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To: Bigg Red; Pyro7480; jrny
Did you mean that no one chanted the Ite Missa Est? Isn’t it the priest who says that the Mass is ended?

At a low Mass (Missa Lecta) and a sung High Mass (Missa Cantata) the priest says or chants the Ite Missa est, respectively. However, at a Solemn High Mass I am reasonably certain that the celebrant (the main priest - most Solemn High Masses these days have three priests as ministers: the celebrant, deacon and subdeacon) does not chant the Ite Missa est.

18 posted on 09/26/2008 6:03:25 AM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: ELS; Bigg Red; Pyro7480; jrny

ELS is correct. After Solemn Mass the Ite is chanted by the deacon. Though Mrs. Romulus and I were blessed to have a Solemn Mass for our nuptials, I confess I didn’t recall whether the Ite is sung in that form — so I’ve just dashed out to the car to check my copy of Fortescue. The answer is yes, it is chanted.


20 posted on 09/26/2008 7:02:48 AM PDT by Romulus ("Ira enim viri iustitiam Dei non operatur")
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To: ELS

You are right, and I was wrong. Guess I don’t know much about a Solemn High Mass.


22 posted on 09/27/2008 5:13:58 PM PDT by Bigg Red (ABC = All Barack Cheerleaders)
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