Does your church have a resurrectifix in the sanctuary?

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If so, what do you think about it?

Here is one I saw at a parish in Rosemont, IL. To be honest it reminds me of a football referee calling first down and it totally obfuscates the message of the crucifixion. :confused:

For the record, GIRM article 308 says:
“There is also to be a cross, with the figure of Christ crucified upon it, either on the altar or near it, where it is clearly visible to the assembled congregation. It is appropriate that such a cross, which calls to mind for the faithful the saving Passion of the Lord, remain near the altar even outside of liturgical celebrations.”

A processional cross with a corpus might technically meet the requirements of the GIRM in lieu of a permanently affixed crucifix, but perhaps not its spirit since it is would not be permanently kept in the sanctuary. And a processional cross without a corpus certainly would not compensate for the shortcomings of a permanently affixed resurrectifix.
 
We have a beautiful mural (angels, women at the tomb) of the resurrection, along with what I’ve seen referred to as “touchdown Jesus” on these forums.

We have a Processional crucifix, and our new pastor has obtained a larger, more visible processional crucifix. I hold my breath every time I see an altar server remove it from the sanctuary through the doorway to the sacristy - it’s a tight fit.

Do I wish we had a more prominent crucifx instead of the rising Jesus? Perhaps. But the mural is beautiful and helps to drive home the point that the angels are joining us in our worship. Ours is much more pleasing to the eye than the picture you posted…
 
Yes, here on campus in the chapel. It is on the cross though. Why they would have a risen Jesus on the cross I have no idea. Because of this and many other abuses, I go to Chicago for the Tridentine. They are remodeling the church so Mass is held in the basement, where a small crucix is on top of the tabernacle.
 
I have never seen a statue like the one in your photos before. I have also never heard that term before–did you make it up?

Our santuary has a crucifix suspended above the altar. I have seen “Christ the Redeemer” crucifixes before–mostly in people’s homes. That is a cross with the risen Christ in front of it. I really like that image. Christ was crucified. He also rose from the dead. Both are important concepts.
 
An image of the Resurrected Christ may not be used in place of the cross on or near the altar.

cf. Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite, article 64
 
Our parish has a very large cross with the Resurrected Christ just above and behind the altar, above a large, gorgeous, Italian-made mosaic of The Last Supper, which matches our Stations of the Cross. To the right of the main altar, still quite visible at the front right of the church, is the “chapel” area, with a large crucifix, over the tabernacle.

Our Resurrected Christ is a little disconcerting; Jesus resembles Bruce Jenner, with six-pack abs and a trendy haircut - not exactly the way I have pictured Him :eek:
 
My church has a resurrected Christ (no cross) on the wall behind the altar. The large crucifix (that used to be there) is now off to the side. It had been removed altogether after the church was renovated, but was brought back after parishioner complaints. I wish it was in the sanctuary instead of off to the side, but at least is is prominently displayed.

'thann
 
I know the Theology behind the Mass has not changed…but if you interviewed a progressive and then a traditionalist on what the theology of the Mass is you would come to the conclusion that you are interviewing individuals from different faiths.

Risen Christ in place of the cricified christ simply does not make sense from a meaning of what the Mass is. Since I have seen the risen Christ on the wall of MANY MANY Lutheran churches and a few Catholic chruches (most of which were ones built in the late 60s and early 70s) I will assume they ended up on the wall at the Catholic church due to the FALSE ecumenism was inadvertantly introduced after the “council”.
 
Remember the cry of St. Paul who says in his epistles, “I preach Christ crucified.” The members of the Protestant ecclesial communities do not have crucifixes in their houses of worship. One of my co-workers who left the Church to become Baptist told me that “Catholics shouldn’t have the crucifix because Jesus is not there.”

Yes, He is risen. However, you cannot have the Resurrection without the Crucifixion. And you cannot have the Resurrection and Crucifixion without the Last Supper. For any Catholic parish to divest itself of the crucified Christ is to not only disavow itself from the liturgical norm, but also to ignore the very instrument of our salvation.
 
My church has a huge mosaic of Christ the High Priest in the sanctuary. This was placed there when the church was remodeled in the early 1980s.

This mosaic replaced an original one, also of Christ the High Priest, that was placed there when the church was built in 1941.

Both mosaics portray Christ in priestly vestments, arms outstretched, as if on the Cross. The nail wounds are clearly visible in His feet and hands…truly a “resurrected” Jesus…and this dates 'way back to 1941.

Joe
 
I don’t recall any threads about this topic lately…so I think this thread justifies a bump. 😃

Anyone have anything to add?
 
Yes, my parish does. It’s removed during Lent… at which point a large empty cross is put up instead. (We have a processional crucifix, of course, but it’s hardly the center of attention, since it’s placed on one side of the sanctuary.)

I’ve heard the pastor doesn’t like the “resurrectifix”, but does not want to remove it lest he offend the people who do like it (or those who originally donated it, perhaps).
 
We have this huge beautiful marble crucifix in the back of our sanctuary, with the tabernacle at the foot of it. It’s a black marble cross, with a white marble statue of Jesus hanging on the cross.

It’s really a wonderful thing to have when meditating. I’ll have to post some pictures sometime…I searched through the ones on the computer, but I couldn’t find any. 😦

Ah well. Just take my word for it - it’s pretty awesome.

😃
 
The Salesian parish has a resurecfix which is huge and a tiny (in comparison) crucifix. My parochial vicar launched on a homily about the crucifix today (tying it with the Transiguration) and said that we needed to always keep the Crucifixion in mind. He said that if the image of the crucified Christ does not jar us, then we have not gotten the message. 👍
 
Ours is a large Risen Christ on a cross, something which makes no sense to me. Risen Christ, yes; empty cross, yes; the two together, no. I would prefer a crucifix, but at least our processional cross is a crucifix and it remains by the altar during Mass.

We have a new development in our parish over the past 4 or 5 years. When the Risen Christ was installed, the much smaller crucifix that it replaced was given to a parish family. For Lent they bring it back, the Risen Christ is removed from the Cross and the crucifix is hung on the Cross in its place. It looks strange but it makes the family and some of the older parishioners happy.
 
My former parish had one above the altar – then we got a new young priest who removed it and put it over the door on the way out, replacing it with a crucifix. 🙂

He also fixed a number of other problems. lol.
 
Shin said:
My former parish had one above the altar – then we got a new young priest who removed it and put it over the door on the way out, replacing it with a crucifix. 🙂

He also fixed a number of other problems. lol.
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Yay for new priests bringing their flocks back into the fold. My old parish got a new priest a couple of years ago, and he put a tabernacle in the sanctuary 👍
which is cool, because there is a relief of the last supper on the back wall and the tabernacle sits right “inside” of Jesus.

Anyways, we have always had a nice wooden crucifix hanging on the wall. Previous to the new priest, the corpus was always taken down off the cross after Easter but now remains on the cross i think.
I have been to several parishes that have risen lord on the cross, 🤷 i don’t like it. To me i guess it shows faulty understanding of the Eucharist.

Pax
 
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