After Communion, the Lord IS with us

[jcdean1010]

There is one little thing in the Sacramentary that jars me at Mass. After we have received Communion, the Lord remains with us, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, for 15 or so minutes, until we are on our way home, most of the time. So why does the Sacramentary call for the priest to say the words: “The Lord be with you?” Of all the times possible, this is the time He IS with us already. The greeting seems to ignore what we believe is the truth of the situation. The Church is usually very precise in her official wordings. Any thoughts?

 

[faith_ful1953us]

I consider that to be his prayer for us all to ask our Lord to please stay with us until we come to Mass again. It’s like a blessing.
You know there are many at Mass who don’t receive the Eucharist, so our Lord is not physically in those who don’t receive i.e. the children or those who are truthful with themselves and are not in the state of Grace.
The priest, when he prays “The Lord be with you”, is not speaking of the Eucharistic Lord. It is his wish or prayer, his blessing for us.

 

[mosher]

Also, as Fr. Groschel once told me, a good priest will make sure that the time for reflection after the reception of communion will be long enough so that the invocation “the Lod be with you” is not in conflict. However as we know, Latin Rite catholics are the most impatient Catholics out there. So, you could make a point to Father one day by genuflecting to him after mass and telling him that you are reverencing the Jesus still present in him. He might get the message.

 

[TOME]

My response is with out any real basis but are we not all united after receiving communion into the one Body and Blood of Christ?St Paul points this out in Ehpesians - so considering we are now one with Chirst (spiritually for those who didn’t receive but made a spiritual communion) “You” in my opinion is quite appropriate.