No cross above altar

[Tis_Bearself]

Regarding the rule, Diaconia and 1ke have given you the right answer there. The processional cross, mounted in a stand in the sanctuary, is sufficient to satisfy the rule for Mass that there must be a crucifix on or near the altar.

The rule might also be satisfied by having a small crucifix on the altar, or by having a crucifix hanging on the side wall of the sanctuary as opposed to the central back wall.

 

[Mac]

Crusifix is on the alter ,

 

[1ke]

novus ordo church

There is no such thing as a “novus ordo Church”.

 

[commenter]

WomanOfHeb11.1:

novus ordo church

There is no such thing as a “novus ordo Church”.

True.
In the late 1970s a committee of US bishops issued a document “Environment and Art in Catholic Worship.” This recommended a movement away from traditional themes in church design.

Many new churches were designed or redesigned as bland meeting or gathering spaces, with no connection to Catholic Mass. Many Catholics who fully support Vatican 2, and the Novus Ordo (actually Ordinary Form) Mass, resisted these changes. A later document not just by a committee but the whole Conference of US bishops in effect repealed EACW.

You will still find churches designed, or wreckovated by EACW fanatics. It is fair to call those EACW churches, not Novus Ordo churches.

 

[Jeanne_S]

Beautiful!

 

[dochawk]

I can’t answer from direct knowledge, but I’ve heard there is more emphasis in the Eastern Rites on the Resurrection than on the crucifixion.

Yes. But it’s all on a spectrum. Both are important both East and West, but there is more emphasis on the Crucification in the West, and on the Resurrection in the East.

But then, I’m not sure the west has anything similar to the observances for the Exaltation of the Cross . . .

 

[Mhkc]

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For display related to topic…Heres the parish I grew up in, very small town in kansas… idk if it’s “right” or not…but a childhood friend, who grew up and got into constructive business , did a big remake. Anyway. thought it cool to share as others put up a few pics

 

[Tis_Bearself]

My hometown parish had a suspended crucifix about this size for many years. The church removed the high altar in the 60s and replaced it with a large mural of Risen Jesus. The suspended crucifix was added around 1980s and it stayed there for about 20 years till our current pastor arrived, at which point he moved it to the side wall of the sanctuary. I suspect there was some concern about having a big crucifix dangling in mid-air where it could possibly fall and seriously injure somebody below.