Tabernacle Placement

[the_rev]

In my opinion Jesus, present in his body, blood, soul and divintiy should be front and centered and not off on the side!

[cmotherofpirl]

agreed...

not so sure our parish is very hot on the GIRM... but i must say i like how quite the Blessed Sacrament Chapel is....

THis is a copy of the GIRM from the Pittsburgh Diocese.

http://www.diopitt.org/socialconcerns/girmmainpage.htm

[aByzantineCatholic]

cmotherofpirl,

Just one side note: Pope John Paul II has not be officially proclaimed "great" that title is a special title on only a handful of Popes have been honored with that title. He is not "great" yet in my book.

[cmotherofpirl]

He is great in mine. :D

[jmjtina]

He is great in mine. :D

mine too! :wub:

[phatcatholic]

go here for many articles on this very subject. three of them can be found in our reference section, in the "Eucharist and Sacrifice of the Mass" entry, under the subtitle "Norms, Requirements, and Abuses":

--Placing of the Tabernacle

--The Tabernacle: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

--How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place? The Placement of the Tabernacle in a Church

i hope this helps.......pax christi,

phatcatholic

Edited February 8, 2004 by phatcatholic

[Laudate_Dominum]

Just one side note: Pope John Paul II has not be officially proclaimed "great" that title is a special title on only a handful of Popes have been honored with that title. He is not "great" yet in my book.

He's already canonized, declared doctor of the Church and "the great" in my book. ;)

[foundsheep]

JPII. He is Great. Its not your opinion that matters. Its Gods.

[Aloysius]

THis is a copy of the GIRM from the Pittsburgh Diocese.

http://www.diopitt.org/socialconcerns/girmmainpage.htm

yeah we know.

ther'z a few things out of line in our parish, like the excessive use of EEMs but other than that not too much that's worth mentioning.

[Jake Huether]

Front and center! For cryin' out loud. We go to Mass to face the Living Christ. The King should be at the center.

What's more, when the Tabernacle is at the side, then how is the Priest supposed to genuflect toward it in the middle of his prossession up to the alter. My priests don't. They bow toward the alter, yet they leave Christ in the dust. If He's at the alter, then it is much more reasonable.

Christ, at the side, has become a spectator. What's up with that?

Edited February 9, 2004 by Jake Huether

[yiannii]

The House of God can't be both the people's house and God's House at the same time.

[Apotheoun]

In every Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic Church I've been in, the tabernacle, which is normally shaped to look like a Church or a tomb, is on the main altar, and can be seen when the royal doors of the Iconostasis are open.

[P3chrmd]

Im with Mother Angelica on this one! It makes me soooo mad when they take the tabernacle and try and put it somewhere else! IT BELONGS ON THE FRONT ALTAR! No if ands or buts about it! Thats like saying...this is God's house but you have to find him on your own we're busy! Hes on the side or in his own chaple where no one can visit him! HE GETS LONELY and he needs to be AT THE FRONT AND CENTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[popestpiusx]

Front and center, on the altar. The only exceptions have already been mentioned (Cathedral etc.)

Here is where I go to Mass:

[popestpiusx]

[quote name='foundsheep' date='Feb 7 2004, 10:27 PM'] JPII. He is Great. Its not your opinion that matters. Its Gods. [/quote]
Does anyone else see the irony of this statement?

[popestpiusx]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='Feb 7 2004, 10:24 PM'] He's already canonized, declared doctor of the Church and "the great" in my book. [/quote]
Is it not slightly presumptous to take upon yourself the judgement reserved to some future Holy Father? No one is attacking the man. Rather we are simply pointing out that, as foundshep so aptly stated, "it's not your opinion that matters". It is a dangerous thing to canonize someone before they are even dead. How about we simply pray for him and leave the canonizations and the bestowal of other honors to those under whose authority it falls.

[MC Just]

[quote name='popestpiusx' date='Jun 14 2004, 06:20 AM'] Front and center, on the altar. The only exceptions have already been mentioned (Cathedral etc.)

Here is where I go to Mass: [/quote]
Whoa.......That is the most beautiful place i've ever seen....

[Apotheoun]

Now, if you want to see a beautiful Church, take a look at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Virgin in San Francisco.

[url="http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/sfsyezd2004/holyvirginpg2.htm"]http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/sfsyez...lyvirginpg2.htm[/url]

[Paladin D]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='Jun 15 2004, 11:52 PM'] Now, if you want to see a beautiful Church, take a look at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Virgin in San Francisco.

[url="http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/sfsyezd2004/holyvirginpg2.htm"]http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/sfsyez...lyvirginpg2.htm[/url] [/quote]
Whoa...

[OwNeD_byGoD]

i disagree, hm...

ok i agree it should be very visible and should not be in a seperate building, however i dont think that it is so wise to have it in the middle of the church *front and center* i goto adoration a lot at my church, and like every first friday i try to stay the night in adoration praying all night, and our church has a room connected to the church, but the wall is of glass so we are able to see when the priest goes and gets the Blessed Host. i think it is better to have it in that kind of situation, a room connected to the church with a glass wall. sometimes when i like to go to adoration i feel so good and so comfortable in the little room *not that little but you know* and its so decorated and just has a pleasant feeling