The cardinal, who has since become pope, said that the Second Vatican Council did not mention the direction the priest faces and the post-conciliar documents only recommended that priests be able to celebrate facing the people. [...]
Father Lang said his study focused on the history and theology of the priest facing East -- the biblically symbolic direction of the Lord [...]
he was speaking only about the moments during the Mass when the priest, on behalf of the people, is praying to God, not when he is addressing the people assembled.
Are we contemplating this to affirm, in some small way, the Islamic practice of praying towards the Holy City?
I realize this is an ancient and venerable tradition, but with the arrangement of the Novus Ordo, a mixture of prayers to God and exchange with the people, imagine the priest, swirling and whirling like a dervish, facing East, facing the people, facing East again.
Really, this Sunday, just imagine how it would look, and think whether it would be a distraction. I think they are talking about the Eucharistic Prayer, primarily, iow, the Canon of the Mass.
I said this after he was elected and I still think I need to brush up on my Latin. Tantum ergo Sacramentum ....
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