The following "DON'TS" will remind servers in a short but arresting way of some of the common faults to be avoided in serving at Low Mass.
- DON'T look round when anyone passes in front of or near the altar. The Server should be either following the Mass in his Missal or watching the priest.
- DON'T stand during the "Credo," kneel as soon as you have answered "Laus tibi, Christe."
- DON'T ever put the cruets on the altar without the lavabo cloth under them, and, at the Offertory, don't leave them on the altar for the priest to take: hand each cruet to the priest with the right hand.
- DON'T kiss the chasuble before or after the Elevation, and hold it up only when the priest raises his arms.
- DON'T kneel at the side to receive Holy Communion, always move to the front facing the altar on the Epistle side, after the priest has said "Indulgentiam."
- DON'T carry the chalice veil to the Gospel side; either unfold it on the Epistle side and leave it there, or do not touch it.
- DON'T come to the center for the priest's blessing, remain at the Gospel side until the priest has begun the last Gospel.
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