tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post2912199627050898187..comments2023-10-05T10:29:39.439+01:00Comments on Catholic Collar And Tie: Forest Murmurs, ad-orientem and Vatican IIAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049074568745678686noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-8922226908667619972012-10-05T22:46:54.056+01:002012-10-05T22:46:54.056+01:00Sorry, I thought I had been clear. The word 'h...Sorry, I thought I had been clear. The word 'habitually' means 'as a rule'; or 'consistently'. I celebrate ad orientem daily, in conformity with the rubrics and the General Instruction as given by Pope Paul VI in 1970 and present in every revision. Seven years on, most of those who attend my celebrations of Mass have liked it, though a few who think the priest should be seen face to face remain unhappy (I personally can't see why anyone wants to see the priest or why a priest would want to be seen. It doesn't help that 99% of priests choose to celebrate by the option rather than the norm; even those who are attached to the 1962 Missal do not clebrate ad-orientem in continuity with the Church's past. Of course, I underatand their fear of being 'individualist', and of alienating the people with whom we must work as well as serve.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-15928608527159341932012-10-05T19:49:50.732+01:002012-10-05T19:49:50.732+01:00Why not celebrate all your Masses Ad Orientem inst...Why not celebrate all your Masses Ad Orientem instead of just ocassionally? At the very least, all Masses should be celebrated AD Orientem from the preface until distribution of Communion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-74875703340055731792012-10-02T23:13:32.612+01:002012-10-02T23:13:32.612+01:00Mass facing the people really has nothing to do wi...Mass facing the people really has nothing to do with the SVC. It was growing in popularity in the 1940s and in particular the 1950s. As I wrote on the good Dr. Brown's blog the best book that refutes the idea that <i>versus populum</i> is ancient and/or authentic is Bouyer's 'Liturgy and Architecture'.Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-34212505992961600422012-10-02T16:01:47.413+01:002012-10-02T16:01:47.413+01:00Well said Fr Gary. It really does annoy me the way...Well said Fr Gary. It really does annoy me the way in which people put up accusations without any proof. I also agree that we should not be labelled as, although I prefer the EF of Holy Mass, I happily(?) attend OF Mass on many occasions. I suffix my remark with (?) as I cannot always say I get as much spiritual good from all OF Masses; it depends who the celebrant is & whether I allow myself to wonder what on earth is going on. If every priest at every Mass 'said the black & did the red' we would have a much more cohesive Church (probably without the labels).David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.com