The most popular pre-Vatican II sacristy manual We searched far and wide for a suitable sacristy manual. Nothing could be clearer and simpler than the scheme of this 1932 book: it encapsulates every "Old-Mass" ceremony that occurs in the course of the year succinctly, precisely, and completely, telling the sacristan what he must do to prepare for the ceremony: what vestments to lay out, how to lay them out, how to prepare the altar, and what special features each particular ceremony contains. Fr. William A. O'Briena pastor, teacher, and liturgy expertdefines every term and provides easy-to-understand illustrations and diagrams. # A complete guide to traditional Catholic ceremony: The eight possible colors for vestments, and when to use each # Where to find which feast should be celebrated on each day, and what color the vestments and altar decorations should be # The one ornament that every altar must feature # Vestments: illustrations and definitions of everything from the burse and maniple to the dalmatic and chalice veil # How to keep the embroidery on vestments from cracking # Sacred vestments: which vestments must be blessed before being used in the service of the Church # How to care for altar linens: purificators, palls, corporals, amices, finger towels # From Ash Wednesday to Easter: what the deacon and subdeacon wear instead of dalmatics # The Paschal Candle: do you know when it is next used after it is stored away on Ascension Thursday? # What you can use if you don't have candles of unbleached wax for the Tenebrae service # Seven things you need when Holy Communion is distributed outside of Mass # The use of the oil case, and the meaning of its three separate compartments labeled O. C., S. C., and O. I. # The proper color of the veil that should cover the ciborium # The altar: the raised structure of wood or stone on which the Mass is celebrated? Not precisely # What you must do, if the priest asks you to prepare the chalice: five steps # Arrangement of vestments in the sacristy: celebrant, deacon, and subdeacon # How to prepare the sacristy, the altar, and the credence table for a sung Mass (Missacantata) # Ten steps to prepare the altar for Benediction and Exposition # The Umbraculum: what it is, when it is used # How to prepare for Forty Hours' Devotion # Preparations for Mass preceded by the blessing of the candles used for the blessing of throats # Three things you will need for the blessing of the throats # The Feast of the Purification: how its celebration changes when it falls on the same day as a Feast of the first class # When rose-colored vestments are worn during Lent .How the Altar Cross should be properly veiled on Palm Sunday # The Altars of Repose for the Feast of Corpus Christi: how to adorn them fittingly # Nineteen things you must prepare for Confirmation # The general order of ceremonies for the Bishop's visitation # The one book you may use instead of the Liber Epistolarum et Evangeliarum # Five things needed for the blessing of holy water # Sacred vessels that can be handled by laymen Covers every season of the Church's liturgical yearin detail Illustrated Comprehensive index, with pronunciation key