A SOUTHERN ORDERS AD ORIENTEM POST FROM THE PAST, DECEMBER 1, 2014 TO BE SPECIFIC…I WAS SO AHEAD OF MY TIMES! THAT’S THE LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE IN ME!!!!

I link my December 1, 2014 article on Saint Joseph Church in Macon ad orientem Mass at 12:15 PM. It’s a blast from the past. Be sure to read the comments too. Good old John Nolan and many others gone, make good comments too.

SAINT JOSEPH 12:10 PM AD ORIENTEM SUNDAY MASS FULL THE SUNDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING

As those who read this blog know, St. Joseph Church in Macon celebrates the 12:10 PM Sunday Ordinary Form Mass "ad orientem."

What this means is that the Mass is just like all our other Ordinary Form Masses in music and otherwise, except the Liturgy of the Eucharist is ad orientem, meaning the priest faces the apse rather than the nave. (Technically all our Masses are ad orientem as we have adopted Pope Benedict's compromise of placing a crucifix directly in front of the celebrant as the symbol of facing east toward Jerusalem and the rising of the sun).

Read the full 2014 article HERE.