CONSECRATION OF A PATEN AND A CHALICE
(From the new Roman Pontifical of 1962)
The consecration of a paten and of a chalice may be delegated to a priest, who follows the same rite given here for a bishop, omitting, however, the directions that do not pertain to a priest.
The consecration of a paten and chalice may take place on any day and at any convenient place.
The following are prepared: holy chrism and whatever materials are necessary for cleansing and wiping the chalice and paten as well as the bishop's hands. The chalice and paten should be placed on a table covered with a white-linen cloth or on the altar.
If several chalices and patens are to be consecrated the bishop performs the anointings successively on each of them, but he says the orations only once and in the plural form.
The bishop, standing and wearing the rochet, white stole, and gold-embroidered mitre, says:
Celebrant: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All: Who made heaven and earth.
C: LET US PRAY: my dear brethren, that by the help of God's grace this paten (these patens) may be consecrated and hallowed for the purpose of breaking over it (them) the body of our Lord Jesus Christ, who suffered death on the cross for the salvation of us all.
Then, removing the mitre, he says:
C: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
LET US PRAY: Almighty Everlasting God, who instituted the laws of sacrifice, and ordered among other things that the sprinkled wheaten flour should be carried to the altar on plates of gold and silver; be pleased to bless, hallow, † and consecrate this paten (these patens), destined for the administration of the Eucharist of Jesus Christ, your Son, who for our salvation and that of all mankind chose to immolate Himself on the gibbet of the cross to you, God the Father, with whom He lives and reigns, forever and ever.
All: Amen.
Having put on the mitre, he dips the thumb of his right hand into the holy chrism, anoints the paten from rim to rim in the form of a cross, and then rubs the holy chrism all over the upper side of the paten, while saying the following formula:
Lord God, may you deign to consecrate and to hallow this paten by this anointing and our blessing, † in Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with you forever and ever.
All: Amen.
Then (still standing and wearing the mitre) he proceeds to the blessing of the chalice, saying:
LET US PRAY: My dear brethren, that our Lord and God, by His heavenly grace and inspiration, may hallow this chalice (these chalices), about to be consecrated for use in His ministry, and that He may add the fulness of His divine favor to the consecration performed by us; through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
Then, removing the mitre, he says:
C: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
LET US PRAY: O Lord our God, be pleased to bless † this chalice (these chalices), made by your devout people for your holy service. Bestow that same blessing which you bestowed on the hallowed chalice of your servant, Melchisedech. And what we cannot make worthy of your altars by our craft and metals, do you nonetheless make worthy by your blessing; through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
Having put on the mitre, he dips the thumb of his right hand into the holy chrism and anoints each chalice on the inside from rim to rim in the form of a cross, while saying the following formula:
Lord God, may it please you to consecrate and to hallow this chalice by this anointing and our blessing, † in Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with you forever and ever.
All: Amen.
Then, removing the mitre, he says the following over the chalice and paten (chalices and patens):
C: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
LET US PRAY: Almighty Everlasting God, we beg you to impart to our hands the virtue of your blessing, so that by our blessing † this vessel and paten (these vessels and patens) may be hallowed and become, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, a new sepulchre for the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ; through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
When the consecration is over a priest cleans the chalice and paten with crumbs of bread and purifies them thoroughly. These cleansing materials are put into the sacrarium.