Is it true that the Divine Mercy Image should not be displayed during a TLM mass?

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I heard from someone that the Divine Mercy image should not be displayed during a TLM mass since it was banned in the final years before Vatican II and only reintroduced post Vatican II during the NO era. Is this true?
 
This seems like a misinterpretation of the following provision form the Instruction on the Application of the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum by the Pontifical Commission Eccelsia Dei:
  1. Furthermore, by virtue of its character of special law, within its own area, the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum derogates from those provisions of law, connected with the sacred Rites, promulgated from 1962 onwards and incompatible with the rubrics of the liturgical books in effect in 1962.
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Not everything is frozen in 1962, just those things that would be incompatible with the 1962 liturgical books. The 1962 liturgical books say nothing about this image one way or the other and displaying or not displaying the image wouldn’t touch on them at all. It is a distinct matter.

One might argue that designating the Sunday after Easter “Divine Mercy Sunday” might be affected, but even then, in neither the OF nor EF are the actually liturgical texts or rubrics affected by this designation, so most places the EF is offered canonically still acknowledge it–either way, the indulgences are still good since those are distinct from the liturgical books.
 
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I suppose the point my friend was trying to make is that when you go to a TLM mass you are expected to follow the rules set at that time (i.e. immediately prior to Vatican II). That is not to take communion on hand etc.
Therefore if the Divine Mercy Image was banned at that time one could argue it shouldn’t be displayed at TLM masses. I can sort of follow that reasoning since if you argue that rules are not frozen in 1962 then what is to stop someone going to TLM mass and wanting to receive communion on hand as is common today? Obviously it would be very disrespectful.
 
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I can sort of follow that reasoning since if you argue that rules are not frozen in 1962 then what is to stop someone going to TLM mass and wanting to receive communion on hand as is common today?
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Some rules are frozen in 1962 (unless specifically changed by the proper authority): those touching on the rubrics for the 1962 missal, as stated in the excerpt in my prior post. Communion on the tongue only being permitted (except in certain exceptional circumstances) would be such an example.
 
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Krisdun said:
I suppose the point my friend was trying to make is that when you go to a TLM mass you are expected to follow the rules set at that time (i.e. immediately prior to Vatican II). That is not to take communion on hand etc.
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Yes and no. The Mass must follow the rubrics as they were in 1962. However, a parish cannot enforce the fasting laws from the 1917 Code of Canon Law because now the 1983 Code is what’s active. Even FSSP calendars distinguish between fasting dates as was mandated in 1962 and fasting days mandated today. People who follow the 1962 days that aren’t required today do so as a pious practice, not as a requirement because they go to the EF.
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then what is to stop someone going to TLM mass and wanting to receive communion on hand as is common today?
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The fact that receiving in the hand was specified by the liturgy, unlike the Divine Mercy image not being approved.
 
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The decision to reinstate the Divine Mercy Image was made post Vatican II. Obviously the Feast of the Divine Mercy did not exist pre Vatican II hence a different reason as to why it should not be included in TLM liturgy? Therefore what meaning does displaying the image have in those circumstances? Some might argue TLM should stick to the sacred heart devotion instead?
 
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The decision to reinstate the Divine Mercy Image was made post Vatican II. Obviously the Feast of the Divine Mercy did not exist pre Vatican II hence a different reason as to why it should not be included in TLM liturgy? Therefore what meaning does displaying the image have in those circumstances? Some might argue TLM should stick to the sacred heart devotion instead?
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What do you mean though by “included in the liturgy”? Is it inappropriate to display an image of Our Lady of Walsingham on a day that isn’t her feast day? No. Why would displaying the Divine Mercy image then? It’s not like the priests are changing the readings or the propers for the day because of it.
 
Displaying an image of Our Lady of Walsingham at a TLM mass would be fine as long as it was not banned

It is like displaying an image or icon at any NO mass today that the church would feel inappropriate
 
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My TLM parish displays the Divine Mercy image, we’ve prayed the chaplet together on Divine Mercy Sundays, and after the Spanish Mass they pray it every Sunday.

Nothing stops someone from wanting to receive communion in the hand but it won’t be given that way, whether they want to or not. 😉
 
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Displaying an image of Our Lady of Walsingham at a TLM mass would be fine as long as it was not banned
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But who bans such things? The Pope or the liturgy? The very authority that would make it inappropriate has said it’s appropriate. It has zero backing to enforce such an idea.
 
It is worth highlighting though the Catholic church immediately prior to Vatican II would have declared it inappropriate to display the Divine Mercy Image just as it would have deemed it inappropriate to take communion on the hand.
 
Does Pope Francis have the authority to change the rules/rubrics of the TLM mass?
 
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Does Pope Francis have the authority to change the rules/rubrics of the TLM mass?
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Theoretically yes. But as it stands, per Summorum Pontificum, the EF follows the liturgical norms as they were in 1962.
 
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It is worth highlighting though the Catholic church immediately prior to Vatican II would have declared it inappropriate to display the Divine Mercy Image just as it would have deemed it inappropriate to take communion on the hand.
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The two things are not really analogous. One is a specific liturgical rubric from the pre-1962 Missal, which is the only thing binding on the EF.

Canon law from that time has been abrogated, so, for example, women at the EF are not required to cover their heads, because that was part of canon law, not liturgical rubric.

The same logic applies to Divine Mercy—regardless of its status in 1962, it is now approved and the image may be displayed.
 
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This brings into question what authority a priest at a TLM mass today has regarding rules set out pre Vatican II?
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I’m not sure what you mean. He is to follow the liturgical rubrics for the EF. He is bound by all the current canons of the Church—he does not have the authority to disobey canon law.
 
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I heard from someone that the Divine Mercy image should not be displayed during a TLM mass since it was banned in the final years before Vatican II and only reintroduced post Vatican II during the NO era. Is this true?
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No, this is not true.

On Divine Mercy Sunday, I was watching Mass from The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (a traditionalist order) and they had the Image of Divine Mercy on display that day and the Canon spoke about Divine Mercy in his sermon.

NOTE: And they use the pre 1955 missal.
  • Here is a link to a video of the entire mass:
  • And here is a link to just a video of the sermon (where the Canon talks about The Divine Mercy devotion:
I pray this helps.
 
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