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Corporal can mean one of several things. It means 'Of or relating to the body' as in the Corporal Works of Mercy.
It can also refer to a linen cloth that is about 18 inches by 18 inches and folded into 9 sections. It is unfolded by the priest before the Offertory and placed on the altar as a safeguard to prevent any pieces of the consecrated host that may break off from being lost on the floor or altar cloths. After the communion it is again folded and placed on top of the chalice and patten unless another mass will immediately follow.
The reason for the corporal is to prevent small fragments of the consecrated host or drops of consecrated wine - now the body and blood of Christ - from possible desecration during laundering. The large altar cloths ('table cloths') are usually sent to a commercial laundry. If there were particles of consecrated material it would be washed down into the sewer, not a proper place for the body and blood of Our Lord. On the other hand, the corporal is usually washed by hand by parish women. The small amount of water used is then poured down a special sink in the sacristy that drains directly into the soil below the church so that it is not mixed with all the nasty stuff found in sewage.
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∙ 7y agoThe corporal is the white cloth (small) put over the large white cloth on the altar. It is there during consecration and communion to catch any crumbs that might fall ( the body of Christ) that can later be properly consumed or disposed. It is a square shape when open like a dinner napkin.
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