The New Missal

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A French woman I dated said that they’ve always being doing that in the French Mass. It’s technically not new (but it is new to many) and it merely being reestablished from the Latin translation of *et cum spiritu tuo. *
 
I often wonder about using the “and with your spirit” response with people who are not clerical. The laity technically do not have that special spirit of ordination which the response is likely referring to. My godmother informed me that the “and with your spirit” response is reserved for the priest. :confused:
 
GloriousOrder said:
I often wonder about using the “and with your spirit” response with people who are not clerical. The laity technically do not have that special spirit of ordination which the response is likely referring to. My godmother informed me that the “and with your spirit” response is reserved for the priest. :confused:
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Thanks, so is there anyone that can tell us if we are going to respond to each other, “And also with you” still?
 
Nowhere in the Mass do we respond to each other. The Roman Missal regulates the Mass, nothing else. What situations are you referring to that “we respond” in this way to “each other”?
 
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Thanks, so is there anyone that can tell us if we are going to respond to each other, “And also with you” still?
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You could, but not at Mass after Nov.

Which will be interesting when the priest presides over non-Mass events.
 
Elizium23 said:
Nowhere in the Mass do we respond to each other. The Roman Missal regulates the Mass, nothing else. What situations are you referring to that “we respond” in this way to “each other”?
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I believe our friend is asking whether this is done during the “Sign of Peace”, when offered.

Most people just say “peace” and there’s no time for a complete response 😛 because they’re clamoring for everyone else.
 
Oblaidon said:
Here is a webinar that explains many of the changes:
www.loyolapress.com/roman-missal-webinar-explains-changes-in-catholic-mass.htm

I have a question. When the priest says, “May the peace of the Lord be with you”. Our response to the priest is “and with your spirit”. Will we respond to everyone in the same manner? Can we respond to each other “and with your spirit” before Nov. 27th?
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It’s not clear what you mean by “each other” here. If you mean responding to the priest, there is nothing preventing you from saying “And with your spirit,” but it is, at present, not the correct response. If you mean in talking to other laypeople, it is not now, and will not be after November 27, correct to say “And with your spirit.” Traditionally, that greeting and response is reserved to people in Holy Orders (priests and deacons). You see this reflected, for instance, in the Exsultet sung on the Easter Vigil, which contains “The Lord be with you / And also with you (And with your spirit),” but with a specific direction that this portion must be omitted if sung by a cantor who is not a priest or deacon.
 
GloriousOrder said:
I believe our friend is asking whether this is done during the “Sign of Peace”, when offered.

Most people just say “peace” and there’s no time for a complete response 😛 because they’re clamoring for everyone else.
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During the sign of peace, I always say “May the peace of the Lord be with you” or just “Peace be with you”. The response is usually “and also with you”

I feel like if I just say peace, or worse yet show the peace sign, I am leaving something out.

So from what I gather here, we will continue responding to each other in the same manner during the Sign of Peace, but we will answer the priest differently, “And with your Spirit”. In any case I am sure we will be instructed by our priests. Yeah, yeah, I know, not until after Nov. 27th.

Thank you everyone for your repsonses.
-Al
 
Oblaidon said:
During the sign of peace, I always say “May the peace of the Lord be with you” or just “Peace be with you”. The response is usually “and also with you”
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Technically you’re not speaking as a priest here. (For one thing, the priest says (in the Latin form) “Pax sit semper vobiscum” (you being plural), while you are saying in effect “Pax sit tecum” (you singular).) You’re not obligated to use the same response (“and with your spirit/and also with you”) with your neighbor. You can simply say “Peace (be) to you (too).”
 
Beings that I don’t participate in the “sign of peace” except for a nod. I don’t worry about it
 
Oblaidon said:
Here is a webinar that explains many of the changes:
www.loyolapress.com/roman-missal-webinar-explains-changes-in-catholic-mass.htm

I have a question. When the priest says, “May the peace of the Lord be with you”. Our response to the priest is “and with your spirit”. Will we respond to everyone in the same manner? Can we respond to each other “and with your spirit” before Nov. 27th?
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You can always respond with Et cum spiritu tuo, either now or after 27 November.
 
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