Addition of the Anima Christi Post-Communion

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Is a priest able to recite the Amina Christi (Or another Eucharistically centered prayer) from the presider’s chair after the distribution of Communion and the clearing of the Altar?
 
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Maximilian75 said:
Is a priest able to recite the Amina Christi (Or another Eucharistically centered prayer) from the presider’s chair after the distribution of Communion and the clearing of the Altar?
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It’s a grey area.

There certainly can be a post-Communion hymn or silent meditation before (but not after) the Post-Communion prayer.

So what we have might be a “hymn that is recited instead of sung” ? Perhaps?

Maybe some words to accompany the period of meditation? Silent means silent, but it doesn’t strictly mean that there cannot be an introduction.

It’s not exactly permitted. It really should not be done. If it is done, how much of an issue/problem is it? Quite minimal in the grand scheme. If he sings it, then there’s no problem (that’s specifically allowed), so maybe his singing is just very bland.
 
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So what we have might be a “hymn that is recited instead of sung” ? Perhaps?
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We have the communion antiphon for that, which can either be recited, or sung (in Latin, as per the Graduale Romanum or Graduale Simplex, or some other polyphonic setting).
 
Most priests in Ireland do this. The entire congregation joins in.
But, I will say that they d many things that we don’t do here in the U.S.
Like consecrating hosts for the entire week in advance.
Their sign of peace is a head nod, silence, no touching.
Standing along where the altar rails used to be for communion, no precious blood except at weddings.
Very different.

But, I rather like the Anima Christi, it’s good to have that one memorized and pray silently post communion. 😉
 
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Strictly personal, but I am usually weeping post-Communion and surrounding activity of any type seems almost a distraction from a profound spirtual moment. But, that is just for me. There are minimums required for the mass, and we have this very human tendency toward add-ons. Consider that the “Hail, Holy Queen” was the original ending of the Roaery. Look at various conclusions of the Rosary today - some carry on almost as long as the prayer itself.
 
I only learned of the Anima Christi in the last couple of years. I made a holy card with it on the back which I use to mark the Communion Rite in my missal and I pray it silently when I return from Communion.

The only thing that was added to our Mass was a conclusion to the general intercessions which the Bishop sent to all the parishes. We all recite it together.
 
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We sing Anima Christi after communion about once or twice a month. Another priest in a different parish prays it silently by himself during the silence after receiving communion and he recommends it to everyone.
 
Got sheet music for that? I’d like my choir to learn it.
 
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Is a priest able to recite the Amina Christi (Or another Eucharistically centered prayer) from the presider’s chair after the distribution of Communion and the clearing of the Altar?
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Sounds great to me.

I have no issue with Priests adding things like this into areas of the Mass where it may be permitted (right at the beginning, at the end of the homily or prayers of the faithful, right after Communion, during the concluding Rites).

I only take issue when things are unlawfully omitted or when established prayers or rubrics are changed.

But additional prayers in the spots I said, I love that.
 
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