tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post6096799829250676433..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: It is a joy not seeing your faceFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-47833241657757495102008-02-08T17:55:00.000+00:002008-02-08T17:55:00.000+00:00Sorry PM, I haven't got the equipment but look at ...Sorry PM, I haven't got the equipment but look at the post with the video clip of the Pope's private Mass.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-71586162954876253022008-02-08T16:49:00.000+00:002008-02-08T16:49:00.000+00:00Hi Father.Could I bother you for a favor? Please m...Hi Father.<BR/><BR/>Could I bother you for a favor? Please make a video of your ad orientem Mass and post them online. I'm curious to see how it goes. <BR/><BR/>Thanks!The Perpetual Malcontenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800531286676786803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-10124812283715522112008-02-05T14:52:00.000+00:002008-02-05T14:52:00.000+00:00Yes Father,the sooner we change over the better,le...Yes Father,the sooner we change over the better,let us hope & pray the Jobsworths at the Heritage department don't interfere.nickbrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803733028691380861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-29599856043636928362008-02-05T00:35:00.000+00:002008-02-05T00:35:00.000+00:00Beautifully explained, Dr Wright. You have put in...Beautifully explained, Dr Wright. You have put into words what many of us feel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-75453779888408847932008-02-04T21:09:00.000+00:002008-02-04T21:09:00.000+00:00They're not saying you have a "face for radio" are...They're not saying you have a "face for radio" are they, Father? ;-D<BR/><BR/>Karengemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-28652033939366227622008-02-04T21:04:00.000+00:002008-02-04T21:04:00.000+00:00All right, I'm over 40.Many years over 40.But her...All right, I'm over 40.<BR/>Many years over 40.<BR/><BR/>But here is my experience anyway :<BR/><BR/>When I attend the Mass celebrated facing liturgical east, I feel drawn into the sacred action.<BR/><BR/>I am not a spectator.<BR/>I really participate interiorly.<BR/>I know I am in the presence of the Awesome, the Transcendent, the Other.<BR/><BR/>When I speak of the awesome, it is a joyful awe.<BR/>And it really is easier to pray.<BR/>There is no distraction. My attention is focused on the sacred mysteries.<BR/><BR/>I think this is because the priest, when he faces the people across the table altar seems to be in a constant dialogue with them.<BR/><BR/>In a sense, he can almost seem to be in competition with them : the priest versus the people.<BR/><BR/>We see his face, we hear his voice, his personality almost inevitably dominates the proceedings.<BR/><BR/>This cannot be right.<BR/><BR/>How different when he stands, with the people, before the altar of God. A priest, anonymous in his vestments.<BR/> <BR/>The altar no longer comes between him and them.<BR/><BR/>The priest prays the public prayer of the Church.<BR/>And the people are united with him in prayer.<BR/><BR/>The liturgical innovation of facing the people put me off from the start because it seemed to be saying : "This is the Mass, despite all appearances to the contrary."<BR/><BR/>The new liturgy literally defied the senses.<BR/>It was a serious interruption to prayer.<BR/><BR/>The liturgy traditionally oriented serves only to emphasise the reality of the Mass.<BR/><BR/>It guides the senses into the realm of the sacred.<BR/>It is an invitation to prayer, participation, and meditation in a holy joy.<BR/><BR/>One slips so naturally into the posture of worship known to Catholics for so many centuries.<BR/><BR/>I can't think why they changed it.<BR/><BR/>Vatican II said nothing about changing it.<BR/><BR/>Was it love of novelty ? Change for the sake of change ?<BR/><BR/>I am inclined to think so, yes.<BR/><BR/>After forty years, this liturgy really is beginning to show its age.<BR/>It has been an unhappy and unsuccessful experiment.<BR/><BR/>What deeper insights do people have into the mystery of the Sacrifice of the Mass ?<BR/><BR/>What new knowledge have people gained of the Catholic faith ?<BR/> <BR/>Time to turn once again towards the Lord.<BR/><BR/>(And I feel more closely united in faith with the under 40s.)Dr. Peter H. Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955402188119575105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-87301677067494753702008-02-04T20:36:00.000+00:002008-02-04T20:36:00.000+00:00Awesome. In a synagogue the prayer is towards Jeru...Awesome. In a synagogue the prayer is towards Jerusalem and the ark containing the scrolls of the Law are placed where people face them when they face Jerusalem.<BR/><BR/>In a mosque, the prayer is towards Mecca and the within the building, the object which represents the Qu'aba is the Mihrab, which interestingly, perhaps significantly, contains nothing.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we will start having an impact when all the prayer is to the Lord.Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-54930195351026997532008-02-04T17:38:00.000+00:002008-02-04T17:38:00.000+00:00Did you steal that vestment from Fr Biggerstaff?Did you steal that vestment from Fr Biggerstaff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com