E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

THE CONSECRATION TO THE PATER NOSTER. 169
the same time the subdeacon lowers the paten which
he still carries, and kneels in his place. Incense is
placed in the thurible to honour the Blesspd Sacrament
at the Consecration. When the Consecration and
adoration of the Sacred Host are over, the deacon rises
and removes the pall from the chalice ; and after the
Consecration and adoration of the Precious Blood he
replaces it.
After the Consecration the choir sings usually the
Benedictus, which may be considered as an act of faith
in our Lord incarnate on the altar.
rise ;
FROM THE CONSECRATION TO THE
PATER NOSTER.
After the Consecration the deacon and subdeacon
and the deacon, having genuflected, goes again to
the left side of the celebrant to assist at the Missal.
All proceeds as at Low Mass, until after the Memento
for the Dead at the Per quern haec omnia, Domine,
semper bona creas, when the deacon genuflects, and
goes to the right of the priest to remove the pall from
the chalice for the "little
"
Elevation ; also, when the
priest makes the sign of the Cross over the Sacred Host
and chalice, the deacon steadies the latter at the foot,
using his privilege of touching vessels which contain
the Body and Blood of our Lord. At the Pater nosier
the deacon having genuflected, leaves the altar, and
goes to his place behind the priest.