This idea is emphasized by the fact that in many Roman churches the celebrant, vested in cope and preceded by thurifier, acolytes, etc., only makes his entry into the sanctuary just before the " Tantum ergo " is begun.

In the Eastern traditions, both celebrant and congregation make the Sign of the Cross much more frequently than in Western Christianity.

For instance, the celebrant goes over to the north side of the altar to read the Gospel, because that is the side to which the deacon goes in procession at high Mass ; he turns round always by the right, because at high Mass he should not turn his back to the deacon and so on.

" The vestment proper to the priest celebrant at Mass and other sacred actions directly connected with Mass is, unless otherwise indicated, the chasuble, worn over the alb and stole " ( General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 337 ).

With regard to what is now the normal form of the Roman Rite, as revised in 1969, the General Instruction of the Roman Missal states: " The vestment proper to the priest celebrant at Mass and other sacred actions directly connected with Mass is, unless otherwise indicated, the chasuble, worn over the alb and stole.

The funeral Mass was presided over by Bishop Cornelius Lucey while the chief celebrant was Fr.

instead of the guests fussing over the celebrant.

It also permits Holy Communion to be received under the form of either bread or wine alone, except by a priest who is celebrating Mass without other priests or as principal celebrant.

After a variable introduction the Lord's Prayer was said by the celebrant alone, with everyone else responding " Amen " to each petition, except for the petition for daily bread, for which the response is " For you are God " and everyone concluding the final petition, " but deliver us from evil " with the celebrant.

The Apostles ' Creed and the Lord's Prayer were to be learned in the mother tongue ; priests were to celebrate mass in clean robes, to use a silver or golden chalice ; thoroughly clean corporals and at least two consecrated palls were to be placed on the altar ; the cross was to be planted in front of the celebrant ; the bread was to be of the purest wheaten flour, the wine mixed with water.

Some ceremonies differ from the later Tridentine Mass, though they are not unknown in other forms of the Western Rite: the offering of the bread and wine was ( as in the Dominican and other rites ) made by one act ; in common with many monastic rites, after the Elevation the celebrant stood with his arms outstretched in the form of a cross ; the Particle was put into the chalice after the Agnus Dei.

The celebrant, in a furious rage, hurls the sacred bread, housed in an ornate cross-like monstrance, and the chalice of wine, smashing them on the floor.

After wine was poured from the phiale, the remainder of the contents was drunk by the celebrant.

: When the principal celebrant at a concelebration has permission to use mustum, a chalice of normal wine is to be prepared for the concelebrants.

The only practical effect of this variety is that the celebrant ( priest or deacon ) who must consume all the undistrubuted communion at the end of the service might or might not partake of the chalice when he communes himself: if the wine that was poured into the chalice is not the Blood of Christ, he would need to consume all of the consecrated elements before drinking any of the wine because drinking unconsecrated wine breaks the Eucharistic fast.

In the Roman ritus graecus, a male celebrant wore Greek-style vestments, and remained bareheaded before the deity, or else wore a wreath.

During Corpus Christi Mass 1875 in the Frauenkirche in Munich, there was a sensational incident, when Otto – who had not attended the church service – stormed into the church wearing hunting clothes and fell on his knees before the celebrant, Archbishop Gregor von Scherr, to ask forgiveness for his sins.

:: Prostration of the celebrant before the altar.

The chasuble, which is properly only worn for Mass, may also be worn during processions and other ceremonies that occur directly before or after Mass, such as the absolutions and burial of the dead, at the Asperges before Mass, and at the blessing and imposition of the ashes on Ash Wednesday, to avoid the need for the celebrant to change vestments.

: Three genuflections are made by the priest celebrant: namely, after the showing of the host, after the showing of the chalice, and before Communion.

In the Roman Rite, the celebrant washes his hands before vesting for Mass, but with another prayer ( Da, Domine, virtutem ).

