Tabernacle Placement

[DevotedtoHim]

I think HE should be front and center, also! But I have to admit that I was very surprised that He was in a side altar when I visited St. Peter's. But then I was glad because I got to pray in there and He was treated appropriately with all of the tourists. But there is nothing I hate more than when the Tabernacle is in a room, down the hall, away from the Altar. Yuck!

Katherine

[MissyP89]

If,

Eucharist = source and summit of our lives;

given that

Summit = Top, pinnacle, most important, most easily visible part of a mountain;

then

Eucharist = Front and center, most easily visible, most important thing in the room!

Don't go sticking Him in a corner. That's just uncool.

[BG45]

When I walk into a Church I look for the Tabernacle to be at the front and in the center. You don't shove the King of Kings into a dusty corner to be ignored. You place Him in splendor where he can be properly knelt to and worshiped.

[Apotheoun]

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When I walk into a Church I look for the Tabernacle to be at the front and in the center. You don't shove the King of Kings into a dusty corner to be ignored. You place Him in splendor where he can be properly knelt to and worshiped.
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I agree.

Besides, according to tradition the tabernacle is always supposed to be placed upon an altar.

[Catholic Fox]

Our parish has the Tabernacle off to the side, as it's shared with the Day Chapel. (Which ironically has the Tabernacle front and center.)