Should I do this or that?

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When I go to the traditional rite, the Latin Rite, the Priest says something like " Corpus Domini nosti Jesu Christi…" for communion. I don’t say “Amen” at the end. Is it really much of a difference when is said “The body of Christ”? Should I say “Amen” at the end?
 
In the OF, yes, you should say Amen. In the EF the priest says it for you.
 
Sorry to bother you, but can you explain to me the OF meaning please?
 
Ordinary Form of the Mass is OF.

Extraordinary Form of the Mass is EF.
 
At the Tridentine (Latin) Mass, when receiving Communion you do NOT say “Amen” or anything else.
The priest says the Amen.
You just open your mouth and receive.
 
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That was the Latin form words that the priest used when placing the host on your tongue. There was no response with one’s tongue hanging out. ( try it and see)

“The body of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
 
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It’s just a matter of the text of the different rites. One requires a response from the recipient, and the other doesn’t. It’s as simple as that. At the TLM, the priest says “May the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve your soul unto life everlasting. Amen.” (in Latin of course). In the new rite, it is simply “the Body of Christ.”

Also, the response being required of the communicant in the new rite was instituted prior to the spread of communion in the hand–you were expected to say “amen” and then stick out your tongue.
 
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