately after
Consecration was introduced in detestation of the
denial of Transubstantiation by Berengarius.
The Elevation of Host and Chalice seems to
have begun as an act of reparation about noo in
France, of which country Berengarius was a native ;
from France it was introduced into Germany, and
from Germany it found its way into other countries
of Europe. At first only the Host was elevated and
afterwards the Chalice. The further custom of ringing
a small bell at the Elevation began in France during
the twelfth century, and about the same time the
ringing of the large bell at the conventual Mass was
ordered in the statutes of some Monastic Orders. The
bell is obviously to notify the solemn moment of the
Consecration.
THE FIRST PART OF THE PRAYER
AFTER THE CONSECRATION.
Unde et memores, Domine, Wherefore, O Lord, we Thy
nos servi tui, sed et plebs tua servants, as also Thy holy
sancta, ejusdem Christ! Filii people, calling to mind the
tui Domini nostri tarn beatae blessed Passion of the same
Passionis, necnon et ab inferis
Resurrectionis,sed etincoelos
gloriosae
Christ Thy Son, our Lord, His
Resurrection from the dead,
Ascensionis : offeri- and mus praeclarae Majestati tuae
glorious Ascension into
Heaven, offer unto Thy most
de tuis donis, ac datis, Hos- excellent Majesty, of >J< tiam
Thy gifts
puram, Hostiam 4* and grants, a pure ^ Victim,
sanctam, Hostiam 4- immacu- a holy tfc Victim, an immacu-
latam,Panem -J- sanctum vitae late f Victim, the holy Jaeternae,
et Calicem -i- salutis Bread of eternal life, and the
perpetuae. Chalice of everlasting
salvation.