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The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, is publishing a complete set of all his works including some which have not been published. Shawn Tribe has written a thoughtful essay based on an article in Zenit dealing with the liturgy and orientation of the priest and people during worship . It is an excellent synopsis and a MUST read!

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The New Liturgical Movement >> The Restoration of a High Altar -- and more importantly: Ad Orientem WDTPRS >> More ad orientem joy ! Thrown Back >> Restoring the Sacred at St. Stanislaus

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Shawn Tribe has additional great news from Toronto. In a post tonight entitled, "More from Toronto: Archbishop celebrates Oratorian Mass of Ordination in Latin, Ad Orientem ," he describes even more "reform of the reform." He has a link to an article in the TorontoCatholic.blog.

WDTPRS >> Decree for Plenary Indulgence for the Year of St. Paul WDTPRS >> Young people react to “ad orientem” Mass: “I think it feels more, well, manly ” The New Liturgical Movement >> Surviving Pre-reformation English Church Painting: A Continuing Consideration Creative Minority Report >> Second Spring: Chicago's Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy

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Shawn Tribe of The New Liturgical Movement has a really nice article on the " conversi ad Dominum " motif that Pope Benedict has been practicing as he celebrates Mass . His Holiness does not always use the " ad orientem " posture for Mass but makes do with what the situation allows. Shawn shows this in a very nice photoessay that demonstrate what the Holy Father is saying in a manifest way. The Benedictines have taken the "hint!"

I listened to the Homily of His Holiness Pope Benedict at the Chrism Mass and I was enthralled by his thoughts. He had many "nuggets" for thought in his reflection. He ended by mentioning this sentence, " In the early Church there was a custom whereby the Bishop or the priest, after the homily, would cry out to the faithful: " Conversi ad Dominum " – turn now towards the Lord . As many of you know, this subject of " ad orientem " worship has been discussed fairly often by Father John Zuhlsdorf of " What Does the Prayer Really Say ?" He has an analysis of the Holy Father's Homily and it is a MUST read .

Thomas Peters of American Papist links to a fascinating story by Sandro Magister on the "ad libs" made by our Holy Father when he preaches to the faithful Patrick Archbold of Creative Minority Report has a story on Bishop Williamson of the SSPX Father Zuhsldorf of WDTPRS has a story on the continuing "confusion" on the precise words required for valid baptism from Brisbane, Australia Father Zuhlsdorf of WDTPRS has a nice story on turning a parish "eastward" in Greenville, South Carolina

Gregor Kollmorgen of the New Liturgical Movement has a fascinating piece on the subtle shift taking place in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel year by year. The link is "photo dense." His text reads, in part: [...] While the pictures may not be optimal for this purpose, we can still see that a further step has been taken: the Cross, which had remained off-centre last year, has now returned to its traditional place in the centre of the altar.While this is admittedly not ground-shattering news, and this ad orientem setup of the Redemptoris Mater chapel has, as far as I can see, not (yet) been used for Mass celebrated there that we know of, it may still serve, as the headline, which is Shawn's original headline of last year's post, suggests, as an indicator of the slow but steady and long-term reorientation of the liturgy which the Holy Father is bringing about... One must see the progression of photos to see the point being raised by Killmorgen: namely, that there is a t

Father Martin Fox of "Bonfire of the Vanities" has posted an interesting article called "Ad Orientem ." Fr. Fox suggests that the intent of the Holy Father in using the ad orientem posture in his Mass at the Sistine Chapel was to bring this subject into the fore. Here is a snippet: Now, you will most often hear this posture referred to as, "the priest with his back to the people." Well, that's accurate to some degree but unhelpful. How often do we refer to us having our backs to each other? Even in "churches in the round," a good number of people sit with their backs to people behind them; yet no one seems to think this is somehow a slight from one to the other; and the reason is because we are concerned with what we're turned toward --i.e., toward the Lord. So why is it that we all understand the need for everyone in church to be turned toward the Lord...except for the one leading our worship, offering the Sacrifice for us, in our nam

Shawn Tribe of the New Liturgical Movement posts a story from the Catholic Herald by Dr. Alcuin Reid on the Papal Mass at the Sistine Chapel. Here is a portion of this essay: "What matters is looking together at the Lord." These words, written eight years ago by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, explain a subtle but decisive liturgical reform being enacted through the personal example of Pope Benedict XVI. The latest and perhaps most striking step in this reform took place on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord when, as has become customary, the Pope celebrated Mass in the Sistine Chapel and baptised newborn infants. As papal ceremonial goes, this is not usually a grand liturgical occasion: the Mass is in the vernacular and is largely said, not sung. Yet it was precisely there – in perhaps as close to a parish setting as papal ceremonies often get – that the Holy Father chose to make a significant liturgical adjustment. Instead of celebrating the liturgy of the Eucharist at a te

Father Z. on WDTPRS says that Phil Lawler "nails it" with this article on Catholic World News . Here is a bit to let you see for yourself: If you read about the ceremony in the secular media, you almost certainly read that the Pope had "his back to the people." While that description is not inaccurate, it is reflects a distinct perspective. You could just as well observe that the Holy Father and the other worshipers in the Sistine Chapel were "facing in the same direction." When the priest-celebrant faces the altar, he looks like what he is: the leader of a community at prayer. Everyone is facing the same way; everyone is involved in the same action. When the priest faces the people, on the other hand, he appears to be a performer, with the people as his audience. The liturgical changes of Vatican II were intended to encourage more active participation by the laity in the Eucharistic liturgy. But think of any other situation in which one man faces a grou