The Gospel.

[FrDavid96]

I think you were both wrong.

Say a priest is reading the Gospel. He says “A reading from the Holy Gospel …”. While he says this he, and everyone else, makes the three crosses.

After that the response is made, “Glory to you, Lord.”

As the 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal has in n. 134: “… Then he says, Lectio sancti Evangelii (A reading from the holy gospel), making the sign of the cross with his thumb on the book and on his forehead, mouth, and breast, which everyone else does as well. …”

John,

Let’s step back a moment and “start over” here. Check post #3 by Nicole–the GIRM. Let’s go through each action step-by-step for the sake of clarity:

During the verse before the Gospel, the deacon stands and in a whispered voice, asks for the priests’s blessing (“Jube domne benedicere”).

The priest says “Dominus sit in corde tuo et in labiiis tuis…” (“May the Lord be in your heart, and on your lips…” and then blesses the deacon.

[if no deacon, the priest says essentially the same words (“Munda cor meum…” but in the first person, not the second person–“Lord be in my heart…”)]

The deacon goes to the Gospel lectern.

He says with hands closed “The Lord be with you” (“And also…”)

Deacon says “A reading from the Holy Gospel…”
While he is saying those words, he makes the cross on the Gospel book and then the triple cross on himself (mind, lips, heart).

Everyone else does the same action (triple cross) but without saying the words “Lord be in my [mind] heart and on my lips” aloud. Saying the words in the silence of the heart is fine, but not at all required.

Everyone responds with the words “Glory to You O Lord”

Gospel is proclaimed.

*** End of timeline.

2 points:

1. The deacon or priest does not say the words “Lord be in my mind, heart…” while he’s making the triple cross. Reason is that this has already been said only a moment before, so repeating it at that moment would be redundant. (if he thinks them silently, no problem there, but it just wouldn’t make sense).
2. The congregation (and the other clerics not proclaiming the Gospel) do not say the words “Lord be in my heart…” aloud. Anyone may say this prayer silently, but it’s not said out loud.

Does that help, or just confuse more?

 

[nicolep]

John,

Let’s step back a moment and “start over” here. Check post #3 by Nicole–the GIRM. Let’s go through each action step-by-step for the sake of clarity:

During the verse before the Gospel, the deacon stands and in a whispered voice, asks for the priests’s blessing (“Jube domne benedicere”).

The priest says “Dominus sit in corde tuo et in labiiis tuis…” (“May the Lord be in your heart, and on your lips…” and then blesses the deacon.

[if no deacon, the priest says essentially the same words (“Munda cor meum…” but in the first person, not the second person–“Lord be in my heart…”)]

The deacon goes to the Gospel lectern.

He says with hands closed “The Lord be with you” (“And also…”)

Deacon says “A reading from the Holy Gospel…”
While he is saying those words, he makes the cross on the Gospel book and then the triple cross on himself (mind, lips, heart).

Everyone else does the same action (triple cross) but without saying the words “Lord be in my [mind] heart and on my lips” aloud. Saying the words in the silence of the heart is fine, but not at all required.

Everyone responds with the words “Glory to You O Lord”

Gospel is proclaimed.

*** End of timeline.

2 points:

1. The deacon or priest does not say the words “Lord be in my mind, heart…” while he’s making the triple cross. Reason is that this has already been said only a moment before, so repeating it at that moment would be redundant. (if he thinks them silently, no problem there, but it just wouldn’t make sense).
2. The congregation (and the other clerics not proclaiming the Gospel) do not say the words “Lord be in my heart…” aloud. Anyone may say this prayer silently, but it’s not said out loud.

Does that help, or just confuse more?

I get it, but I’m not sure about the others!

 

[melinda_s]

i do the three crosses while i’m saying “Glory to you O Lord”