#ad orientem

[sodidjoballdays]

Catholic religion: Latin Mass

[akacatholicism]

Ad Orientem

"Whenever practicable, the altar, as well as the body of the entire church, should face to the East; for Christians have ever loved to pray toward the East, and in so doing they would think of Jesus Christ as the Orient from on High and the Sun of Justice."

Nicholas Gihr, The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: Dogmatically, Liturgically, and Aesthetically Explained. Chapter 26: The Christian Altar, p.240. Translated from the 6th German Edition, copyright Jos. Gummersbach. Imprimatur, Nihil Obstat, 1902.

[benedicam-domino]

Pentecost Mass celebrated in the usage of Lyons, France.

[smol-catholic-bean]

Hmmm... should I go to the ad orientem or the contemporary Masses at my church this Lent?

[propaganda-fide]

Look up! And lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand! - Luke 21:28

[septembersung]

The liturgy is not, therefore, the individual — priest or member of the faithful — or the group celebrating the liturgy, but the liturgy is primarily God’s action through the Church which has her own history, her rich tradition and her creativity. This universality and fundamental openness, which is proper to the whole of the liturgy, is one of the reasons why it cannot be conceived of or modified by the individual community or by experts, but must be faithful to the forms of the universal Church.   The liturgy is not drawn up anew every time there is a development in ecclesiology. The Church before the [Second Vatican] Council and the Church after it are not two separate entities. The Council did not call for rupture, but for development and enrichment. Where there has been rupture it must be healed—not to satisfy some esoteric scholarly desires, but for the good of souls.

Cardinal Robert Sarah, 2017 Sacra Liturgica Conference, Milan, Italy.

[tradcatmaria]

[thebeautifulcatholicfaith]

A perfect illustration of why the Mass should be said ad orientem.