Stop that trail of thought right there!!!I assume it would be permissable.
I once read a blog post by Fr. Z where he said that he used his laptop when the Altar Missal “disappeared” from his chapel. I think this is when he was talking about an electronic Missal, which got me thinking about electronic Altar cards and screens built into the Altar… hmmm
No- because the Altar Missal contains instructions for the priest in Latin as per his actions- where to look and what to do- at every place in the Missal and also in the begining of the Missal- things he has to know beforehand and study.
Now I dont know for sure, but from what I remember from serving growing up in a Novus ordo parish was a relic of a saint in the alter but not in the altar stone…
Someone told me, and I pray that this is not true, that when they “removed” (smashed) the old High Altar at the Cathedral here, nobody remembered to have the Altar stone removed beforehand
Well that depends on whether or not the Priest knows what to do or not. If the Priest knows all the gestures by heart, then personally I don’t see a problem using a hand missal. In terms of antique hand missals, there is not problem in using a 1961 Missal since Rubricarum Instructum went into effect on 1 Jan 1961.
I don’t know but I wouldn’t think so. The old Congregation of Rites had some strict rules regarding missals- only Latin, image of the cross or titular saint, even regarding the decoration, etc. Wehther those are in force still I don;t know. Also the missal has the prayers for the preparation of the priest. Moreover an altar missal has a stronger guarantee than a prayerbook (because the hand missal is an exalted prayerbook) as to accuracy, completeness etc [and the fact that no just anybody could publish one helped].
Technically the relics *can *be dispensed with by Papal dispensation as was the case with several countries (e.g. Ireland) until the last century (Benedict XV I think. Or maybe it was Pius XI). But perhaps since the 1961 books do have the provision for an antimension (also with permission) and its blessing they might employ that.
…of course a lot of relics have been trashed…Someone told me, and I pray that this is not true, that when they “removed” (smashed) the old High Altar at the Cathedral here, nobody remembered to have the Altar stone removed beforehand
I get the impression from the original post that this isn’t necessarily the case. As someone else said earlier, the main difference between a hand missal (like the Angelus Press one mentioned above) and the altar missal is that the latter has reams of instructions for scenarios that the priest may only ever encounter once in his life, if at all. Some of the things covered in these extended instructions: what to do if the Precious Blood freezes in the chalice (this was apparently a problem in the middle ages); what to do if a bird grabs a consecrated host; instructions for how to continue and complete the Mass if the celebrating priest dies after the consecration and before the end of Mass; etc. These items are not in the hand missal, and for obvious reasons.
It’s been my observation at my indult parish that each priest has his own altar missal. Even visiting priests bring in their own missal before mass. I just assumed that each priest buys his own altar missal and maybe even makes notes in the margins for something that causes him problems, like a certain movement or pronunciation.
Not exactly in De Defectibus ** but in such a case, the priest would first try and recover the Host (how I don’t know. Shoot the bird? Or maybe follow it to the nest) and then reserve It until It became corrupted, then dissolve it in water and put it in the sacrarium.Ok… I have to ask now…
What DO you do in the (incredibly likely) event that a bird grabs a consecrated host?!
What if the bird was a Catholic?Ok… I have to ask now…
What DO you do in the (incredibly likely) event that a bird grabs a consecrated host?!
Not a shabby idea! New translations could be easily uploaded from the Vatican’s database. No more waiting for the translations to circulate. Well, I dunno, that kinda sounds Orwellian to me, but still neat lol.I assume it would be permissable.
I once read a blog post by Fr. Z where he said that he used his laptop when the Altar Missal “disappeared” from his chapel. I think this is when he was talking about an electronic Missal, which got me thinking about electronic Altar cards and screens built into the Altar… hmmm