E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

CHAPTER the FOURTEENTH.
THE CEREMONIES OF HIGH MASS.
HIGH Mass, with the full number of ministers and all
the solemnity prescribed by the Church,
is called in
her language Solemn Mass. Music is of obligation at
High
Mass. Mass with music without ministers is
called Missa Cantata.
The ministers who assist the celebrant at High
Mass are the deacon and subdeacon. They are the
proper ministers at the great Sacrifice.
The deacon at ordination receives the special power
of assisting the celebrant at High Mass, of solemnly
singing the Gospel, of preaching, and of administering
solemn Baptism.
The subdeacon at ordination receives the power of
assisting the celebrant at High Mass, and of solemnly
singing the Epistle.
The deacon s office is to assist the priest, the subdeacon
s to assist the deacon and the priest.
Acolytes are prescribed by the Church as servers at
is one of the four
High Mass. The office of the acolyte
minor orders. The acolyte receives from the Bishop
the special power of serving the subdeacon at High
Mass, of lighting and carrying the candle, of preparing