TLM UPDATES FROM PARISH OF OUR LORD OF DIVINE MERCY

Pontifical Low Mass by the Most Reverend Federico Escaler, S.J., Bishop Emeritus of the Prelature of Ipil. Friday, February 22, 2008 at the Parish of Our Lord of Divine Mercy, Sikatuna, Quezon City. This is the third pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite said by a Philippine Bishop since the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum took effect last September 14, 2007, feast of the exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Photos - courtesy and with permission from Armand La Morte of Post Modern Traditionalist.



After his communion, the Celebrant turns to the faithful with the Sacred Host and says "Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccata mundi." The Celebrant joined by the servers says three times striking their breasts "Domine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo, et sanabitur anima mea."




The celebrant proceeds now to the the rail to give communion to the faithful. As he gives the Sacred Host the celebrant in a low voice says "Corpus Domini Jesu Christi custodiat animam tuam in vitam aeternam. Amen." Take note that in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, the faithful DOES NOT and SHOULD NOT respond AMEN because the Amen is already supplied by the Priest. In the Novus Ordo however, with the change of the prayers, the Amen has to be said by the communicant because of the change in the rubrics. In the Novus Ordo the communicant receives the host standing, not kneeling. And as an option and by a dispensation the communicant can receive the host in the hand. hence to emphasize the Real Presence of the Lord in the Eucharist, the Amen has to be said when the celebrant hands the host to the communicant. Thus in the Novus Ordo the celebrant says "The Body of Christ" at which the communicant responds audibly the Amen. (Take note that communion in the hand is only by dispensation and not the norm.) In the Traditional Latin Mass or in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, communion is always received on the tongue and the communicant must kneel. This is integral to the rubrics of the TLM. Old people and those who are sick which on account of their physical condition could not kneel, can receive it standing. In some churches the communion rail has a white linen cloth over it. The correct posture under this situation is for the communicant to kneel and put the joind hands under the linen cloth, and once the priest approaches to give the communion, the communicant must open the mouth with the tongue exposed. So it would be impractical for the communicant to say Amen, because the mouth is already open waiting for the Sacred Host. In this case the Priest supplies the Amen. With the prescribe posture in communion there is no doubt that outwardly the Real Presence of Christ is proclaimed.