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Tag Archives: ad orientem
Fr. Longenecker on ad orientem worship
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
WDTPRS POLL: What direction do you prefer for the altar?
We have had a few entries lately about the position of the altar. Let’s have a quick poll.
Please pick the best answer and share your reasons in the combox, below.
I believe non-registered reader may be able to vote.
Technorati Tags: ad … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Using the orginal “main” altar rather than the “table”
From a seminarian reader:
My present church is thinking on having a EF Mass as well as a Versus Deus [Deum] OF Mass. The Original High Altar is still in place with the Tabernacle.
There is however a smaller “fixed” “table” Altar … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Where did Mass “facing the people” come from?
We should network our brain power for this. Father’s tired.
From a reader:
I once wrote (by invitation) an article for a diocesan newspaper in which I mentioned, inter alia, that Vatican II never called for the priest to face the people, … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Classic Posts, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged ad orientem, altar, facing the people, versus populum
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An “ad orientem” learning experience
From a reader:
My grandmother lives in a small town here in NJ that still has a Memorial Day ceremony and parade every year. Yesterday, I noticed that when the young woman came up to sing the National Anthem, she turned … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: two-sided Crucifix for Mass “facing the people”
From a reader:
Our parish priest, who says the NO in the parish church and the EF in another church in the parish , came up with this idea. For the Mass in English he places a crucifix on the altar … Continue reading
Msgr. Guido Marini on liturgical issues: the “Benedictine arrangement”
Again, I am pleased to link you to the site of NLM which posted the full text of a presentation by the papal MC Msgr. Guido Marini delivered to the wonderful clergy conference for the Year of the Priest which … Continue reading
Ad orientem… so needed, so right
The Holy Father once again celebrates ad orientem for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
What I think is important here is not only the image, nice as it is, but also the fact that there was no negative … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged ad orientem, Baptism of the Lord, Sistine Chapel
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Turn by turn: Benedict XVI ad orientem versus
The Holy Father celebrated Holy Mass with members of the Pontifical Theological Commission.
Mass was in the Pauline Chapel in the Apostolic Palace.
Mass was ad orientem, at an altar which can be used from either side.
Since this was for the theological … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick
Tagged ad orientem, Pauline chapel, Pontifical Theological Commission
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Catholic Herald front and center on “Reform of the Reform”
The Catholic Herald, the best Catholic weekly in the UK, has a front page piece on the Reform of the Reform of the Church’s liturgy. It is penned by the wonderfully persistent Anna Arco.
My emphases and comments.
Vatican seeks ‘reformof … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick
Tagged ad orientem, Andrea Tornielli, Catholic Herald, Latin, Reform of the Reform
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