tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681724653679910870.post4050685946854653114..comments2024-03-05T15:04:47.678-08:00Comments on Dominican Liturgy: Anchorage Cathedral: Feast of St. Nicholas, 2008Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13650004591673135663noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681724653679910870.post-62363564474738228172009-12-19T02:06:11.774-08:002009-12-19T02:06:11.774-08:00(Quick comment here so I can check the box to get ...(Quick comment here so I can check the box to get emailed follow-ups)Poor Nurse Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106942694160540278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681724653679910870.post-64642178965605469222009-12-19T02:05:01.135-08:002009-12-19T02:05:01.135-08:00Oh, one more thing...during the Dominican Rite Mas...Oh, one more thing...during the Dominican Rite Mass, there are not both Species of the Eucharist? This is another question I have pondered, which is, as much as I long to receive Jesus on my knees, how then to drink His Precious Blood after doing so? I guess the answer is that no one used to when the Communion rail was the norm. What are your thoughts on this subject, if you have any to share?Poor Nurse Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106942694160540278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681724653679910870.post-57831943500643971442009-12-19T02:02:34.951-08:002009-12-19T02:02:34.951-08:00I'm moved to see the reverent Communion. I am ...I'm moved to see the reverent Communion. I am a convert and have never participated in Mass with a Communion rail, but over the last several months, I have begun to long to receive Jesus on my knees instead of how it usually is at my church (filing forward in a line, hand Communion, etc.) When He is exposed for adoration in the Blessed Sacrament or when I simply walk past the Him in the tabernacle, I fall to my knees (or at least, knee) so to receive Him while standing seems terribly wrong. <br /><br />Over the past couple months, I have begun to receive Him in my mouth directly instead of in my hand. Now I'm genuflecting (instead of bowing, as is usually the case) prior to receiving Him, but occasionally I witness someone on both knees receiving Him, and then getting up and moving back to the pew. At Holy Family, this is one of those differences that is respected without so much as a raised eyebrow, but at my parish I feel I would be drawing too much attention to myself. I wish the priest would make an announcement that this is okay, as we have broached the subject with him and he was very interested.<br /><br />I want to start coming to the Dominican Rite Mass. Thank you for posting these pictures. They demystify what will be something new and different for us, and yet, I suspect, strangely comfortable. :)Poor Nurse Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106942694160540278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681724653679910870.post-2991633014459747322009-01-12T06:14:00.000-08:002009-01-12T06:14:00.000-08:00Thank you, Father, for that explanation. I was a...Thank you, Father, for that explanation. I was an acolyte from 4th grade through to 12th grade at St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in Michigan. Unfortunately, the Dominicans from the eastern province have left our state and the Dominicans from the Chicago province staff just one parish now in our diocese. <BR/><BR/>I was reviewing your pictures again and I noticed one other oddity. In both pictures, the boat bearer is standing to the right of the censer bearer. We always had the boat bearer to the left of the censer bearer. This was to ease the presentation of the censer to the priest. Since the censer bearer always presented the censer in his left hand with the chain in his right, it made it easier for the priest to accept it since the censer would then be in celebrant's right hand. In order to make it easier to offer and place the incense into the censer, that is why the boat bearer stood to the left.<BR/><BR/>My very best to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681724653679910870.post-89524784541943361162008-12-21T23:33:00.000-08:002008-12-21T23:33:00.000-08:00Tom,Thank you for your interest in the Dominican R...Tom,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your interest in the Dominican Rite. We are very pleased with the public interest in our history and liturgical practices as well.<BR/><BR/>What you observe in the photos regarding the hands of the server in not “common practice” in the Western Province. The senior acolyte seems to merely favor his left hand. I had not noticed this and I will remind the servers that they should employ the right hand in all liturgical actions.<BR/><BR/>You have a keen eye in noticing that the processional candles fit into posts to the right and left of the altar. This is not Dominican practice nor Roman nor anything else. This is simply making due with what we have in Alaska. I hope to acquire new processional candlesticks that match the altar candles as funds and a matching pair becomes available.<BR/><BR/>On the position of the hands in holding processional candles: acolytes in both the Dominican Rite and the Roman Rite hold the knob (or middle if there is no knob) with the outside hand and the base with the inside hand. This explains the photo in which the servers have turned toward the celebrant for the prayers at the foot of the altar. You have roused my curiosity therefore. Did you once serve in another rite or were you taught a rubric unique to your church or region?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681724653679910870.post-23818771929279731862008-12-19T16:42:00.000-08:002008-12-19T16:42:00.000-08:00It is good to see such a healthy number of churche...It is good to see such a healthy number of churches offering the Dominican Rite Mass out west. It is especially noteworthy that there are so many faithful truly willing to participate in the rite.<BR/><BR/>I have just some questions concerning the roles of the acolytes at the mass.<BR/><BR/>When holding processional candles, we were always taught to have the outside hand at the bottom of the candle and the inside hand at the knob of the candlestick. In these photos it appears that the candles are pn a post which fits into a floor-standing candlestick at either end of the altar. The acolytes do appear to maintain symmetry in the way that they hold the candles in procession and at the prayers at the foot of the altar; however, they seem to hold the candles in the opposite way. Is this something that is unique to the Western Province?<BR/><BR/>Additionally, at the Offertory and at Communion time, it appears that the acolytes proffer the cruet and hold the paten in their left hand while holing their right palm at their breast. We were always instructed to proffer and accept the cruet with the right hand, the only exception being that when serving alone one would hold the wince in the right hand and the water in the left. We would extend the right hand with the wine and when the priest took it transfer over the water to the right hand and receive the wince from the priest with the left hand before extending the right hand again with the water. <BR/><BR/>It would seem from these pictures that it is common practice that the right hand is always unoccupied and is placed upon the breast and the left hand performs the function of the moment. As a result, the acolyte has a most unusual posture at communion time. I do not think I have ever seen an acolyte assist at communion in that manner. Again, is this unique to the Western Province?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681724653679910870.post-9531707958388691842008-12-12T17:29:00.000-08:002008-12-12T17:29:00.000-08:00Lo felisito por la pagina. N.P. Santo domingo lo b...Lo felisito por la pagina. N.P. Santo domingo lo bendiga.ErmitañoUrbanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634939876304346254noreply@blogger.com