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We have some questions on the approprietness of certain actions during mass. 1. Is it ok to pray a decade of the rosary after the homily. 2. Our church bulletin asks for volunteers to clean the altar vessels “every week because by the end of the week the altar vessels are getting quite dirty”. The sacred vessels, chalice and patens, are not cleaned by the minister after each mass, but in a saparate room by a lay person.
 
The Rosary is the second greatest prayer to combat evil, right after the Holy Mass, but should not be prayed during Mass. Our full and complete attention during Mass is to the worship of God. Pray the Rosary either before or after Mass, but never during.

As for the Sacred Vessels. They should ONLY be purified by the priest or deacon and never the lay people, although this happens at my parish. What struck me as Just Plain Wrong (other then the obvious) is that they need extra cleaning at the end of the week. Great Care and reverance should be shown when purifing the vessels after each Mass and a total cleaning of them. I can not imagine the sacred vessels being put away in any other condition then completely purified and cleaned.
 
There had been an indult that was granted to the USCCB to allow laymen to purify the sacred vessels. However, in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI rescinded the indult and required that the celebrant, deacon or, I believe, an instituted alcolyte should be the only ones purifying the sacred vessels. The USCCB had released a statement indicating the decree that the Holy Father had issued.

Regarding the recitation of a decade of the Rosary after the homily, inasmuch as the parish’s devotion to the Blessed Mother is laudable, this should not occur within the context of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass:
 
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We have some questions on the approprietness of certain actions during mass. 1. Is it ok to pray a decade of the rosary after the homily. 2. Our church bulletin asks for volunteers to clean the altar vessels “every week because by the end of the week the altar vessels are getting quite dirty”. The sacred vessels, chalice and patens, are not cleaned by the minister after each mass, but in a saparate room by a lay person.
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1.) A decade of the Rosary could most licitly be prayed if it was crafted as part of the homily. It would not be licit if it were presented as a discrete element/addition to the Mass.

2.) I am sure your sacred vessels are being purified and washed after each Mass – and yes they can be done off-line directly after Mass by an acolyte (layman) or a cleric.

I’m gonna guess on this one, but I bet they are looking for people to polish the vessels…
 
1111 said:
We have some questions on the approprietness of certain actions during mass. 1. Is it ok to pray a decade of the rosary after the homily. 2. Our church bulletin asks for volunteers to clean the altar vessels “every week because by the end of the week the altar vessels are getting quite dirty”. The sacred vessels, chalice and patens, are not cleaned by the minister after each mass, but in a saparate room by a lay person.
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I think you’re confusing “purification” of the vessels, with general cleaning of fingerprints, tarnish, etc…Cleaning of chalices, ciboriums, etc., by church volunteers has been commonplace my entire life (70+ years).
 
The 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal has:
“279. The sacred vessels are purified by the priest, the deacon, or an instituted acolyte after Communion or after Mass, insofar as possible at the credence table. The purification of the chalice is done with water alone or with wine and water, which is then drunk by whoever does the purification. The paten is usually wiped clean with the purificator.”

Clearly detergent and polish are not to be used on the chalice during Mass. This is a separate process, done at a separate time. Who does this is not part of the liturgical laws.
 
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I think you’re confusing “purification” of the vessels, with general cleaning of fingerprints, tarnish, etc…Cleaning of chalices, ciboriums, etc., by church volunteers has been commonplace my entire life (70+ years).
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No, the sacrect vessels are not purified at the alter after communion, but put on a separate table and after mass taken by mass servers in to a separate room to be claened, (purified) by a eucharistic minister.
 
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No, the sacrect vessels are not purified at the alter after communion, but put on a separate table and after mass taken by mass servers in to a separate room to be claened, (purified) by a eucharistic minister.
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From your OP…

Our church bulletin asks for volunteers to clean the altar vessels “every week because by the end of the week the altar vessels are getting quite dirty”.

This “cleaning” is not the same as the purification after Communion. Cleaning of fingerprints and tarnish from sacred vessels by the laity is, and has for years been, commonplace.

Purification after Communion, regardless of who does it (right or wrong) is to extract and consume all remains of the Blessed Sacrement. It is not about “housekeeping”.

Two different subjects.
 
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I do believe they can be purified at the alter toward the end of mass on weekdays. I see this regularly where the priest adds water to the chalice and ciborium toward the end of mass, consumes the water, and drys them with the pruificator.
 
The vessels can be purified after Mass, but it still needs to be done by a priest, deacon or acolyte.

The ad in the OP’s bulletin didn’t surprise me. I’ve been in parishes where the vessels were not cleaned after each Mass but just purified and put away, even in a parish with Communion offered under both species. Gag!

I remember someone commenting “Would you just rinse dirty dishes in your house and put them back in the cupboard?” That’s exactly what was happening with the chalices. A special request was made to have them washed after each Mass.
 
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