[Sidenote: End of the mass.]
After the Celebrant has communicated, Vespers are sung by the choir,
in place of the _communion_ and postcommunion. They consist of the
anthem _Alleluja_ repeated three times before and after the short
psalm _Laudate Dominion omnes gentes_ etc.; of the anthem _Vesper
autem sabbati_, which the Celebrant commences and the choir continues;
of the _Magnificat_[127] and in fine of the prayer which is chanted
by the Card. Celebrant. While the anthem before the _Magnificat_ is
sung, the Pope puts incense into the thurible; the celebrant incenses
the crucifix and the altar, and is incensed by the deacon, and the
incensing continues as after the offertory at high-mass (See p. 21) At
the _Gloria Patri_ the deacon, having incensed the Card, priests, bows
his head in the middle of the chapel, and then proceeds to incense the
Card, deacons. After the prayer; _Ite Missa est, Alleluja, Alleluja_,
is sung; and the choir answers, _Deo gratias Alleluja, Alleluja_: the
Pope gives the usual blessing, the Celebrant publishes the indulgence
of thirty years and this beautiful service terminates. In the sacristy
His Holiness puts on a _mozzetta_ of white (instead of red) damask,
and wears it during the whole of Easter week: His shoes also are
white. The Cardinals put on red _mantellette_ and _mozzette_ over
their purple cassocks; these they afterwards change for others of
scarlet.
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