Can the Priest have a Mic?

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I went to a celebration of the EF last Sunday. The priest truly had a joy for the Latin mass and was very reverant. He did, however, keep his clip on microphone while he said the prayers - including those at the altar (during the consecration, etc.). He explained before that these are the prayers that the celebrant is instructed to say, but that most people would not hear unless they were very near the sanctuary.
Personally, I liked it because I was able to follow the prayers of the mass. However, is it liturgically proper?

God bless those priests who sacrifice their Sunday afternoons to add the EF mass for those for who desire it.
 
The Canon of the Mass and Offertory should be inaudible to the faithful- this is probably the most common liturgical abuse of the TLM.
 
One draft MS of the Pian Missal (only recently discovered) has the following among the vesting prayers:

“Assuming the portable microphone, the priest says, 'May my sound go forth into all lands, and my voice unto the uttermost parts of the world. Amen.”

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Pardon my ignorance here, but I was under the impression that there are some forms of the TLM where the priest has at least the option of an audible Canon. Am I incorrect?

If the priest isn’t ever permitted to make the Canon audible, then perhaps just charitably point this out to him - he should be able to turn his microphone off at that time and on again later.
 
LilyM said:
Pardon my ignorance here, but I was under the impression that there are some forms of the TLM where the priest has at least the option of an audible Canon. Am I incorrect?

If the priest isn’t ever permitted to make the Canon audible, then perhaps just charitably point this out to him - he should be able to turn his microphone off at that time and on again later.
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During an ordination Mass the Canon is audibly read.

And yes, be charitable- that goes without saying.
 
But TLM abuses are generally commited by priests who are new celebrants, unfamiliar with the complex rubrics of the old rite. Abuses in the NO, on the other hand, tend to be a result of the “we can do whatever we will, so long as we think it pastorally sound” mindset.
 
Chatter163 said:
But TLM abuses are generally commited by priests who are new celebrants, unfamiliar with the complex rubrics of the old rite. Abuses in the NO, on the other hand, tend to be a result of the “we can do whatever we will, so long as we think it pastorally sound” mindset.
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Perhaps, although in this particular case the priest is older and celebrated the TLM prior to the Council. I still have a lot to learn about the rubrics of the TLM-yall know more than I do. Thanks for the insight.
 
I would, of course, be charitable. However, I do not feel that I know what I am talking about enough to correct any priest on the TLM. I need to learn the mass first, I think.
 
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