how-well-do-you-know-the-liturgical-objects-used-at-mass-5096 - Page 4

4 / 6

Pall Before the offertory of the Mass, the chalice is covered with a square of linen stiffened with cardboard. This covering, called the pall (from the Latin word for "cover") keeps foreign objects -- like dust or insects -- from falling into the chalice or onto the paten and contaminating them.

+

© Louis Marie MELCHIS I CIRIC

.css-l0mio9{display:none;visibility:hidden;}