E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

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THE END OF HIGH MASS.
Week. On Maundy Thursday
it is omitted from horror
of the treacherous kiss of Judas on Good Friday and
Holy Saturday it is likewise omitted because, says
Durandus the ritualist, Christ, our true peace, has not
risen from the dead. After His Resurrection pax vobis
was His familiar greeting.
At Masses for the Dead the Pax is also omitted, as
we shall see later under Mass for the Dead.
FROM THE COMMUNION TO THE END
OF HIGH MASS.
When the subdeacon has concluded giving the Pax
he rejoins the priest at his right hand, and removes
the pall from the chalice before the priest drinks the
Precious Blood. When the Communion of the priest
and faithful is over, the subdeacon ministers wine for
the first ablution ; and wine and water for the second.
The deacon and subdeacon change places, the deacon
removing the Missal to the Epistle side. The priest
having received the second ablution leaves the chalice
and purificator, and goes to the Missal at the Epistle
side to read the Communion. The subdeacon arranges
the chalice and purificator, puts the corporal into the
burse, and having covered the chalice and paten with
the veil, bears them with the burse resting on them
to the credence-table. After placing the chalice on
the credence-table, he goes to his place behind
the priest and deacon. The celebrant after reading the
Communion goes to the middle of the altar, sings the
Dominus vobiscum, and is answered by the choir;