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From the Church’s documents
Questions and Answers: The Sacred Vessels, Benediction and the Alb
Three questions on uncovering the sacred vessels before the epiclesis, standing for the Oremus at Benediction, and celebrating Mass without the alb, answered from the Ceremonial of Bishops and Redemptionis Sacramentum.
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Liturgical Vestments
Abuse of Sacred Vestments on the Social Media: “Wear it whenever you approach the altar to minister in the holy place”
Liturgical vestments are for worship. Their use in social-media content, the vesting prayers, and what the GIRM and Redemptionis Sacramentum require of celebrants and concelebrants.
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From the Church’s documents
Questions and Answers: Sacred Vestments and Concelebration
Five questions on vestments and the habit, the surplice and the alb, and how concelebrants vest, answered from the GIRM and Redemptionis Sacramentum.
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Sacramentals
Blessing and Sprinkling of Holy Water in Catholic Liturgy: “Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be clean”
Holy water is an integral part of Catholic liturgical life. Its blessing, its two elements of water and salt, the rite in the Roman Missal and the Book of Blessings, and who may bless it.
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From the Church’s documents
Questions and Answers: Instruments, the Lamb of God and the Altar Cross
Three questions on the celebration of Mass, answered from the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM 32, 83, 117, 122, 188).
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Sacred Images
The Presence of Sacred Images in Liturgical Worship and Environment: “You shall not make for yourself an idol (graven image)”
Signs, symbols and images in Christian worship: why the veneration of sacred images is not idolatry, from Scripture, the Council of Nicaea, St. John of Damascus and the Catechism.
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From the Church’s documents
Questions and Answers: Incense at Mass
When incense may be used at Mass, the traditional way of incensing the offerings, and how images and liturgical objects are incensed, from the GIRM (nos. 276–277).
