Doxology With Elevation
The priest ends the Canon with the doxology, "Per ipsum, et cum ipso, et in ipso, est tibi Deo Patri omnipotenti, in unitate Spiritus Sancti, omnis honor et gloria per omnia saecula saeculorum." (Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory is yours, for ever and ever). To this the response is: "Amen."
While pronouncing the doxology, the priest, or the priest and the deacon, if there is one, elevate the paten containing the consecrated host and the chalice containing the consecrated wine. The Tridentine Missal has a more complicated ritual: the priest uncovers the chalice, genuflects, takes the host between right thumb and forefinger and, holding the chalice in his left hand, makes the sign of the cross three times from lip to lip of the chalice, while saying: "Per ipsum, et cum ipso, et in ipso"; he then with the host makes the sign of the cross twice in the space between him and the chalice, saying: "est tibi Deo Patri omnipotenti, in unitate Spiritus Sancti"; next he elevates chalice and host slightly, while saying: "omnis honor et gloria"; and finally he replaces the host on the corporal, covers the chalice with the pall, genuflects, stands up, and says or sings aloud: "Per omnia saecula saeculorum."
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