LouisvilleFan Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 (edited) This question is fundamentally flawed because, unlike the Mass, it's focused on the congregation. Edited June 3, 2008 by LouisvilleFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Faustina Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote name='LouisvilleFan' post='1556163' date='Jun 3 2008, 04:04 PM']This question is fundamentally flawed because, unlike the Mass, it's focused on the congregation.[/quote] Yup, it is focused on the congregation, but I just wanted some opinions. I don't quite understand why my pastor is changing it suddenly. Facing Ad Orientem is a sacred tradition, and I do think it should be practiced, but was anything illegit or wrong with celebrating the Mass with priest facing towards us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I think the priest should face away from the lady with the lowcut blouse and hip hugger jeans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bus Station Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote name='CatherineM' post='1555726' date='Jun 2 2008, 11:52 PM']Our church faces North.[/quote] I thought this was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote name='Maria Faustina' post='1556194' date='Jun 3 2008, 04:38 PM'] Yup, it is focused on the congregation, but I just wanted some opinions. I don't quite understand why my pastor is changing it suddenly. Facing Ad Orientem is a sacred tradition, and I do think it should be practiced, but was anything illegit or wrong with celebrating the Mass with priest facing towards us?[/quote] It was a fad that took on an unwarrented life. Your priest has simply gone back to how it is supposed to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote name='dust (the ultra-handsome' post='1556206' date='Jun 3 2008, 03:47 PM']I think the priest should face away from the lady with the lowcut blouse and hip hugger jeans.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote name='dust (the ultra-handsome' post='1556206' date='Jun 4 2008, 05:47 AM']I think the priest should face away from the lady with the lowcut blouse and hip hugger jeans.[/quote] You attend a different church than me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 We have ladies dressed like that outside our church walking the sidewalk. They're not the church going kind though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of the Holy Rosary Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Ad orientem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 [quote name='cappie' post='1556348' date='Jun 3 2008, 06:02 PM'] You attend a different church than me.... [/quote] ROFL!! I think I'm scandalized ROFL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisieux Flower Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 i think i'd feel left out of the mass if the priest did everything with his back to me. but i've never been to a mass where the priest turned away from the congregation. do you ever feel like you're not an active participant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Sem. Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 From what I learned in my Intro to Liturgy class, some confusion came from how St. Peter's Basilica is oriented. Since it faces west, the celebrant would face towards the east and thus towards the people for the Eucharistic prayer, but he was facing ad orientem and even the people would turn to face east with him. Facing the people, it has to be so difficult as a priest to not be the center of the liturgy and direct it towards Christ. That's why it isn't "back towards the people", it's facing toward Christ together, not too mention, I've only been to one Trid. Mass and it was quite obvious that JC was the center of the Mass. My two cents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Last Sunday, our pastor announced that he would begin saying all masses Ad Orientum. This was always the standard way the mass was said, and Vatican II actually did not change this (despite much confusion). Ad Orientum is not said "back to the people," but leading the people facing God in the Eucharist. Priest and congregation face the same direction - towards God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I have nothing against the Ad Orientum, unfortunately I've never been to a Mass where it was done (yet, would like to experience it personally); however, if the 'facing the congregation' direction is gravely inferior, why did His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI celebrate the two public Masses on his Apostolic Journey to the U.S. facing the congregation? I'm fine with either one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Facing East during prayer is an Apostolic Tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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