(04-26-2012, 06:32 AM)Tim Wrote: If someone has an old St. Joseph Daily Missal from before the Council would you look at the Levabo for me, I seem to remember it was bolded and could be said by the congregation, too.
tim
Tim,
I'm looking at my 1951 St. Joseph's Daily Missal (Catholic Book Publising Company). At the Lavabo the rubric says After the offering of the bread and wine, the Priest washes his fingers and recites the followint verse of Psalm 25; at the bottom of the page is a note In Masses for the Dead, and in Masses during the Season of Passion Time, the "Glory be" is omitted..
I looked in the Introduction and the text on the Lavabo reads: Originally the priest washed his hands because they had become soiled by handing the bread and flasks of wine presented by the people at the Offertory. Now this act is a symbl of the inner purity with which priest and faithful should approach the Sacrifice of the Lord..
I didn't find anything indicating that this was recited by the congregation also.