This is the cloth which covers the chalice until the Offertory, and again after the Communion. It also is made of the same material and colour as the vestments:

During Eucharistic celebrations, a veil is often used to cover the chalice and paten to keep dust and flying insects away from the bread and wine. Often made of rich material, the chalice veils have not only a practical purpose, but are also intended to show honour to vessels used for the sacrament.

In the West, a single chalice veil is normally used. The veil will usually be the same material and colour as the priest's vestments, though it may also be white. It covers the chalice and paten when not actually in use on the altar.

In the East, three veils are used: one for the chalice, one for the diskos (paten), and a third one (the Aër) is used to cover both. The veils for the chalice and diskos are usually square with four lappets hanging down the sides, so that when the veil is laid out flat it will be shaped like a cross. The Aër is rectangular and usually larger than the chalice veil used in the West. The Aër also figures prominently in other liturgical respects.

The Burse is a square container for the corporal when the latter is not in use. It is often made of the same fabric colour as the vestments. The Corporal is a square piece of linen. In size and appearance, it resembles a small napkin. It is spread out on the altar, and the chalice is placed upon it. During the Mass the Sacred Host rests for a time on the Corporal.

The maniple is a liturgical vestment used primarily within the Catholic Church, and occasionally used by some Anglo-Catholic and Lutheran clergy.

It is an embroidered band of silk or similar fabric that when worn hangs from the left arm. It is only used within the context of the Mass, and it is of the same liturgical colour

as the other Mass vestments.

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