returning to the middle of the altar, wipes his fingers and takes the second ablution, saying:
May Thy Body, O Lord, which I have received, and Thy Blood which I have drunk, cleave unto mine inmost parts; and grant that no stain of sin may remain in me, who have been refreshed with pure and holy mysteries. Who livest, etc. Amen.
Then he wipes his lips and the chalice, which he covers, and, having folded the corporal, places it on the altar, as at first; he then goes to the book, and reads the Communion. At Solemn Mass the choir sings the Communion. The subdeacon removes the chalice to the Credence table.
Before Communion
O TASTE and see that the Lord is sweet: Blessed is the man that hopeth in Him (Ps. xxxiii. 9).
As the hart panteth after the fountains of water, so my soul panteth after Thee, O God (Ps. xii, 2, 3).
Come to Me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
Take up My yoke upon you, and learn of
