Everything about The Humeral Veil totally explained
The
humeral veil is one of the liturgical
vestments of the
Roman Catholic and
Anglican churches. It consists of a piece of cloth about 2.75 m long and 90 cm wide draped over the shoulders and down the front, normally of
silk or
gold. At the ends there are usually pockets in the back for hands to go into so that the wearer can hold items without touching them with his hands. When it was more widely used as part of the Liturgy, before the reforms surrounding
Vatican II, the humeral veil normally matched the
liturgical colours of the vestments, or otherwise was of white or gold.
It is most often seen during the liturgy of Exposition and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The
priest or
deacon uses it when he holds the
monstrance over the people at the benediction part of the rite. The
Celebrant covers his hands with the ends of the veil so that his hands don't touch the monstrance, thus symbolizing that it's
Jesus present in the
Eucharistic species that blesses the people and not the minister.
The Humeral Veil is also commonly seen on
Holy Thursday and
Good Friday when the
Ciborium containing the Blessed Sacrament is
processed to and from the
Altar of Repose, for Adoration on Holy Thursday and for distribution on Good Friday.
Until the reform of the
minor orders after the
Second Vatican Council, it was also used by the
subdeacon at
High Mass when he carried the
chalice,
paten, or other sacred vessels since those were to be touched only by the
deacon. This use remains in communities which use the
extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.
The
vimpa, similar to a humeral veil, is sometimes used during a
Pontifical Mass. Whenever a
bishop presides over Mass and uses a
mitre and
crosier, the
altar servers assigned to hold those items for the prelate would cover themselves with the vimpa before holding them, symbolizing that the items don't belong to them.
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