Facing Liturgical East
By Bryan Owen
When I was newly ordained, my bishop appointed me to serve in a parish with an altar against the wall. I was so disappointed. I could not believe I would begin my priesthood celebrating the Euc... Read More...
Details matter: Against ‘adiaphora’
Our regular, knee-jerk assertions that only the Creed matters do great damage to the unity of Christian witness and the integrity of Christian life.
TBT: The Eastward position
In the the April 28, 1968, issue of The Living Church, Fr. Francis W. Read considered "experiments" with facing the people during the Eucharist.
A report on ad orientem in a local parish
I have followed Covenant’s dueling blog posts about the ad orientem debate, since we have the issue before us in the parish I am serving: St Luke's in Catskill, New York.
In most refitted liturgical spaces, the message of iconoclasm and abandonment is unavoidable. Over the years I have come to find this visual message a poignant embarrassment.
Orientation and eucharistic sacrifice: Continuing a discussion
In this offering, we return the whole of creation, including ourselves, to the Father.
Further facing into the Eucharist: A friendly response to Bishop Martins
The Eucharist is only a meal because it is first and most fundamentally a sacrifice.
Facing into the Eucharist
I could not have imagined a day when celebrating the Eucharist facing “liturgical east” would be considered cutting edge, nouveau, très chic.