Washing the Hands and Invitation to Pray

242. After the inaudible prayer, With humble and contrite hearts, or after the incensation, the celebrant washes his hands at the side of the altar and prays inaudibly, as the minister pours the water (IG 145).

243. The celebrant returns to the middle of the altar and invites the people to pray. "The people stand and make their response: May the Lord accept this sacrifice ..." (IG 146).

244. For the Stational Mass, "the ministers with a pitcher of water, basin, and towel go to him as he stands without the miter at the side of the altar. He washes and dries his hands. One of the deacons may remove the bishop's ring. ... Having dried his hands and put on his ring, the bishop returns to the middle of the altar." (CB 150).

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