Thanks Carlos 19 and Sirach 2.
Fr. Serra, who built that chapel in 1776

)!) would be 300 years old today if he were still alive (I mean down HERE). And probably celebrated a few masses in Latin there himself.
It is a SMALL, narrow, but beautiful rustic chapel. So get there early or you may have to kneel on the stone floor (like I always seem to have to do at morning masses there - those are in the vernacular however).
I am traditional hearted but involved in the other end of the spectrum tomorrow as a layperson “leading” a Communion Service - for a few kids at the County home who can’t get to mass (but for the ONE Sunday a priest does come to the secured facility).
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Very unusual in the Diocese of Orange
but part of its “prison ministry” though the Children’s Home
is neither a jail nor juvenile hall - yet a very “secured” facility
one must be cleared to enter.
Although I’ll have already had communion (as a CSL I must consume any “extra” Eucharist even should I have planned to receive later at mass) before returning the empty pyx and other materials to the Catholic Chaplain’s office … it might be a nice balance to worship Jesus “again” (or better, “still”) in that beautiful mass which emphasizes Christ as KING and our vertical relationship so well.
Thanks for the information. San Juan Capistrano is near my home. TIMEwise … even closer to get to than my own parish!
At weekday morning masses, in the vernacular, the separated altar is used with the priest*** facing*** the congregation.
I can’t tell whether there is still an attached-to-the-back-wall altar beneath the tabernacle (as there used to be
everywhere when I was young) …
where the priest would minister with his face toward the tabernacle and his back to the congregation
– yet in the manner of being “the consecrated” part of the body
leading all unto bringing the gifts to God.
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Does the priest face the people or the tabernacle in this traditional mass?
No matter. I think I will soon find out. And whatever the case, I’ll keep my mind on Jesus.
