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Archaeology cat

Oooooh, exciting! My pastor would, I think, implement this now that he has the excuse. Or so I hope.

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DominicanHeart
35 minutes ago, Archaeology cat said:

Oooooh, exciting! My pastor would, I think, implement this now that he has the excuse. Or so I hope.

My former Pastor would definitely be all about it. I'm hoping my new Pastor will be too

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Clare~Therese

Cool

I'm not sure what the priest at my parish would think...but I think he would be likely to go along with it 

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truthfinder

I think my parish priests might be willing to do it - some definitely, others perhaps.  The biggest push-back would actually come from the little old ladies - some of whom go into conniptions when they just light the candles on the high altar for big feasts "they're not actually going to say Mass on that altar?:mad3:" such things actually loudly whispered to other old lady neighbours in the pews on a couple big feasts. 

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Credo in Deum

But how will we ever foster a sense of community with the priest having his back turned toward us?!

 

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Maximilianus

I had to make sure this wasn't an eye of tiber story.

This will be interesting to see how it plays out in my diocese.

 

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DominicanHeart
8 hours ago, Credo in Deum said:

But how will we ever foster a sense of community with the priest having his back turned toward us?!

 

We are all facing the same way in prayer

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Is this actually a directive? It sounds like he was just talking about it at a conference. 

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Archaeology cat
11 hours ago, DominicanHeart said:

My former Pastor would definitely be all about it. I'm hoping my new Pastor will be too

We've recently started doing the antiphons again, so I'm cautiously optimistic.

1 hour ago, Maggyie said:

Is this actually a directive? It sounds like he was just talking about it at a conference. 

I don't know that it's actually a directive, but something that is recommended? So it's not like any pastor has to implement it, but I'm hoping many will do so.

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IgnatiusofLoyola

Sorry if this is a stupid question. I have not visited a lot of Catholic churches, and not in a long time.

Have all Catholic churches built since VII placed the altar so that facing East is logistically possible? Even if a new church was built without a high altar, has the altar been placed in such a way that the celebrant can face East during the consecration simply by turning his back to the congregation and using the other side of the altar?

I'm picturing a priest having to standing sideways against the narrow side of the altar.....

Note: I'm not against facing East--not at all. Even as an Anglican, I grew up with the celebrant facing East. When the practice began of the celebrant facing the congregation, at least in older churches, the altar was set up in such a way that it would be easy for the celebrant to face East simply standing on the other side of the altar (assuming there was no high altar already in place).

 

 

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truthfinder
1 hour ago, IgnatiusofLoyola said:

Sorry if this is a stupid question. I have not visited a lot of Catholic churches, and not in a long time.

Have all Catholic churches built since VII placed the altar so that facing East is logistically possible? Even if a new church was built without a high altar, has the altar been placed in such a way that the celebrant can face East during the consecration simply by turning his back to the congregation and using the other side of the altar?

I'm picturing a priest having to standing sideways against the narrow side of the altar.....

Note: I'm not against facing East--not at all. Even as an Anglican, I grew up with the celebrant facing East. When the practice began of the celebrant facing the congregation, at least in older churches, the altar was set up in such a way that it would be easy for the celebrant to face East simply standing on the other side of the altar (assuming there was no high altar already in place).

 

 

We're talking about liturgical east, so yes, 'back to the congregation'.  So in most churches this should be a problem as long as the front of the altar had been placed far enough back on the floor to permit the priest to stand there without toppling over backwards when genuflecting. 

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IgnatiusofLoyola
12 minutes ago, truthfinder said:

We're talking about liturgical east, so yes, 'back to the congregation'.  So in most churches this should be a problem as long as the front of the altar had been placed far enough back on the floor to permit the priest to stand there without toppling over backwards when genuflecting. 

Ah, I get it now. Thanks!

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