Quick question about a particular part of the TLM

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Why does the altar server(s) lift up the priest’s chasuble during the Elevation of the Host? What does it symbolize? (Since EVERYTHING in the TLM has some symbolic value ^_^)
All the sites i tried didn’t answer my question…
 
Once a necessity, it’s now simply a carry over custom. Early Medieval design chasubles were quite heavy and restricted movements such as raising the arms.

And now you know 🙂
If you want to know more, find a copy of Historic Dress of the Clergy By George S. Tyack. Your local library may have a copy.
 
=xXConfiteorXx;5696146]Why does the altar server(s) lift up the priest’s chasuble during the Elevation of the Host? What does it symbolize? (Since EVERYTHING in the TLM has some symbolic value ^_^)
All the sites i tried didn’t answer my question…
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Vestments for the orginal Latin Masses were quite heavy. It is a physical accomidation, that does not have an intended pious application.
 
Certainly the chasuble used to be heavier, and the lifting of it began for a reason of utility.

But it is appropriate that the altar server, representing the people, assists the priest in all things. We should try to help our priests carry their burdens, and to be especially prayerful on their behalf during the Mass. I wonder if this desired assistance at Mass is why, rather than simply lightening the chasuble, the Church permitted the altar server to help the priest in this way to begin with. It seems like the action is not totally devoid of doctrinal content and symbolic significance.
 
(Since EVERYTHING in the TLM has some symbolic value ^_^)

Not really.

What symbolic value do the ribbons in the Missal or the Altar Cards have?
 
RoryMcKenzie56 said:
Certainly the chasuble used to be heavier, and the lifting of it began for a reason of utility.

But it is appropriate that the altar server, representing the people, assists the priest in all things. We should try to help our priests carry their burdens, and to be especially prayerful on their behalf during the Mass. I wonder if this desired assistance at Mass is why, rather than simply lightening the chasuble, the Church permitted the altar server to help the priest in this way to begin with. It seems like the action is not totally devoid of doctrinal content and symbolic significance.
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I_Believe said:
Once a necessity, it’s now simply a carry over custom. Early Medieval design chasubles were quite heavy and restricted movements such as raising the arms.

And now you know 🙂
If you want to know more, find a copy of Historic Dress of the Clergy By George S. Tyack. Your local library may have a copy.
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PJM said:
Vestments for the orginal Latin Masses were quite heavy. It is a physical accomidation, that does not have an intended pious application.
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Roy, what I and PJM answered is the reason. Every text I’ve come across says the same thing. It is what it is, a carry over custom.

Perhaps AJV will chime in. If we are missing something, he’d know.

I’ll ask a priest tomorrow if one of the older ones prays noon Mass, hopefully Fr Tom. He’d know as well.
 
xXConfiteorXx said:
Why does the altar server(s) lift up the priest’s chasuble during the Elevation of the Host? What does it symbolize? (Since EVERYTHING in the TLM has some symbolic value ^_^)
All the sites i tried didn’t answer my question…
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Many years ago, the chasubles were heavy, and the priest would hold up the consecrated host for a long time.
Because of this the servers would hold up the chasuble to help the priest.
 
I_Believe said:
Roy, what I and PJM answered is the reason. Every text I’ve come across says the same thing. It is what it is, a carry over custom.

Perhaps AJV will chime in. If we are missing something, he’d know.

I’ll ask a priest tomorrow if one of the older ones prays noon Mass, hopefully Fr Tom. He’d know as well.
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If we are missing something, he’d know.yeah i think so that
 
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