What things are used with the chalice during Mass?
A. The things used with the chalice during Mass are: 1. The purificator or cloth for wiping the inside; 2. The paten or small silver plate used in handling the host; 3. The pall or white card used for covering the chalice at Mass; 4. The corporal or linen cloth on which the chalice and host rest. Q. 940. What is the host? A. The host is the name given to the thin wafer of bread used at Mass. This name is generally applied before and after Consecration to the large particle of bread used by the priest, though the small particles given to the people are also called by the same name. Q. 941. Are large and small hosts consecrated at every Mass? A. A large host is consecrated at every Mass, but small hosts are consecrated only at some Masses at which they are to be given to the people or placed in the Tabernacle for the Holy Communion of the faithful. Q. 942. What vestments does the priest use at Mass and what do they signify? A. The vestments used by the priest at Mass are: 1. The Amice, a
