tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38363034.post8041178991627625145..comments2023-07-18T04:11:59.710-05:00Comments on Joy: argh!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38363034.post-66663160869012914742007-07-24T18:42:00.000-05:002007-07-24T18:42:00.000-05:00I used to work with a priest who would make exagge...I used to work with a priest who would make exaggerated pious gestures during the Eucharistic prayers. While I am sure he had the best intentions, it was much too theatrical for Mass.DominiSumushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219325748138519802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38363034.post-24672467007723311242007-07-21T11:58:00.000-05:002007-07-21T11:58:00.000-05:00my priest doesn't. yet. I can't see a single rea...my priest doesn't. yet. I can't see a single reason why priests wouldn't though! like, other things, I can understand how people are frustrated cuz they can't understand Latin, but really, there is NO reason to not face ad orientem!Mara Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296656033652896228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38363034.post-18343744270918509612007-07-20T16:39:00.000-05:002007-07-20T16:39:00.000-05:00I couldn’t agree more....and yet, when you try to ...I couldn’t agree more....and yet, when you try to share that thought with almost anyone who was in their teens or older circa 1964, it’s like bringing in the most uninvited guest imaginable to a party.<BR/><BR/>I don’t understand it.<BR/><BR/>What I think, though, too, is that lavalier mics would change a good deal of the experience that characterized the “I’m not part of this” feeling that so many owuld associate with <I>ad orientem</I>. You would <B>hear</B> the prayer and thus have an easier time of identifying with it.<BR/><BR/>BTW, does your priest at your parish do <I>ad orientem</I>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com