A lavabo is a device used to provide water for the washing of hands. It consists normally of a ewer or container of some kind to pour water, and a bowl to catch the water as it falls off the hands.

Lavabo, the first word of that portion of Ps. xxv said by the celebrant at Mass while he washes his hands after the Offertory, from which word the whole ceremony is named. The principle of washing the hands before celebrating the holy Liturgy —at first an obvious practical precaution of cleanness, then interpreted also symbolically—occurs ...

2023年1月31日 · What is a Lavabo Towel? A lavabo towel is a cloth linen or sort of hand towel that is used to dry the hands of a person who is performing a lavabo ceremony. It is one of several small altar linens or church linen items. But it isn’t just some random dish towel you might grab from your kitchen.

Lavabo. Ceremonial cleansing of the celebrant’s hands at the offertory of the eucharist. The term is from the Latin, “I will wash,” taken from the opening of Ps 26:6, “I will wash my hands in innocence, O Lord, that I may go in procession round your altar.” This verse was traditionally recited by the celebrant during the lavabo ceremony.

For his convenience the altar-card on the Epistle side contains the prayer said when the water is blessed before it is put into the chalice ("Deus qui humanæ substantiæ") and the verses "Lavabo", etc.

2025年3月19日 · lavabo (plural lavabo-lavabo) (Catholicism) lavabo: a ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist; the small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual; a washbasin, the one in a church used in the ritual

For his convenience the altar-card on the Epistle side contains the prayer said when the water is blessed before it is put into the chalice ("Deus qui humanæ substantiæ") and the verses "Lavabo" , etc.

2018年5月14日 · lavabo (in the Roman Catholic Church) a towel or basin used for the ritual washing of the celebrant's hands at the offertory of the Mass. The word comes (in the mid 18th century) from Latin, literally ‘I will wash’, in Lavabo inter innocentes manus meas ‘I will wash my hands in innocence’ (Psalm 26:6), which was recited at the washing ...

2013年10月18日 · The Lavabo refers to the washing of hands normally prior to leading the Eucharistic Prayer.

4 天之前 · (in the Roman Catholic Church) a towel or basin used for the ritual washing of the celebrant's hands at the offertory of the Mass. The word comes (in the mid 18th century) from Latin, literally ‘I will wash’, in Lavabo inter innocentes manus meas ‘I will wash my hands in innocence’ (Psalm 26:6), which was recited at the washing of hands ...