Q: What is the current thinking about a priest saying a private Mass with no one to respond to the greeting “The Lord be with you”.
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A: The Roman Missal includes an Order of Mass with the Participation of a Single Minister. The missal presumes that the priest always has one person with him whenever he celebrates mass for the sake of the dialogues and a broader presence of the church.
Many are the priests who occasionally celebrate mass alone, but the missal makes no provision for it.