Today’s Question: Silence at Mass<\/strong><\/p>\n The General Instruction of the Roman Missal<\/em> places great emphasis on the value of communal silence during Mass. It calls for or recommends silence at these points:<\/strong><\/p>\n How do you determine when to insert silence? Which of the items in this list seem more important than others? How long do you make the silent pauses? How do you maintain the pauses consistently, and who is responsible for timing it and giving the signal? What formation or education do you give to the assembly, and how? Does it seem that the silence fosters a spirit of prayer and reflection?<\/strong><\/p>\n Moderator\u2019s note: \u201cNon solum\u201d is a feature at <\/em>Pray Tell for our readership community to discuss practical liturgical issues. The title comes from article 11 of the Vatican II liturgy constitution <\/em>Sacrosanctum Concilium: \u201cTherefore there is to be vigilance among holy pastors that in liturgical action not only<\/strong> are laws for valid and licit celebration to be observed, but that the faithful should participate knowingly, actively, and fruitfully.\u201d (Ideo sacris pastoribus advigilandum est ut in actione liturgica non solum<\/strong> observentur leges ad validam et licitam celebrationem, sed ut fideles scienter, actuose et fructuose eandem participent.) May the series contribute to good liturgical practice \u2013 not only<\/strong> following the law, but especially grasping the spirit of the liturgy!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The General Instruction of the Roman Missal<\/I> places great emphasis on the value of communal silence during Mass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3813,285],"tags":[2560,868],"class_list":["post-22067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-solum","category-pastoral-theology","tag-non-solum","tag-silence"],"yoast_head":"\n\n