The Irish standard., 1918-03-30

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tus," when they shall reverently kneel.
Thus they remain until the Priest re-
ceives the first ablution, when all may
sit down.
6. They kneel again, however, as
soon as he goes to the book.
Z. After the blessing, all rise and
stand during the last Gospel, genuflect-
ing at eft Verbum caro- factum est"
8. When the Priest descends from
the altar they kneel and recite with
him the prayers after Mass.
8. Not until the Priest has retired
from the sanctuary should any person
leave the church or his place therein.
High Mass.
10. On the entrance of the process
sion all rise. The congregation kneel
when the celebrant intones the CAS-
perges me-" and stand when he sprin-
kles them with holy water, and re-
main standing until the prayer is sung.
kneel at the beginning of Mass.
II. At the intonation of the
Gloria all stand, and after the cele-
brant has taken his seat, all sit down.
~. When he goes to the altar, all
arise and stand during the singing of
the prayers. ct is customary to kneel
during the singing of the prayer for
the departed, in Masses of "Requiem!)
10. When he begins to "read" the
Epistle, all sit down, and arise as the
altar boy ascends with the Missal to
the Gospel side.
IA. After the Gospel all sit, and
stand only when the preacher begins
to read the Gospel.
Is. When the celebrant leaves his
seat to intone the "Credo," all arise
and remain standing while he recites
it, genuf1ecting at the words "et homo
factus est" and sitting down when the
celebrant is seated.
16. During the singing of "et homo
factus est" by the choir all kneel, and
at its close re-seat themselves.
II. AS the Priest rises to go to the
altar, all rise, and sit down again
after he has sung "Oremus"
Is. When he sings per omnia
saecula saeculorum" at the Preface,
all rise and stand until the "sanctus, -
when they kneel and then sit down
after the first ablution.
10. When the celebrant goes to the
Book all stand. They stand during
prayers, kneel for blessing, and stand
during the last Gospel and remain so
till the celebrant has left the sanctu-
ary." Then the congregation kneels
for a short prayer.
Solemn High Mass.
The rules are the same for High
Mass. Note, however:
20. That the people do not stand
while the celebrant "reads" the Cos
pei, but only when the Deacon goes
to sing it.
Vespers.
81. All should stand when the celeb
rant enters the Sanctuary, and remain
standing until he has arrived at the
altar
%. All should kneel while the
celebrant is saying the first prayer at
the foot of the altar; they rise when
he rises to go to his seat, and remain
standing until the celebrant sits down
! after intoning the Deus in adjutor
ium."
%. At the Gloria Patri'' at the enc
! of each psalm, all should bow the
head, but not stand up.
"a. During the singing of the Mag
! nificat" and prayer, the people should
stand, making the sign of the cross al
the beginning of the "Magnificat" ant
remain standing till the time of the
sermon, when they should kneel un
til the Priest goes to the pulpit.
| Is. For benediction the congrega
ton should stand at the entrance ant
departure of the procession. They
kneel when the celebrant goes to ope1
the tabernacle for the exposition O
the Blessed Sacrament and remain
kneeling till he has replaced tn,
Blessed Sacrament therein. Then al
stand till the celebrant has left tn
Sanctuary