Whether the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Ought to be Celebrated Towards the East
Br. Evagrius Hayden, O.S.B.
Categoria: Articles in English
How Contrary Orientations Signify Contradictory Theologies
The “primordial form” of Sunday was not so much a feast looking back to the resurrection of Christ on the first Easter, or to any particular mystery or moment of His earthly life, but rather a looking forward with longing to the Lord’s return in glory, imploring Him to deliver us from the evils of sin, death, and hell. Sunday Mass was about the life of the world to come, which the early Christians, suffering bitter and horrific trials, must have thought about a great deal as they hoped and prayed that they would remain faithful: “lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” For this reason, the eastward focus of prayer was a poignant symbol: after the dark and cold night, the sun will rise gloriously on the eastern horizon, shedding light and warmth.
In turning the priest towards the people, we decisively severed ourselves from that which was most ancient, most intrinsic, and most distinctive in our worship as Christians. When we return to ad orientem, we return decisively to the fundamentals of Christian faith and its original practice.
Full article by Peter Kwasniewski here.
Also read Peter Kwasniewski’s answer to a priest’s reaction to this article: Does facing east at Mass rely on a picture of God as someone ‘out there and up there’? (Traducción en Español: ¿Se basa la Misa ad orientem en un concepto de Dios cómo Alguien que está allá arriba a lo lejos?)
Parte della Chiesa universale. Part of the universal Church.
Da un lettore: / From a reader:
Buongiorno. Ho avuto modo di seguire la santa Messa in latino sul sito dell’Abbazia di San Benedetto (https://www.adorientem.it/2018/10/13/saint-benedict-abbey-still-river-massachusetts/) e nel sentire le parole in latino (anche se pronunciate… all’americana!) e i canti gregoriani mi sono sentito davvero parte della Chiesa universale. Che bello vedere che a migliaia di km di distanza altri fratelli cattolici celebrano con le stesse mie parole e con gli stessi miei canti!
Good morning. I was able to watch the holy Mass in Latin on Saint Benedict Abbey’s website (https://www.adorientem.it/2018/10/13/saint-benedict-abbey-still-river-massachusetts/) and by hearing the words in Latin (although pronounced… the American way!) and the Gregorian chants I really felt a part of the universal Church. How nice to see that thousands of miles far from me other Catholic brethren celebrate with the same words and the same chants as mine!
Don’t remove the altar rails. Non togliete le balaustre.
Don’t remove the altar rails. Don’t remove the facilities for kneeling. Vatican II never required that.
Non togliete le balaustre dal presbiterio. Non togliete gli inginocchiatoi. Il Vaticano II non ha mai chiesto di farlo.
Cardinal Francis Arinze
Dominica XXXI “per annum” – 4 Nov 2018
Ant. ad introitum Cf. Ps 37, 22-23
Ne derelínquas me, Dómine Deus meus,
ne discédas a me; inténde in adiutórium meum,
Dómine, virtus salútis meæ.
Collecta
Omnípotens et miséricors Deus, de cuius múnere venit,
ut tibi a fidélibus tuis digne et laudabíliter serviátur,
tríbue, quǽsumus, nobis,
ut ad promissiónes tuas sine offensióne currámus.
Per Dóminum.
Super oblata
Fiat hoc sacrifícium, Dómine, oblátio tibi munda,
et nobis misericórdiæ tuæ sancta largítio.
Per Christum.
Ant. ad communionem Cf. Ps 15, 11
Notas mihi fecísti vias vitæ,
adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo, Dómine.
Vel: Io 6, 58
Sicut misit me vivens Pater, et ego vivo propter Patrem,
et qui mandúcat me, et ipse vivet propter me,
dicit Dóminus.
Post communionem
Augeátur in nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine,
tuæ virtútis operátio,
ut, refécti cæléstibus sacraméntis,
ad eórum promíssa capiénda tuo múnere præparémur.
Per Christum.
