(Latin: let us bend the knee)
Bidding-prayer chanted by the deacon at solemn Mass on ember-days, certain days in Lent and Holy Week, and answered by Levate (Rise) prior to the collects chanted by the sub-deacon. In low Mass the priest says both.
(Latin: let us bend the knee)
Bidding-prayer chanted by the deacon at solemn Mass on ember-days, certain days in Lent and Holy Week, and answered by Levate (Rise) prior to the collects chanted by the sub-deacon. In low Mass the priest says both.
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