Shalom song during the Sign of Peace

[JW]

Personally I'm uncomfortable with singing during the Sign of Peace. My view is that this should be a very simple and brief ceremony to acknowledge our unity before Christ. There are better places and times to celebrate our commitment to others than in the middle of Mass, which is primarily an act of worship and sacrifice. I know one priest who used to go around the whole congregation at the Sign of Peace, his reason was to make contact with those who escaped straight after Communion. Am I just being curmudgeonly? Any views?

[alan29]

Pretty sure the Missal knows nothing of singing during the peace.
And I seem to remember that there was an instruction a couple of years ago forbidding priests from leaving the sanctuary during it.

[Southern Comfort]

Pretty sure the Missal knows nothing of singing during the peace.
And I seem to remember that there was an instruction a couple of years ago forbidding priests from leaving the sanctuary during it.

Redemptionis Sacramentum, para 72, as long ago as 2004 !

[High Peak]

Personally I'm uncomfortable with singing during the Sign of Peace. My view is that this should be a very simple and brief ceremony to acknowledge our unity before Christ. There are better places and times to celebrate our commitment to others than in the middle of Mass, which is primarily an act of worship and sacrifice. I know one priest who used to go around the whole congregation at the Sign of Peace, his reason was to make contact with those who escaped straight after Communion. Am I just being curmudgeonly? Any views?

I agree...........https://grassrootsliturgist.blogspot.co ... peace.html