While the original Eastern liturgies begin with a confession of sin made by the celebrant, the earliest records of the Roman Rite all describe the Mass as beginning at the Introit, but the celebrant may have used a Confiteor-like confession of sinfulness as one of the private prayers he said in the sacristy before he began Mass.

In other words the priest celebrant represents Christ, who is the Head of the Church, and acts before God the Father in the name of the Church.

The most perfect expression of the Eucharistic unity of the church is found in the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy ( i. e., a Liturgy at which a bishop is the chief celebrant ), for as St. Ignatius of Antioch stated, where the bishop is, surrounded by his clergy and faithful, there is the church in all of her fullness.

The ceremony of such a blessing is similar in some aspects to the consecration of a bishop, with the new abbot being presented with the mitre, the ring, and the crosier as symbols of office and receiving the laying on of hands and blessing from the celebrant.

The celebrant calls for the candidates for Baptism to be presented.

If the catechumen is of age, the celebrant will ask him or her if he or she desires Baptism, to which the catechumen will respond: " I do.

If the candidate relies on sponsors, the celebrant asks them if they will raise the child in " the Christian faith and life " ( ECUSA BCP ), and will raise the child through " prayers and witness to grow into the full stature of Christ " to which the parents will state to each, " I will, with God's help.

Since going into ecumenical communion with their respective Anglican body, bishops in the ELCA or the ELCIC not only approve the " rostering " of all ordained pastors, diaconal ministers, and associates in ministry, but they serve as the principal celebrant of all pastoral ordination and installation ceremonies, diaconal consecration ceremonies, as well as serving as the " chief pastor " of the local synod, upholding the teachings of Martin Luther as well as the documentations of the Ninety-Five Theses and the Augsburg Confession.

" As already indicated, the one exception is in the case of a priest celebrating Mass without other priests or as principal celebrant.

In 2009, Bishop of Belgaum, Rt Rev Peter Machado will be the main celebrant.

The tapestry labels the celebrant as " Stigant Archieps " ( Stigand the archbishop ) although by that time he had been excommunicated by the papacy who considered his appointment unlawful.

In the early Church the baptized were kissed by the celebrant after the ceremony, and its use was even extended as a salute to saints and religious heroes, with Crawley adding, " Thus Joseph kissed Jacob, and his disciples kissed Paul.

In many communities, the celebrant is given a certificate.

All of these books contain such features as meditations for the presiding celebrant ( s ) during the liturgy, and other material such as the rite for the blessing of palms on Palm Sunday, propers for special feast days, and instructions for proper ceremonial order.

" Then follows the Collect prayer, and the reading or chanting of,,, and the Passion account from the Gospel of John, traditionally divided between three deacons, yet often divided between the celebrant and more than one singer or reader.

After each prayer intention, the deacon calls the faithful to kneel for a short period of private prayer ; the celebrant then sums up the prayer intention with a Collect-style prayer.

It is to be distinguished from the lavabo, when the celebrant washes his hands with water only, reciting the words of ( KJV — in the Septuagint it is Psalm 25 ) at the offertory.

In 1972, to encourage a closer link between celebrant and congregation, the massive nine-ton pulpit along with the choir stalls and permanent pews was dismantled and removed.

These included the Christmas Day and Easter masses, at which the Pope himself was the celebrant.

The woman, now calling herself Columbine, and the Corinthian Arlecchino murder another celebrant, but the Corinthian finds himself unable to take part, cursing himself.

Watch Tower Society publications note that the only birthday celebrations explicitly mentioned in the Bible are those of an unnamed Pharaoh and Herod Antipas, and that both were associated with executions, and neither celebrant was a servant of God.

The principal celebrant displays the chalice immediately after its consecration.

The chief celebrant was Haughey's brother, Father Eoghan Haughey.

At the mention of the Incarnation, the celebrant and the congregation genuflect.

Incense may be used exactly as at a Solemn Mass with the exception of incensing the celebrant after the Gospel which is not done.

The deacon and subdeacon were in this case dispensed with ; the celebrant took their part as well as his own.