Showing the host and chalice after the consecration

254. According to IG 150, "Depending on local custom, the minister also rings the bell at the showing of both the Eucharistic bread and the chalice. If incense is used, a minister incenses the host and chalice when they are shown to the people after the consecration." This is done with three swings of the thurible (IG 277). A profound bow is made before and after the incensation. (IG 277).

255. According to IG 179, "If there are several deacons present, one of them" places incense in the thurible at the consecration and then incenses at the showing of the host and chalice. This implies that if one deacon is present another minister may do the incensing.

256. For Mass with a Bishop, CB 94 states that the Blessed Sacrament is incensed from a kneeling position. This is not specifically stated in IG, but is implied by the directions on posture.

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