Description

Humeral Veil – Gold Block Cross in Purple

High quality satin fabric.  Decorated with rich embroidery.  Fastened with elegant hooks.  Inner pockets.  Finished with gold.  Satin ruffeled 100% Polyester.

Please note that all the Haftina items are shipped directly from our partner in Poland.  There would be a 6 to 8 week waiting period before items are received.  We will confirm the time frame on your order placement.

The

humeral veil

is one of the liturgical

vestments

of the

Roman Rite

, also used in some

Anglican

and

Lutheran

churches. It consists of a piece of cloth about 2.75 m long and 90 cm wide draped over the shoulders and down the front, normally of

silk

or

cloth of gold

. At the ends there are sometimes pockets in the back for hands to go into so that the wearer can hold items without touching them with the hands.

The humeral veil is of the

liturgical colour

of the day on which it is used, or else is white or cloth of gold.

The humeral veil is most often seen during the liturgy of Exposition and

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

. When

priests

or

deacons

bless the people with the

monstrance

, they cover their hands with the ends of the veil so that their hands do not touch the monstrance as a mark of respect for the sacred vessel and as an indication that it is

Jesus

present in the

Eucharistic species

who blesses the people and not the minister.

The humeral veil is also seen at the

Mass of the Lord’s Supper

of the

Catholic Church

. It is used when the

Ciborium

containing the Blessed Sacrament is taken in

procession

to the

place of reposition

, and again when it is brought back to the altar without solemnity during the

Good Friday

service. The ritual for

Requiem

masses, which are the only masses at which black vestments are worn in most rites, does not require the use of a humeral veil.


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The exception to this is the

Dominican Rite



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which has a number of distinctive liturgical customs.