OF Mass altar

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TheMc said:
No, but they probably exist. Whenever he celebrates in the sistene chapel, he always does. Search for videos of him celebrating there.
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Okay, will hit youtube on my commute home đź‘Ť
 
YoungTradCath said:
I am glad, though, that even though this altar is used, that the high altar was not surgically ripped out.
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That is the case in my church, except that the tabernacle was pushed forward on the high altar, such that there is not enough room to celebrate Mass on it.
 
JGMendes4049 said:
That is the case in my church, except that the tabernacle was pushed forward on the high altar, such that there is not enough room to celebrate Mass on it.
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Let’s do some more planning… let’s push the tabernacle back…
 
h1478971 said:
We are all now aware that the EF is usually celebrated on an altar that is fixed and against the wall so that it is all but impossible to move around it.

Now can the OF be celebrated on such an altar despite the fact that the GIRM states that it should be freestanding and not against the wall?

I am wondering this since Vatican II never mandated the destruction of High Altars?
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The fact that an altar is attached to the rear wall/reredos of the sanctuary does not make it a “high altar.”
 
Here’s a question:

If an OF is to be celebrated completely in Latin, who reads the First and Second Readings. I assume most lay readers don’t know Latin…
 
Paxvobis said:
Here’s a question:

If an OF is to be celebrated completely in Latin, who reads the First and Second Readings. I assume most lay readers don’t know Latin…
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The deacon, or in his absence, the priest. That’s always the case when there is no instituted lector or commissioned reader available.
 
Paxvobis said:
Here’s a question:

If an OF is to be celebrated completely in Latin, who reads the First and Second Readings. I assume most lay readers don’t know Latin…
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I taught myself how to pronounce and read Latin in a week. I might not know exactly what I’m saying, but I sure can read it.
 
A while ago I went to a new parish when visiting family and remember noticing that there was an altar on the back wall, which held the tabernacle, as well as another altar further forward which Mass was celebrated on. I was curious as to how there were two altars but it seems I have my answer!
 
As for Mass in the Ordinary Form being said Ad Orientem:

The Pope in his book The Spirit of the Liturgy, he talks about how Mass being said facing the East is the ideal but explains why he says Mass facing the people.

Bishop Edward James Slattery, the Bishop of Tulsa, OK celebrates Mass ad orientem in his diocese as a norm. This article explains a lot about his vision and the vision of the Holy Father!

Peace and Love,
Joshua
 
YoungTradCath said:
My church, for example, an early 1900s Neo-Gothic type, has a majestic high altar with soaring reredos, which houses the veiled tabernacle, and is dressed with altar linens. In front of it, there is a smaller altar, also dressed with altar linens, that is (unfortunately) used for celebration. I am glad, though, that even though this altar is used, that the high altar was not surgically ripped out. In fact, both altars are going to be moved whenever our new church is built.
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Organise a TLM going in your parish.
 
YoungTradCath said:
I taught myself how to pronounce and read Latin in a week. I might not know exactly what I’m saying, but I sure can read it.
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Yeah, ecclesiastical Latin pronounciation is pretty easy. I learnt it in two weeks.
 
MartyrForJesus said:
Organise a TLM going in your parish.
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Meh, it won’t happen. I’ve already had a small discussion with the pastor. I wouldn’t go so far as to call him a bad pastor, at all really, but he is “of that generation.” He celebrates comparatively excellent OF liturgies which most parishes do not, but he is not one of “them Latin types,” which I find very unfortunate, as his homilies are excellent.
 
YoungTradCath said:
Meh, it won’t happen. I’ve already had a small discussion with the pastor. I wouldn’t go so far as to call him a bad pastor, at all really, but he is “of that generation.” He celebrates comparatively excellent OF liturgies which most parishes do not, but he is not one of “them Latin types,” which I find very unfortunate, as his homilies are excellent.
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He doesn’t have to celebrate it. Get together a contactable group of parishners from your parish or ones nearby in wish of a Latin Mass. Once you get a group together, get into contact with a priest willing to celebrate the Latin Mass, and write a letter with the signatures of all the people in the group to your parish priest, asking if a Latin Mass may be celebrated in his Parish Church with the High Altar. Takes commitment, but would be well worth it!
 
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