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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Thursday, May 6th, 2021.

Now, all week, we have been talking about the objects we see at mass, but I might not fully understand.

So far, same with me, all the words that we've learned this week. We have talked

about the tabernacle, the chalice, the patent, the suborium, the picks, the finger bowl,

and the cruits. Quite a lot. So now we're going to talk about, we're talking about fabric today,

people. We're talking about the things that we lay over the altar, the pieces of fabric.

There's two specific pieces of fabric.

Now, let's just remember what we talked about last week with the altar.

Remember, we are all friends of Christ gathered around the table, just like he gathered his friends around the table at the last supper.

So that's why a table is so important.

Also, the altar reminds us of the sacrifices of the Old Testament, right?

They used to have to bring animals a sacrifice for their sins, but now that Christ has made the

ultimate sacrifice on the cross, the way you just memorialize, relive that sacrifice every

time we go to Mass. So there are two main pieces of fabric on an altar. The first one is just an altar cloth and this covers the entire altar.

It is beautiful. Remember, we really want to give God our best, give him the most beautiful that we can.

This is also, you know, the altar cloth is over the altar, and this is also why you probably have never noticed.

There's an altar stone in there.

So if you haven't yet, remember to ask your priest to see that.

But then usually at Mass, a priest will take out a smaller cloth.

Usually it's folded and he will unfold it, set it right in the center

of the altar, and that is where he will place the chalice, the patent. It's where the hosts will be.

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