The St. Michael Prayer in the Novus Ordo Mass

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Would it be licit to include it in the Novus Ordo Mass?

If so, is there a proscribed point in the Mass for it?

Would it be OK for daily Mass too?
 
EWTN has it directly after all their daily NO masses, so presumably that would be the appropriate point for it. There isn’t any place DURING the Mass where it could comfortably or appropriately be inserted.

The main place I hear it though is in group rosaries said before or after daily Masses in most of the churches round here. Nice to know it’s still being said in church at least.

Of course I add it to my own (nearly) daily Rosary. :crossrc:

God bless.
 
After Mass is the best time to do it. That is the way EWTN does it. You may do it either before or after the closing hymn. It is not licit however, to put it smack in the middle of Mass like between the readings.
 
It cannot be added to the Mass without Papal Approval.

It CAN, however, be added after Mass.

For example, our parish recites the St. Michael prayer after Mass, but before the Recessional Hymn.
 
Brendan said:
It cannot be added to the Mass without Papal Approval.

It CAN, however, be added after Mass.

For example, our parish recites the St. Michael prayer after Mass, but before the Recessional Hymn.
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Before the Recessional Hymn, you say? I may wrong, but isn’t that still during the Mass?
 
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The appropriate spot is the same place as in the Tridetine Liturgy - after Mass. As soon as the Priest or Deacon says - Ite, Missa est - and we respond - Deo gratias - that is it the Mass is ended and absolutely any devotion or prayers can then be said, since we are outside of Mass.
 
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Before the Recessional Hymn, you say? I may wrong, but isn’t that still during the Mass?
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As I understand it, the Mass officially ends when the priest imparts the final blessing, so technically, the recessional is not part of the Mass. (Although of course we should all remain in the pews till the priest exists out of courtesy and decorum.)
 
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BritishCatholic said:
Before the Recessional Hymn, you say? I may wrong, but isn’t that still during the Mass?
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The General Instruction of the Roman Missal states:

D. THE CONCLUDING RITES
  1. The concluding rites consist of
a. Brief announcements, if they are necessary;

b. The priest’s greeting and blessing, which on certain days and occasions is enriched and expressed in the prayer over the People or another more solemn formula;

c. The dismissal of the people by the deacon or the priest, so that each may go out to do good works, praising and blessing God;

d. The kissing of the altar by the priest and the deacon, followed by a profound bow to the altar by the priest, the deacon, and the other ministers.

The recessional hymn is not a part of the concluding rites or the Mass proper.
 
The St. Michael prayer was NEVER part of the TLM. It was one of the so-called Leonine prayers, recited for various intentions through the years, which were recited AFTER a low mass was over.
 
I usually have only heard it before mass at the end of the rosary being prayed there a half hour before mass time.
 
JMJ_coder said:
The recessional hymn is not a part of the concluding rites or the Mass proper.
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That is correct, the Mass is over when the Deacon says it is, and the remaining concluding rite is when the priest and deacon kiss the altar.

And our parish begins the St. Michael prayer at that point. It allows time for the altar boys to form up and the finishes at the time the priest and the altar boys genuflect.

The Recessional Hymn begins as the priest and altar boys Recess outward.
 
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bpbasilphx said:
The St. Michael prayer was NEVER part of the TLM. It was one of the so-called Leonine prayers, recited for various intentions through the years, which were recited AFTER a low mass was over.
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It was never part of the Mass proper, but it became (at the request of Pope Leo XIII) deeply connected with the Low Mass - much like the recessional hymn is connected to Mass today. The connection was so universal, that it is very easy for a person to think that it was a part of the Mass, just like many people today would just assume (unless they actually read the liturgical documents) that the recessional hymn is a part of the Mass. In fact the prayer was usually printed in the Missals right in line with the rest of the Mass text.
 
I have been to many parishes that have it after daily Mass, along with the three invocations of the Sacred Heart and often some “[saint x], pray for us” prayers.
 
JMJ_coder said:
Hello,

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal states:

D. THE CONCLUDING RITES
  1. The concluding rites consist of
a. Brief announcements, if they are necessary;

b. The priest’s greeting and blessing, which on certain days and occasions is enriched and expressed in the prayer over the People or another more solemn formula;

c. The dismissal of the people by the deacon or the priest, so that each may go out to do good works, praising and blessing God;

d. The kissing of the altar by the priest and the deacon, followed by a profound bow to the altar by the priest, the deacon, and the other ministers.

The recessional hymn is not a part of the concluding rites or the Mass proper.
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We pray it after the silence after Communion, which would be the same location in the Mass listed above where it says “brief announcements.”
 
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