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Concelebration. In Christianity, concelebration (from the Latin con + celebrare, 'to celebrate together') is the presiding of a number of presbyters (priests or ministers) at the celebration of the Eucharist with either a presbyter, bishop, or archbishop as the principal celebrant and the other presbyters and (arch)bishops present in the chancel assisting in the consecration of the Eucharist.
The wedding is the flagship ceremony of every culture. Celebrancy is a profession founded in Australia in 1973 by the then Australian attorney-general Lionel Murphy. [1] The aim of the celebrancy program was to authorise persons to officiate at secular ceremonies of substance, meaning and dignity mainly for non-church people.
A Mass is called a sung Mass, when the celebrant actually sings those parts which the rubrics require to be sung; otherwise it is called a low Mass. Moreover, a sung Mass, when celebrated with the assistance of sacred ministers, is called a solemn or High Mass (Missa solemnis); when celebrated without sacred ministers, it is called a Missa cantata.
In the early Church, Mass was normally celebrated by the bishop, with other clergy. In the Roman Rite this evolved into a form of Solemn High Mass celebrated by a bishop accompanied by a deacon, subdeacon, assistant deacons, [1] thurifer, acolyte(s) and other ministers, under the guidance of a priest acting as master of ceremonies.
The celebrant says: Blessed be the name of the Lord. All reply: Now and for ever. The celebrant says: Our help is in the name of the Lord. All reply: Who made heaven and earth. Then the celebrant receives the pastoral staff, if he uses it, and says: May almighty God bless you, making the Sign of the Cross over the people three times, he adds:
The Vatican’s newly released document addressing the blessing of same-sex couples doesn’t pave the way for gay weddings at churches or with Catholic priests as officiants.
Elevation at a Solemn Tridentine Mass in Prostějov, Czech Republic Ite missa est sung by the deacon at a Solemn Mass at Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Rome. Solemn Mass (Latin: missa solemnis) is the full ceremonial form of a Mass, predominantly associated with the Tridentine Mass where it is celebrated by a priest with a deacon and a subdeacon, [1] requiring most of the parts of the ...
The elements may also be elevated following the chanting of the Lord's Prayer, by which the celebrant may use the elements to make the sign of the cross over the congregation. The precise practice of the elevation in the Lutheran communion is somewhat less uniform than in the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox communions.