White linen cloth that is placed on the altar clothWhite cloth spread over the altar during but usually also outside mass, as a kind of tablecloth. and on which the chaliceGilded metal cup, usually on a base, which the priest uses for the wine during the Eucharist. and the patenSmall, gilded metal plate on which the host used by the priest during the Eucharist is placed. are placed during the EucharistThis is the ritual that is the kernel of Mass, recalling what Jesus did the day before he died on the cross. On the evening of that day, Jesus celebrated the Jewish Passover with his disciples. After the meal, he took bread, broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat. This is my body." Then he took the cup of wine, gave it to his disciples and said, "Drink from this. This is my blood." Then Jesus said, "Do this in remembrance of me." During the Eucharist, the priest repeats these words while breaking bread [in the form of a host] and holding up the chalice with wine. Through the connection between the broken bread and the "broken" Jesus on the cross, Jesus becomes tangibly present. At the same time, this event reminds us of the mission of every Christian: to be "broken bread" from which others can live..