MISSA CANTATA
Prepare in the sacristy and sanctuary as for High Mass, except that the corporal and chalice should be prepared on the altar.
For this Mass the servers are: Two acolytes, thurifer (if there is incense), and master of ceremonies or one assistant server for the celebrant.
Though on principle a Missa Cantata does not admit of the use of incense, the Sacred Congregation of Rites does in certain cases grant an indult for the use of the thurible on special solemnities and where it is impossible to have deacon and subdeacon.*(*Cf. Vavasseur, Ceremonial, Ed. ix, vol. I, p. 520, n.288.)
The Master of Ceremonies, or the assistant server acting as master of ceremonies, receives the biretta and kneels on the celebrant's left, and responds as at Low Mass. He accompanies the celebrant to the altar, then passes to his right, receives the boat from the THURIFER and presents the spoon; when the incense has been put in, he receives the thurible and gives it to the celebrant with the usual kisses. As soon as the THURIFER has given the thurible to the MASTER OF CEREMONIES, he passes to the left of the celebrant to assist with the MASTER OF CEREMONIES in raising the chasuble. Both MASTER OF CEREMONIES and THURIFER genuflect when the celebrant bows before the crucifix. Meanwhile the FIRST ACOLYTE removes the missal stand and replaces it after the incensation. The celebrant gives the thurible to the MASTER OF CEREMONIES, who receives it with the customary kisses. The MASTER OF CEREMONIES and THURIFER descend on the Epistle side in plano. The MASTER OF CEREMONIES incenses the celebrant with three double swings, the THURIFER standing on the left of the MASTER OF CEREMONIES.
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