Lipping the Consecration During Mass

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Spudbynight said:
Mouthing the words is an action proper to the celebrating priest and as such I believe it is covered by Canon 907
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Canon 907 is intended to distinguish between who can and who can’t offer the Eucharistic Prayer in terms of the minister. It is a stretch to say that mouthing the words along with the priest is a violation of "actions which are proper to the celebrating priest."
 
Spudbynight said:
Mouthing the words is an action proper to the celebrating priest and as such I believe it is covered by Canon 907

Unfortunately asking a priest is not a guarantee of getting an answer that is either inerrant or obedient. I would suggest the OP asks a priest with expertise that is relevant.
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and you have expertise to judge which priest is or isn’t inerrant or obedient?
 
daoud62 said:
Dear brothers and sisters,
You have all given me so much to think about. I see that the issue has raised the passion of both sides. Given the importance of the issue, I am going to see my parish priest about it and will of course report here on what he tells me.
Thanks again for your thoughts and prayers,
David
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God bless you too! You are doing the right thing.
 
Spudbynight said:
Canon Law has the following to say :
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That’s what I would follow then.

FWIW, it seems that these types of practices catch on quickly and may lead into more “active” participation. I know at the parish I used to belong had one person or two start reciting the Minor Elevation prayer (“Through Him and through Him…”) and all of a sudden it became the standard for that parish. Then the bishop immediately put a stop to the practice once he found out about it.
 
[52.] The proclamation of the Eucharistic Prayer, which by its very nature is the climax of the whole celebration, is proper to the Priest by virtue of his Ordination. It is therefore an abuse to proffer it in such a way that some parts of the Eucharistic Prayer are recited by a Deacon, a lay minister, or by an individual member of the faithful, or by all members of the faithful together. The Eucharistic Prayer, then, is to be recited by the Priest alone in full.

Redemptionis Sacramentum 52

It is simply for the Priest alone …I would say yes even if one is only “mouthing” it.
 
Dear brothers and sisters,

Thanks to all of you again for all of your thoughtful responses.

This morning (I live in Oman), after Mass, I spoke to my parish priest. I told him that I have a habit of lipping the words of the Consecration and was concerned whether it was proper. He told me that because these words are the words of Jesus, it is not proper to murmur or lip them because they are reserved by the Church to the priest alone.

He added – probably because of the mutual esteem in which we hold one another – that if the Spirit moves you to lip the words, it should not concern you, but you should not intentionally do it.

For me, then, the issue is resolved, and I shall control my own actions to ensure that I do not give the appearance of lipping any words reserved to the celebrant of the Mass.

God bless you all!

David
 
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