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  2. Collect for Purity - Wikipedia

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    The original Latin prayer may be found in Continental sources in the 10th century Sacramentarium Fuldense Saeculi X [1] where it appears as the proper Collect for a Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit Ad Postulandum Spiritus Sancti Gratiam. It also appears as an alternate Collect for Votive Masses of the Holy Spirit in the Missale Romanum Mediolani ...

  3. Ablution in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The practice of ablutions before prayer and worship in Christianity symbolizes "separation from sins of the spirit and surrender to the Lord." [22] Eusebius recorded this practice of canthari located in the courtyards of churches, for the faithful to wash themselves (especially the hands and feet) before entering a Christian house of worship.

  4. Leonine Prayers - Wikipedia

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    A priest and altar server kneel to recite the Leonine Prayers. The Leonine Prayers, also known as Prayers after Mass, are a prescribed set of Catholic prayers for recitation by the priest and people after Low Mass required within the Roman Rite of the Latin Church from 1884 to 1965. [1] [2] The name derives from their introduction by Pope Leo XIII.

  5. Postcommunion - Wikipedia

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    It has been suggested that its use at Mass in Lent may be a remnant of a custom, now kept only on Holy Saturday, of singing vespers at the end of Mass. The first prayer, called Ad complendum in the "Gregorian Sacramentary", became the modern Postcommunion, now its official name. Its name was uncertain through the Middle Ages.

  6. Ritual purification - Wikipedia

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    Taking the bride to the bath house, Shalom Koboshvili, 1939. Male Wudu Facility at University of Toronto's Multifaith Centre.. Ritual purification is a ritual prescribed by a religion through which a person is considered to be freed of uncleanliness, especially prior to the worship of a deity, and ritual purity is a state of ritual cleanliness.

  7. Hygiene in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Bishop Sebouh Chouldjian of the Armenian Apostolic Church washing the feet of children.. In some denominations of Christianity, there are a number of regulations involving cleanliness before prayer, [1] observing days of ritual purification, [2] as well as those concerning diet and apparel.

  8. On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis appeals for courage to better ...

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    Francis, celebrating the 12th Christmas of his pontificate, presided at a solemn Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and opened the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, which the Vatican expects will ...

  9. Anaphora (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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    The Anaphora, [a] Eucharistic Prayer, [b] or Great Thanksgiving, [1] [c] is a portion of the Christian liturgy of the Eucharist in which, through a prayer of thanksgiving, the elements of bread and wine are consecrated. The prevalent historical Roman Rite form is called the "Canon of the Mass".