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The Abbey of Regina Laudis – Bethlehem, Connecticut (USA)
The Abbey Church Jesu Fili Mariae – 15 Robert Leather Road – Bethlehem, Connecticut 06751 (USA)
We are privileged to have as our inheritance the ancient Gregorian Chant texts for the Mass; as we sing these melodies and words day by day, year by year, it is our privilege thus to place before the Lord the needs of all, asking for the continual gift of transformation of ourselves, our community, our world.
Daily Mass, celebrated in the Church of Jesu Fili Mariae, is immediately preceded by the Office of Terce.
We follow the Novus Ordo form of the Latin Mass from Vatican II. Mass is celebrated according to the Missale Romanum and Graduale in common usage, with the Lectionary readings in English.
In commemoratione omnium fidelium defunctorum – 2 Nov 2018
Missæ quæ sequuntur ad libitum celebrantis adhiberi possunt.*
Quando dies 2 novembris incidit in dominicam, Missa fit de Commemoratione omnium fidelium defunctorum.
1
Ant. ad introitum Cf. 1 Th 4, 14; 1 Cor 15, 22
Sicut Iesus mórtuus est et resurréxit,
ita et Deus eos qui dormiérunt per Iesum addúcet cum eo.
Et sicut in Adam omnes moriúntur,
ita et in Christo omnes vivificabúntur.
Collecta
Preces nostras, quǽsumus, Dómine, benígnus exáudi,
ut, dum attóllitur nostra fides
in Fílio tuo a mórtuis suscitáto,
in famulórum tuórum præstolánda resurrectióne
spes quoque nostra firmétur.
Per Dóminum.
Super oblata
Nostris, Dómine, propitiáre munéribus,
ut fámuli tui defúncti assumántur in glóriam cum Fílio tuo,
cuius magno pietátis iúngimur sacraménto.
Qui vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.
Ant. ad communionem Cf. Io 11, 25-26
Ego sum resurréctio et vita, dicit Dóminus.
Qui credit in me, étiam si mórtuus fúerit, vivet;
et omnis, qui vivit et credit in me,
non moriétur in ætérnum.
Post communionem
Præsta, quǽsumus, Dómine,
ut fámuli tui defúncti
in mansiónem lucis tránseant et pacis,
pro quibus paschále celebrávimus sacraméntum.
Per Christum.
Adhiberi potest formula benedictionis sollemnis.
2
Ant. ad introitum Cf. 4 Esdr 2, 34-35
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine,
et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
Collecta
Deus, glória fidélium et vita iustórum,
cuius Fílii morte et resurrectióne redémpti sumus,
propitiáre fámulis tuis defúnctis,
ut, qui resurrectiónis nostræ mystérium agnovérunt,
ætérnæ beatitúdinis gáudia percípere mereántur.
Per Dóminum.
Super oblata
Omnípotens et miséricors Deus,
his sacrifíciis áblue, quǽsumus, fámulos tuos defúnctos
a peccátis eórum in sánguine Christi,
ut, quos mundásti aqua baptísmatis,
indesinénter purífices indulgéntia pietátis.
Per Christum.
Ant. ad communionem Cf. 4 Esdr 2, 35.34
Lux ætérna lúceat eis, Dómine,
cum Sanctis tuis in ætérnum, quia pius es.
Post communionem
Sumpto sacraménto Unigéniti tui,
qui pro nobis immolátus resurréxit in glória,
te, Dómine, supplíciter exorámus pro fámulis tuis defúnctis,
ut, paschálibus mystériis mundáti,
futúræ resurrectiónis múnere gloriéntur.
Per Christum.
Adhiberi potest formula benedictionis sollemnis.
3
Ant. ad introitum Cf. Rom 8, 11
Deus, qui suscitávit Iesum a mórtuis,
vivificábit et mortália córpora nostra,
propter inhabitántem Spíritum eius in nobis.
Collecta
Deus, qui Unigénitum tuum, devícta morte,
ad cæléstia transíre fecísti,
concéde fámulis tuis defúnctis,
ut, huius vitæ mortalitáte devícta,
te conditórem et redemptórem
possint perpétuo contemplári.
Per Dóminum.
