诺克斯维尔主教解释弥撒前后停念集体祷文：为留出静默祷告空间
据天主教新闻媒体《支柱报》（The Pillar）2026年10月24日刊发的访谈，田纳西州诺克斯维尔教区主教 Mark Beckman 解释了他要求各堂区不再在弥撒前后集体加念祷文的决定。Beckman 表示，此举意在尊重希望在教堂内静默祷告的教友，并希望神父们就这一变化做好教理讲授。
背景是 Beckman 于10月16日致神父们的信：他在走访教区时注意到，一些堂区会在进堂咏前或遣散礼后集体加念祷文，包括圣弥额尔祷文、圣方济各祷文和圣神祷文等；他认为“在弥撒庆典本身之外再加念祷文并不合适”，并要求神父们带领教友逐步停止在弥撒前后及当中集体加念这些祷文。Beckman 同时强调，他并非要阻止祷告本身，也没有禁止教友私下诵念圣弥额尔祷文；这一决定针对的只是附加于弥撒庆典的集体祷文。
来源：GSM·美国
Knoxville Bishop Explains Ending Collective Prayers Before and After Mass: Making Room for Silent Prayer
In an interview published by the Catholic news outlet The Pillar on October 24, 2026, Bishop Mark Beckman of Knoxville, Tennessee, explained his decision requiring parishes to stop adding collective prayers before and after Mass. Beckman said the move is meant to respect Catholics who wish to pray silently in church, and that he hopes priests will offer good catechesis as the change takes effect.
The background is Beckman's October 16 letter to his priests: during parish visits he had noticed some parishes adding collective prayers — including the St. Michael prayer, the St. Francis prayer and a prayer to the Holy Spirit — before the opening chant or after the dismissal. He said it is “not appropriate” to add prayers on top of the Mass celebration itself, and asked priests to lead the faithful in gradually ending the practice of reciting such prayers collectively before, during and after Mass. Beckman stressed that he is not trying to discourage prayer itself, nor has he banned the faithful from reciting the St. Michael prayer privately; the decision concerns only collective prayers added to the Mass.
Source: GSM · America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：诺克斯维尔教区主教座堂——至圣之心主教座堂（Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus）外观。照片：Nheyob，CC BY-SA 4.0，取自 Wikimedia Commons。The Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville, seat of the diocese. Photo: Nheyob, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
