tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post5273833366434944419..comments2024-03-08T08:54:08.632-05:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: Solemn Mass, ordinary form...ad orientemFr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-16667604773781280342012-04-14T10:57:44.594-04:002012-04-14T10:57:44.594-04:00The priest faces the people when he greets them at...The priest faces the people when he greets them at the beginning and of course when he proclaims the Gospel and gives the homily.<br /><br />Then when he goes to the altar for the offertory, he and people turn to the Lord together principally from the offertory until communion. During that time, the priest turns to say, "pray brothers and sisters"...then turns again when for the "Behold the Lamb of God." Of course he comes to the people with holy communion; then returns to the altar after communion as he puts the altar in order and returns the remaining Eucharist to the tabernacle.<br /><br />Then he faces the people again for the blessing.<br /><br />Several other places in theory the priest could be oriented exactly like the people--for the penitential rite and the collects--but in practice, I think you will find he is often at a 90 degree angle, because he's "at the chair" and if the chair isn't turned toward the people, it's usually turned toward the altar. Even in the most "traditionally" oriented churches, sometimes the chair is at the head of the apse, facing the people (if the Eucharist is reserved in a separate place, as in many of the major basilicae in Rome).<br /><br />Does this help?Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-62791562038864882782012-04-14T09:32:42.237-04:002012-04-14T09:32:42.237-04:00Dear Fr,
if you were to say the Mass ad orietem, ...Dear Fr, <br />if you were to say the Mass ad orietem, and still use English for the Mass, which parts will you turn towards the people i.e. versus populus. <br />Like will you turn ad orientem during the confiteor, the gospel, the agnus dei etc?BernardGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14461812003191779398noreply@blogger.com