Canonical Digits
Canonical digits, also referred to as liturgical digits, are a posture or Attitude (art), bodily attitude of prayer used during the celebration of the rite of the Mass in the Catholic Church, Holy Mass. This gesture is performed by any Priesthood in the Catholic Church, Catholic priest after consecration and before ablutions, standing and joining his thumb and index finger in a circle, and holding the other fingers straight away from the Palm of hand, palm. Description Canonical digits are used during the rite of the Holy Mass by joining thumb and index in both hands separately while holding the remaining three fingers straight up. During the ''lavabo'', the priest washes the ends of the thumbs and index fingers, then wipes them with the manuterge. As he begins the rite of Consecration in Christianity, consecration, the priest wipes the thumb and index of each hand making a sign of the cross on the Corporal (liturgy), corporal saying "''qui pridie quam pateretur''" (at the time ...
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