Objects of the Catholic Mass (no pictures)

This is the bowl that holds the consecrated hosts.

• chalice

• sacramentary

• cruets

• ciborium

The sacred vessel, usually made of precious metal, which holds the consecrated wine.

• ciborium

• stole

• pew

• chalice

These are the small vessels that hold wine and water that will be used during the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

• cassocks

• stoles

• cruets

• ciborium and chalice

This is the long narrow strip of colored fabric that the priest wears to symbolize his priestly authority and that he is doing the work of Christ. The color corresponds with the liturgical season or feast day.

• cassock

• sacramentary

• vest

• stole

The metal holder in which the incense is buried during Mass.

• Chalice

• Incense Boat

• Thurible

• Monstrance

The white cloth used by a priest or extraordinary minister of the Eucharist to wipe the chalice after people receive from the cup at Communion.

• Purificator

• Ciborium

• Pall

• Corporal

The fixed, locked box usually behind the altar where the consecrated Eucharistic hosts are kept.

• Thurible

• Altar

• Tabernacle

• Chalice

The colored outer vestment the priest wears over the alb and stole. It is a symbol of the priest acting in persona Christi (in the person of Christ) when he celebrated Mass.

• chalice

• stole

• cassock

• chasuble

The "belt" that the priest ties around the alb. When he puts it on he prays for purity to help him live a life of chastity.

• Alb

• Chasible

• Stole

• Cincture

The elevated platform (or lectern) from which the Scripture readings and homily are proclaimed.

• Altar

• Podium

• Ambo

• Monstrance