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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, there were quiet moments, but the church was
a very small one, and very well designed accoustically, even though it was quite
a primitive building, being very rural. It was a Latin-rite building; the
congregation was mixed religion because there were no Orthodox priests in the
area - this was their visiting Catholicos from India. So most could be
heard; and the clouds of incense were thick, but didn't mask the view - not
quite.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In terms of not hearing what the priest does, the
Byzantines are worse - you don't even see the priest during the
consecration. I've never been to their liturgies, but there are plenty of
bracketed "(in a low voice)" statements throughout the copy of the Liturgy of St
John Chrysostom I have. I've put it in my Google Docs - <A
href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d46kfgg_33frr86j">http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d46kfgg_33frr86j</A> ...
I have a nice PDF in Greek and English if anyone wants it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regarding the words said by the priest when
communion was received, I've done a bit of searching, and can only find the
following (on the Melkite Catholic site) - </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>In early times the words used by the
priest in giving Holy Communion were, for the species of bread, "Corpus Christi"
"the body of Christ" - to which the receiver answered, "Amen"; and for the
species of wine, "Sanguis Christi poculum Saluti" - "The Blood of Christ, the
cup of Salvation" - to which "Amen" was also answered. About the time of Pope
Gregory the Great (Sixth century) the form had changed into "Corpus Domini
nostri Jesu Christi conservet animam tuam" - "May the Body or our Lord Jesus
Christ preserve your soul" - to which the receiver would respond, as before
"Amen." With Alcuin, preceptor of Charlemagne, we find the form, "May the Body
of Our Lord Jesus Christ preserve you unto life everlasting."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.melkite.org/HolyCommunion.html">http://www.melkite.org/HolyCommunion.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000
size=2>Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiat animam meam in vitam
aeternam. Amen.</FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> - Tridentine Mass, Pius V onwards (1570
Missals onwards)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> - Cologne Missal (1525 AD)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> - Missale Romanum (1474 AD)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> - Missale Bracarense (pre-1570
AD)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>Corpus et sanguis Domini nostri Jesu
Christi custodiat corpus meam in vitam eternam. Amen.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> - Mozarabic Missal (1500 AD, in it's most
recent form, as far as I can work out, but dates to the 7th/8th centuries) (I
presume that they intinct, or that this refers to the priest only.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> - Dominican Missal (1267 AD)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Parts of the Mozarabic Mass on video, which I
cannot differentiate from the Tridentine Mass, having never been to
either:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tXl5yMxwZU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tXl5yMxwZU</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_UbhqEwxao">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_UbhqEwxao</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the Stowe Missal (750 AD, Celtic, using leavened
bread, unlike the Latin rite), the communicant says "<FONT
color=#0000ff>Amen</FONT>":</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>[The Celebrant administers the Body and Blood
from the Paten, saying:]<BR>[From the Sacrament of Baptism:<BR><FONT
color=#ff0000>May the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ be to thee unto
life eternal.</FONT><BR>R. <FONT color=#0000ff>Amen</FONT>.]<BR>[Or, from the
Sacrament of Unction:<BR><FONT color=#ff0000>May the Body and Blood of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the living and<BR>most high God, be to thee unto
life eternal.</FONT><BR>R. <FONT color=#0000ff>Amen</FONT>.]<BR>[The Chalice
is administered with the words:<BR><FONT color=#ff0000>May the Blood of our
Lord Jesus Christ be to thee unto life eternal.</FONT><BR>R. <FONT
color=#0000ff>Amen</FONT>.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>Priest: Corpus Christ<BR>Response:
Amen</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> - Ambrosian Missal (not sure of the date, but
suppression of the rite was attempted in 1060.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And most different of all, the text of the Divine
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom has the following:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#ff00ff size=2>The servant of God (Name) receives
the Body and Blood of Christ for forgiveness of sins and eternal
life.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>God bless,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=arthurkelly@yahoo.com href="mailto:arthurkelly@yahoo.com">Art
Kelly</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apologetics@gathman.org
href="mailto:apologetics@gathman.org">Apologetics Group</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 21, 2007 4:47
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Apologetics] Re: From
NewAdvent.org newsletter</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Stephen,<BR><BR>Did the celebrant turn his back to the
congregation<BR>and speak in a deliberately low voice so no one could<BR>see
or hear what was happening on the altar?<BR><BR>Art<BR><BR>--- Stephen Korsman
<<A href="mailto:skorsman@theotokos.co.za">skorsman@theotokos.co.za</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi<BR>> ----- Original Message -----
<BR>> From: Dianne Dawson <BR>> To: Art Kelly ;
Apologetics Group <BR>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 12:43
AM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Apologetics] Re: From
NewAdvent.org<BR>> newsletter<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> If someone had never been to a Mass (in
any<BR>> language) then that one might fly, otherwise it's a<BR>> weak
argument. If you were traveling out of the<BR>> country would you
avoid going to Mass just because<BR>> you didn't understand every word the
priest spoke? <BR>> I doubt it because you are familiar with the
format<BR>> and what is happening and when. Actually, that is<BR>>
one of the best reason to have the Mass in Latin. <BR>> There I must
agree. I've been to a Novus Ordo Latin<BR>> Mass, which was quite
comprehendable even though I<BR>> only had 2 years of school Latin at the
time. I've<BR>> been to Mass in Swazi, which I don't understand
at<BR>> all, but I knew what was going on. I've even to a<BR>>
Malakaran Orthodox service, which is not like ours,<BR>> but Eastern rite,
and they have their Catholic<BR>> equivalents. Even there, I could
follow, even<BR>> though it was a rite I'd never been to, and in a<BR>>
language I'd never heard.<BR>> <BR>> God bless,<BR>> Stephen<BR>>
--<BR>> Stephen Korsman<BR>> <A
href="mailto:skorsman@theotokos.co.za">skorsman@theotokos.co.za</A><BR>>
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