E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

i8 THE VESTMENTS.
arm : Merear, Dominc, portare manipulum fletus et doloris, ut
"
cum exultatione vecipiam mercedem laboris May I deserve,
O Lord, to bear the maniple of tears and sorrow, that
with joy I may receive the reward of my labour."
The stole is really an abridgment of the orarium.
Round the neck was placed an oblong piece of linen,
called the orarium, which was by women spread in
time of prayer over the head and shoulders, falling
round the body like a veil. The orarium worn by
ecclesiastics was bordered with streaks of purple, and
when in course of time its dimensions were contracted,
these ornaments were retained as marks of honour,
while the plain linen portions were cut away, so that
it was reduced to a band which surrounded the neck
and fell down below the knees on both sides of the
body. (Rock, Hierurgia, vol. ii. p. 223.)
The stole is worn differently by the deacon, priest,
and Bishop at Mass. The deacon wears it from the
left shoulder under the right, where it is tied ; the priest
in the form of a cross across the breast, there it is
fixed by the Bishop at ordination ; and as the Bishop
has the cross on his breast, the stole drops down at
either side in the same way as the priest wears it while
preaching.
Taking the stole, the priest says: Redde mihi t Domine,
stolam immortalitatis, quam perdidi in pvavavicatione pvimi
parentis, et quamvis indignus accedo ad tuutn sacrum mysterium,
" merear tamen gaudium sempitemum Restore me, O Lord,
the stole of immortality which I lost in the transgres
sions of our first parent ; and although unworthy to
approach Thy Sacred Mysteries, may I deserve to
inherit eternal joys."
The chasuble is the chief vestment worn by the priest
at Mass. Originally its shape was very different from