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Are there any Divine Liturgies in the Catholic Church that include prostration during the consecration and/or during any prayers?
I had held back on answering, since the OP refered to Latin church Liturgies. If this includes the Orthodox Liturgies that the Easterners have, then there are many. In the Orthodox DL we prostrate, face on ground, at the consecration BUT NOT ON SUNDAY. The only Sunday we prostrate, is on Holy Cross (mid Lent and September 14), were we as the hymb states: Before Thy Cross we bow down in worship [on knees and face] O Master! And Thy Holy Resurrection we glorify." During Grent Lent, during the DL of the Presanctified (of St. Gregory Pope of Rome), we prostrate, face on ground, when the Eucharist is brought into the sanctuary.As Volodymyr has pointed out, there would be Eastern Catholic liturgies that require this. Since plenty of Eastern Catholics use the same liturgies as their Orthodox brothers.
It is considered by many to be the most beautiful of all the Orthodox Holy Services… The Vesperal Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts during Great Lent… We are all fasting, and in that part of the service, the lampadas are lit, the Church is dark, and the Priest processes with the Holy Gifts out of the Sanctuary and back into it, and the faithful are all on their hands and knees, with their foreheads on the floor, in prayer and song…It’s just really impressive to me that the congregation would do that. Seems entirely fitting considering what and Who the Eucharist Is.
Ruthenian used to be: Great Vespers for holy Thursday and for Christmas Eve.Are there any Divine Liturgies in the Catholic Church that include prostration during the consecration and/or during any prayers?
Weren’t Latin churches pew-free also until they were added under the influence of the Reformation?<<It’s just really impressive to me that the congregation would do that. Seems entirely fitting considering what and Who the Eucharist Is.>>
Now you know why Orthodox (and Byzantine Catholic) churches should not have (and many do not have) pews. Too much furniture gets in the way of making prostrations.