Super oblata
Pro ómnibus fámulis tuis in Christo dormiéntibus
hóstiam, Dómine, súscipe benígnus oblátam,
ut, per hoc sacrifícium singuláre vínculis mortis exúti,
vitam mereántur ætérnam.
Per Christum.
Ant. ad communionem Cf. Phil 3, 20-21
Salvatórem exspectámus Dóminum Iesum Christum,
qui reformábit corpus humilitátis nostræ
configurátum córpori claritátis suæ.
Post communionem
Multíplica, Dómine, his sacrifíciis suscéptis,
super fámulos tuos defúnctos misericórdiam tuam,
et, quibus donásti baptísmi grátiam,
da eis æternórum plenitúdinem gaudiórum.
Per Christum.
Adhiberi potest formula benedictionis sollemnis.
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* Hac die quilibet sacerdos tres Missas celebrare potest, servata tamen quæ statuta sunt a Benedicto XV, per Const. Apost. Incruentum Altaris Sacrificium, die 10 augusti 1915: A.A.S. 7 (1915) pp. 401-404.
Ómnium Sanctórum – 1 Nov 2018
Sollemnitas
Ant. ad introitum
Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino,
diem festum celebrántes
sub honóre Sanctórum ómnium,
de quorum sollemnitáte gaudent Angeli,
et colláudant Fílium Dei.
Dicitur Glória in excélsis.
Collecta
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus,
qui nos ómnium Sanctórum tuórum mérita
sub una tribuísti celebritáte venerári, quǽsumus,
ut desiderátam nobis tuæ propitiatiónis abundántiam,
multiplicátis intercessóribus, largiáris.
Per Dóminum.
Dicitur Credo.
Super oblata
Grata tibi sint, Dómine, múnera,
quæ pro cunctórum offérimus honóre Sanctórum,
et concéde,
ut, quos iam crédimus de sua immortalitáte secúros,
sentiámus de nostra salúte sollícitos.
Per Christum.
Præfatio: De gloria matris nostræ Ierusalem.
Ant. ad communionem Mt 5, 8-10
Beáti mundo corde, quóniam ipsi Deum vidébunt;
beáti pacífici, quóniam fílii Dei vocabúntur;
beáti qui persecutiónem patiúntur propter iustítiam,
quóniam ipsórum est regnum cælórum.
Post communionem
Mirábilem te, Deus,
et unum Sanctum in ómnibus Sanctis tuis adorántes,
tuam grátiam implorámus,
qua, sanctificatiónem
in tui amóris plenitúdine consummántes,
ex hac mensa peregrinántium
ad cæléstis pátriæ convívium transeámus.
Per Christum.
Adhiberi potest formula benedictionis sollemnis.
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Dominica XXX “per annum” – 28 Oct 2018
Ant. ad introitum Cf. Ps 104, 3-4
Lætétur cor quæréntium Dóminum.
Quǽrite Dóminum, et confirmámini,
quǽrite fáciem eius semper.
Collecta
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus,
da nobis fídei, spei et caritátis augméntum,
et, ut mereámur ássequi quod promíttis,
fac nos amáre quod prǽcipis.
Per Dóminum.
Super oblata
Réspice, quǽsumus, Dómine,
múnera quæ tuæ offérimus maiestáti,
ut, quod nostro servítio géritur,
ad tuam glóriam pótius dirigátur.
Per Christum.
Ant. ad communionem Cf. Ps 19, 6
Lætábimur in salutári tuo,
et in nómine Dei nostri magnificábimur.
Vel: Eph 5, 2
Christus diléxit nos, et trádidit semetípsum pro nobis,
oblatiónem Deo in odórem suavitátis.
Post communionem
Perfíciant in nobis, Dómine, quǽsumus,
tua sacraménta quod cóntinent,
ut, quæ nunc spécie gérimus,
rerum veritáte capiámus.
Per Christum.
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Latin-English Hand Missal for the Ordinary Form Latin Mass
(NOTE: This is a “print” version of the text, intended to be duplex printed on its “left” or “short” edge. )
Contains the Latin text taken from the Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia emendata of 2008 and the English translation of The Order of Mass © 2010, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. (This is the translation that was introduced in Advent of 2011 in the USA.)
