Tag Archives: ad orientem

On the matter of “ad orientem” worship

Posted on 7 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over a Southern Orders (you may remember their problem with rats) there is an excerpt from an article by my friend Fr. Uwe Michael Lang, CO, who presently works for the CDW in Rome.  Fr. Lang has been contributing good … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Pastor threatened by bishop after making liturgical changes

Posted on 1 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
We were very recently assigned a new priest, and he has only finished his second week at our church. He wanted to make some changes that would put us more in line with the new liturgical movement.
These changes … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: A priest must defend “ad orientem” for the Novus Ordo

Posted on 25 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest starting ad orientem worship in his parish. Heavily edited:
… [The dean] supports my decision for ad orientem in the Novus Ordo this weekend.  It will be in English.  He warned me that the bishop will give me … Continue reading →

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Re-orienting a church

Posted on 24 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For your Brick By Brick file from the Mercury News, with my emphases and comments.
Developer renovates Pittsburg [California] Catholic church
By Rick Radin
PITTSBURG — A 41-year-old Catholic church that was showing its age has a new look thanks to its most … Continue reading →

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New, Corrected Translation won’t be enough

Posted on 5 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at Vultus Christi Fr. Mark Kirby, OSB, is, with my editing, emphases (mostly) and comments…
Pondering
[...]
Mass Facing the People: The Single Greatest Obstacle to the Reform [That is what the great liturgist Klaus Gamber thought.  Turning altars around was … Continue reading →

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An eastward facing observation

Posted on 10 January 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Yesterday the Holy Father celebrated Holy Mass for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine Chapel.
Not a peep from the usual corners about ad orientem worship.
It’s a given.
Therefore,…. it is time for the next step, your … Continue reading →

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A priest speaks about celebrating Mass “ad orientem” for 5 years

Posted on 19 December 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is from Vultus Christi, the blog of Fr. Mark Daniel Kirby is Prior of the Diocesan  Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle in Tulsa, Oklahoma established by H.E. Most Rev. Edward Slattery.
Fr. Kirby speaks about his … Continue reading →

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Thoughts about the “Benedictine arrangement”

Posted on 9 December 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At NLM there are photos of a “Benedictine arrangement” of an altar in Bogota.

The “Benedictine arrangement” is, of course, the placement of the Crucifix with candles at a versus populum Mass such that the Crucifix becomes the common focus, not … Continue reading →

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A priest’s thoughts about celebrating “ad orientem” for the first time

Posted on 7 November 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Do you remember the Monty Python sketch about the funniest joke in the word?  It was so funny that it would kill you.  Even just seeing a couple words of the joke on paper would put you in the hospital.
If … Continue reading →

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Fr. Longenecker on ad orientem worship

Posted on 30 October 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Fr. Dwight Longenecker posted an entry about celebrating Holy Mass ad orientem.
It is longish, so you can read the whole thing there.  Here is some of it with my emphases and comments:
Friday, October 29, 2010
Turning to the Lord
“Do you think … Continue reading →

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