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De processionibus eucharisticis

Utrum liceat processio cum SS.mo Sacramnto intra septa ecclesiae peragere.

℟. Negative. Quibudsam in locis consuetudo exstabat processiones quandoque intra ecclesiam habendi. Ordo « de sacra Communione et de cultu mysterii eucharistici extra Missam » de his expresse non loquitur. Sed quando agit de processione cum SS.mo Sacramento tantum desiderat eas quae « per vias » (n. 101), « ab una ad aliam ecclesiam » (n. 106), cum « platearum et viarum ornatu » (104) fiunt. Processiones intra septa ecclesiae non sunt verae « processiones ». Nec addit potest casus Missae vespertinae feriae V in Cena Domini. Post quam enim non fit « processio », sed tantum sollemnis transaltio SS.mi Sacramenti ad locum repositionis.

E contra, supradictus Ordo, qui valde commendat processione in sollemnitate Corporis et Sanguinis Christi, clare dicit: « Ubi processio haberi nequit, convenit ut publica habeatur celebratio pro universa civitate aut praecipuis eius partibus, in ecclesia cathedrali vel aliis locis opportunioribus ». Quod fiet aut celebratione Missae aut adoratione SS.mi Sacramenti, cum lectionibus Sacrae Scripturae, canticis, homilia et tempore meditationis.

Translated by Rev. Stephen Ingram.

On Eucharistic Processions

Whether a procession with the Most Blessed Sacrament is permitted to be held within the walls of the church..

℟. Negative. For some people in some areas the custom existed of holding processions within the church. The Order of “Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass” does not speak of this expressly. But, when it does, a procession with the Most Blessed Sacrament itself is desired to be made “through the streets” (n. 101), “from one church to another” (n. 107), through “decorated streets and roads” (104). Processions within the walls of the church are not true “processions.” Nor can the case of the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper be added. After which the “procession” is not truly done, but only the solemn translation of the Most Blessed Sacrament to the place of reposition.

On the contrary, the Order, which strongly commends the procession on the solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, clearly says in addition, “If the procession cannot be held on the feast of Corpus Christi, it is fitting to hold some kind of public celebration for the entire city or its principal districts in the cathedral church or other appropriate places.” (102) Which is done either by the celebration of the Mass or by adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, with readings from Sacred Scripture, hymns, a homily and time for meditation.

Notitiae 11 (1975): 64eucharistic processionPDF of Notitiae 11 (1975): 64