He then reverently takes the precious blood. After which he gives communion to all who are to communiCate:
Those who are to communicate go up to the sanctuary at the Domine, non sum dignus, when the bell rings. The acolyte spreads a cloth before them, and says the Confiteor.
During the Confiteor the priest removes from the tabernacle of the altar the ciborium, or vessel containing the Blessed Sacrament; and placing it upon the corporal, he makes a genuflection, and, turning to the communicants, pronounces the absolution:
May Almighty God have mercy upon you, and forgive you your sins, and bring you unto life everlasting.
R. Amen.
Signing them with the sign of the cross, he continues:
May the Almighty and merciful Lord grant you pardon, ✠ absolution, and remission of your sins.
R. Amen.
Elevating a particle of the Blessed Sacrament, and turning toward the people, he says:
