tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post1540964695734728410..comments2024-03-29T14:32:13.886+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Septemebr 24 ... queriesFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-59272259420849583472020-10-07T21:26:33.994+01:002020-10-07T21:26:33.994+01:00Masons of course step off with the left foot.Masons of course step off with the left foot.motupropriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261356560114077508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-60221588527926168052020-10-07T18:35:56.876+01:002020-10-07T18:35:56.876+01:00In the EF of the modern Roman rite September 24th ...In the EF of the modern Roman rite September 24th is a ferial day (with commemoration of Our Lady of Ransom) so, unlike the old rite where the feast was a greater double, a 'private' votive Mass could be celebrated.<br /><br />The, newish, featured church has been built slightly west of the La Grande Chapelle (which was at least oriented) with the apse facing south-south east.Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57579714709538247122020-10-07T18:14:10.147+01:002020-10-07T18:14:10.147+01:00There is also the requirement to light the candle ...There is also the requirement to light the candle on the south of the altar first. When I asked about this, I was told it was something to do with Gospel side / Epistle side.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242224288280842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-62213360456027308162020-10-06T20:24:31.762+01:002020-10-06T20:24:31.762+01:00and, of course, all things sinister and dirty are ...and, of course, all things sinister and dirty are of the left. SPQRStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833345391579579562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-44437995137334428792020-10-06T20:08:15.392+01:002020-10-06T20:08:15.392+01:00Cassock, surplice, or alb, right arm first. Right ...Cassock, surplice, or alb, right arm first. Right amice cord over left, right end of stole over left. Adrian Fursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093728256299390146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-43863398219918851562020-10-06T19:27:44.899+01:002020-10-06T19:27:44.899+01:00This reminds me of Fr Couratin saying" Kiss t...This reminds me of Fr Couratin saying" Kiss the altar flat -on, old boy. It hasn't got a nose". Frederick Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106669441369527118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-1688396777848216132020-10-06T19:19:06.018+01:002020-10-06T19:19:06.018+01:00I suggest that there are far more important things...I suggest that there are far more important things to worry about than the quesiton of whether one starts or finishes a particular liturgical walk on the right or left foot. Surely it is beyond parody to suggest that an all-knowing all-loving God should give two hoots about the chirality of one's gait. <br /><br />Terry LoaneTerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551041799064065025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-34683333892546747442020-10-06T18:39:50.592+01:002020-10-06T18:39:50.592+01:00FWIW, we were also taught - firmly - to always beg...FWIW, we were also taught - firmly - to always begin with the right foot. The requirement of an odd number of steps meant we would then have our right foot first on the predella. (If memory serves, O'Connell has a footnote on this in his rubrical masterwork.) A principle drilled into us: always use right hand rather than left - unless left is otherwise occupied - because Christ is seated at Stan Methenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988769485920452276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-9142091073446346662020-10-06T16:50:24.408+01:002020-10-06T16:50:24.408+01:00The SSPX chapel I attend has special observances o...The SSPX chapel I attend has special observances on First Saturdays, to assist the faithful in making their Five First Saturdays. This includes Mass, followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, recitation of the Rosary, fifteen minutes of silent adoration, and then Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. And the Mass is the Mass of the Immaculate Heart. So, a small piece of evidence that Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-45189896520737155522020-10-06T12:30:19.177+01:002020-10-06T12:30:19.177+01:00Left foot first or right foot first? Some 40 year...Left foot first or right foot first? Some 40 years ago I was in conversation with a priest who a few years earlier had served his title at Tewkesbury Abbey. He was of the bearded left-leaning "progressive" tendency, and recalled an occasion when desiring to make an impression on the slightly staid (and doubtless predominantly right-leaning) congregation he had preached a sermon in Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908070025869221948noreply@blogger.com