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Tag Archives: ad orientem
How did ‘ad orientem’ worship go in the Diocese of Lincoln?
Do you remember that in the Diocese of Lincoln, Bishop Conley decided to celebrated Holy Mass ad orientem versus during Advent? HERE The blog Corpus Christi Watershed has a follow up on how that went. Sample: A number of other parishes … Read More →
Turning to the East in the Diocese of Lincoln – UPDATED
UPDATED: see below ORIGINALLY POSTED on: Nov 21, 2014 The late-great liturgist Klaus Gamber, who also influenced Joseph Ratzinger (also known by another name), said that turning around the altars was the single most damaging change that happened in the name of … Read More →
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity
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Tagged ad orientem, Bp. James Conley, D. Lincoln
101 Comments
101 Comments
Why can 5th graders figure out what many priests don’t?
From a reader: I am one of two Altar Boy Deans in charge of my parish’s 112 Altar boys. Yesterday I was assisting our Altar boy director in training new recruits to the program (5th graders). He had asked me … Read More →
ASK FATHER: Ways to improve celebration of Mass with Novus Ordo
From a reader: We are trying to help make a very reverent Ordinary Form mass. Any suggestions? We thought Ad Orientem and Sung Propers might be a good start! Any other suggestions? Right off the bat, we can all improve … Read More →
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, GO TO CONFESSION, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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Tagged ad orientem, ars celebrandi, chapel veil, Communion in the hand, EMHC, Gregorian chant, Klaus Gamber, Latin, mantilla, propers, reverence, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
33 Comments
33 Comments
“The priest has his back to the people!” (Not.) VIDEO
From Joseph Shaw of the Latin Mass Society in England.
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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Tagged ad orientem, Joseph Shaw, Latin Mass Society, LMS
6 Comments
6 Comments
Ex ore infantium… perfecisti laudem!
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Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
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Tagged ad orientem, ex ore infantium, tweet, Twitter
13 Comments
13 Comments
Mass ‘Ad orientem’. It just makes sense.
I saw something good at St. Peter’s List which in turn offered something from Fr. Kirby at Vultus Christi. Read the whole thing over there but… and this is from a priest’s perspective: 10 Advantages of [having Mass] Ad Orientem 1. The … Read More →
“It is all the more effective for being so simple.”
I would like to echo what my friend, His Hermeneuticalness, Fr. Tim Finigan posted about ad orientem worship. HERE Hint: “[T]o explain to an eleven year old server the symbolism of the eastward-facing orientation of the Lady Altar which he used … Read More →
Posted in HONORED GUESTS, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests
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Tagged ad orientem, versus populum
20 Comments
20 Comments
GUEST POST: The fruits of ‘ad orientem’ worship in a parish.
My friend Fr. Richard Heilman, who seems to have mastered perpetual motion, has a great letter to a priest posted at his place. You will recall that I posted photos of Fr. H dragging the table altar out of church … Read More →
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Be The Maquis, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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Tagged ad orientem, communion rail, D. Madison, Fr. Heilman
23 Comments
23 Comments
Pope Francis “ad orientem”
Today the Holy Father celebrated Holy Mass in the Sistine Chapel, now customary on the Novus Ordo’s Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. He celebrated ad orientem versus, as did Pope Benedict.
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Francis, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
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Tagged ad orientem
45 Comments
45 Comments
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “Bruised: You might be limiting your vision of the Church, which extends beyond where you live. There are places in…”
