Anima Christi
  • JazFenn
    Posts: 12
    Is Anima Christi appropriate at offertory? Why/why not?
  • MatthewRoth
    Posts: 3,396
    It’s not explicitly a communion prayer but it could be considered as such, so I’d go 50-50 on whether it’s appropriate there. What is less appropriate is an explicitly Eucharistic text including a communion antiphon from the psalms or the gospel in motet form (Gustate et videte and the like).
  • SponsaChristi
    Posts: 681
    Not really. It’s located in the section of “prayers for after communion” in all the hand missals I own. I’ve never seen it in the “prayers before communion” section. It’s most appropriate to sing it during communion after everyone has received.
  • MatthewRoth
    Posts: 3,396
    That level of detail is why they invented the NO.
  • francis
    Posts: 11,288
    Some people think any hymn can be done anywhere… some people think any of the 18 masses in the Kyriale can be done anywhere and even mixed and matched. Others are very particular.
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