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Mass #7: Sacred Vessels

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For this lesson, we shall focus on the Sacred Vessels that are used as part of the Holy Mass.  This list is not exhaustive as there are certainly many beautiful vessels which are used in unique places and under specific conditions.  The purpose of this lesson is to illustrate the meaning and usage of some of the Church’s most widely used vessels or vessels which should see more usage. 

The following series of articles compromising a portion of this lesson is taken from Paul, who writes at the blog, In Veritate Ambulare.  Paul is a Catholic student at the University of Notre Dame Law School located in South Bend, Indiana. 

Sacred Vessels, Part 1: Ciborium

<> I've been wanting to do a series, and I've decided to do the first one on sacred vessels. Everyone who went to a Catholic school learned the names of most of these in about 4th grade, but they aren't the sorts of things that tend to stick with you very well. Besides, we can all stand to learn a bit more about such things (I know I can -- this was not written off the top of my head).The ciborium is the vessel within which the species of the body of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is stored (or "reserved") in ...
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