SPLIT: Hymns during communion

[Sarabande]

Is that silence after everyone has recieved Communion, or after the individual has recieved Communion?

In order for this to fit it with singing the Communion hymn, it would require the singing to cease the moment the first parishioner has recieved Communion. That would suit me. It is distracting when after I recieve Communion, and am trying to kneel in silence, the choir a few rows behind are belting out a hymn waiting for the last person in the church to recieve Communion before they stop.

As posted by Gorgias in post #4. The GIRM states:

1. While the Priest is receiving the Sacrament, the Communion Chant is begun, its purpose being to express the spiritual union of the communicants by means of the unity of their voices, to show gladness of heart, and to bring out more clearly the “communitarian” character of the procession to receive the Eucharist. The singing is prolonged for as long as the Sacrament is being administered to the faithful. However, if there is to be a hymn after Communion, the Communion Chant should be ended in a timely manner.

1. When the distribution of Communion is over, if appropriate, the Priest and faithful pray quietly for some time. If desired, a Psalm or other canticle of praise or a hymn may also be sung by the whole congregation.

So, it appears that the communion chant be sung during the actual distribution is appropriate. Then silence after the Eucharist is distributed to everyone should be observed, followed by a “Psalm or other canticle of praise or a hymn” sung by everyone.

Now most parishes don’t do a communion chant first or at all. I’ve experienced it at a couple parishes, but most will either do a hymn or a choral motet. Some will also do something that constitutes a canticle of praise or a piece that is taken from the psalms after the hymn is sung. If a choral motet is done, they will then often do a hymn or vice versa.