#adorientem

[lux-vera]

Father Swain celebrates the Holy Mysteries on the Feast of the Annunciation. Nice to be in a pew on a feast day. #feastoftheannunciation #mass #catholic #adorientem #vestments #fiddleback #anglican #episcopachurch #newyorkcity #blessedvirginmary (at Church of the Resurrection (Manhattan))

[fatherethanonfire]

Here's a beautiful antique chasuble I pulled from the bottom drawer of the St. Helena's sacristy. Such an embarrassment of riches for a small country parish. Not our everyday Gothic vesture, but nice to pull out the antiques every now and again, just for fun. #fiddleback #chasuble #extraordinaryformoftheromanrite #antiquevestments #adorientem #episcopalchicago #episcopalchurch #fatherethan #instapriest #liturgicalarts (at St. Helena's/S. Elena Episcopal Church, Burr Ridge, IL) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsCC8yhhamjC6lrRCrWkG2FpupoUtXXR2MSijI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y3le4f41fdim

[splendorofthetruth-blog]

In reality what happened was that an unprecedented clericalization came on the scene. Now the priest - the 'presider', as they now prefer to call him - becomes the real point of reference for the whole liturgy. Everything depends on him. We have to see him, to respond to him, to be involved in what he is doing. His creativity sustains the whole thing. Not surprisingly, people try to reduce this newly created role by assigning all kinds of liturgical functions to different individuals and entrusting the 'creative' planning of the liturgy to groups of people who like to, and are supposed to, 'make their own contribution.' Less and less is God in the picture. More and more important is what is done by the human beings who meet here and do not like to subject themselves to a 'pre-determined pattern.'

Joseph Ratzinger, Joseph Ratzinger Collected Works, ed. Michael J. Miller and trans. John Saward, Kenneth Baker, S.J., Henry Taylor, et al, vol. 11, Theology of the Liturgy: The Sacramental Foundation of Christian Existence (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2015), 49.

The particular quote comes originally from Ratzinger’s The Spirit of the Liturgy (originally: Einfüng in den Geist der Liturgie).

The series as a whole (JRCW) is edited by Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Muller (current Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) in conjunction with the Institut Papst Benedikt XVI. in Regensburg: Rudolf Voderholzer, Christian Schaller, Gabriel Weit.

The original German edition: Theologie der Liturgie: Die sakramentale Begründung christlicher Existenz, Gessammelte Schriften II (Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Herder GmbH, 2008).

[catholicismtoday]

There is a point to putting the cross on the altar, unfortunately some priests do not want to emphasize this point.... "Father, why is there no cross on the altar table, why not face Christ while celebrating Mass?" +++ “If it is physically not possible to celebrate ad orientem, it is absolutely necessary to put a cross on the altar in plain view, as a point of reference for everyone. Christ on the cross is the Christian East.”

[catholicadvocacy]

Man centred vs God centred. Just think, Protestants don't believe in the "Real Presence" of the Lord... That's why they don't do it.

The Sacrifice of God the Son, is offered up to God the Father. That's why we do it.

For them it's just a meal, for us it's the real Sacrifice.

[lux-vera]

The Lady Chapel with a rare appearance of altar flowers upon it for Easter Week. #lowmass #mass #catholic #AngloCatholic #episcopalchurch #adorientem #traditional (at Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church)