From the 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) approved for the USA, which can be accessed from romanrite.com/girm.html :That is not what your quote says. The time for announcements is not part of the liturgy of the Eucharist nor part of the celebration of the mass (hence the allowance to make announcements during this time, which is not constrained by this book either). You have made this book say something which it does not, because the timing of the priests actions is outside the realm of the book’s authority.
However, what Jesus said was not within the context of Ancient Israel’s sacrificial liturgical act.Perhaps he just doesn’t want to stand at the entrance blessing them as the leave. He’s not inventing a ritual, he’s blessing the children. Jesus said “let the children come to me”
Which reminds me of when I was a child in the 1950’s. It was our practice back then to run up to the monsignior and the priests to ask for a blessing whenever we saw them outside of the church. I don’t remember who taught us this, whether it was our parents or the school Sisters, but we did it quite often when I was a child. But this habit fell off as I grew older and I don’t see children asking the priests for a blessing today like we did.Perhaps he just doesn’t want to stand at the entrance blessing them as the leave. He’s not inventing a ritual, he’s blessing the children. Jesus said “let the children come to me”
The book of blessing is not the Authority. You are correct!That is not what your quote says. The time for announcements is not part of the liturgy of the Eucharist nor part of the celebration of the mass (hence the allowance to make announcements during this time, which is not constrained by this book either). You have made this book say something which it does not, because the timing of the priests actions is outside the realm of the book’s authority.
The Book of Blessings (De Benedictionibus, approved by the USCCB and granted *recognitio *from Rome) is an official liturgical book which SC 22.3; CIC 846.1; CCC 1125; GIRM 24; and RS 31, 59 specify must be followed exactly. I am not making “this book say something which it does not”. It says that no other blessing may be joined to Mass except those stated as such. Priests are not allowed to just make up blessings.That is not what your quote says. The time for announcements is not part of the liturgy of the Eucharist nor part of the celebration of the mass (hence the allowance to make announcements during this time, which is not constrained by this book either). You have made this book say something which it does not, because the timing of the priests actions is outside the realm of the book’s authority.