Resurrexi Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) Edited August 9, 2009 by Resurrexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 If I ever made enough money, I would build a chapel just like this one: [img]http://www.sicilyholidayhomes.eu/images/capellapalatina.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I would absolutely love having a chapel, but I wouldn't want the Eucharist reserved because I'm not sure I could handle the responsibility of looking after it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) Is that Monreale or only something that looks like it? (It seems a bit distorted and I get confused ). Anyway, I wouldn't want a family chapel because I associate going to Church/chapel with joining in with a larger community than just my family. That being said, I stayed over in a Emmanuel girls' house once and they had a chapel room complete with the Sacrament, and that was awesome. Edited August 9, 2009 by VeniteAdoremus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1944138' date='Aug 9 2009, 11:08 AM']Is that Monreale or only something that looks like it? (It seems a bit distorted and I get confused ).[/quote] It is the personal chapel of the King of Sicily in Palermo. [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1944138' date='Aug 9 2009, 11:08 AM']That being said, I stayed over in a Emmanuel girl's house once and they had a chapel room complete with the Sacrament, and that was awesome.[/quote] What is an Emmanuel girl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zunshynn Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 My first thought was, absolutely! Of course I would want to be under the same roof as Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament! But then, after thinking about it, I decided I don't think I would. There is a beauty in having Jesus so close... it is definitely one of the greatest gifts of religious life. But I think that there is a beauty too in the sacrifice that a layperson makes to not have Jesus sacramentally close in one's own house... it is a grace of God to have the privelege of having to do some travelling to encounter our Eucharistic Lord... it's a testimony of faith in itself, to express that He is worth that. A small comparison to the lengths that people would go to in the past to attend mass and pray before the Blessed Sacrament. That is a very important, very valuable aspect of the vocation of a layperson in its own way, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1944139' date='Aug 9 2009, 07:13 PM']It is the personal chapel of the King of Sicily in Palermo. What is an Emmanuel girl?[/quote] Ah well, I got the island right I miss-apostrophed. It's a girls' house of the [url="http://www.emmanuelcommunity.com/about.html"]Communité Emmanuel[/url]. They run a parish including two houses, one for men and one for women, all about college student age. They're involved in parish ministry and have common prayer hours in their houses. If you can't afford a house plus chapel of your own yet, I would say it's the next best thing [quote name='zunshynn' post='1944147' date='Aug 9 2009, 07:55 PM']My first thought was, absolutely! Of course I would want to be under the same roof as Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament! But then, after thinking about it, I decided I don't think I would. There is a beauty in having Jesus so close... it is definitely one of the greatest gifts of religious life. But I think that there is a beauty too in the sacrifice that a layperson makes to not have Jesus sacramentally close in one's own house... it is a grace of God to have the privelege of having to do some travelling to encounter our Eucharistic Lord... it's a testimony of faith in itself, to express that He is worth that. A small comparison to the lengths that people would go to in the past to attend mass and pray before the Blessed Sacrament. That is a very important, very valuable aspect of the vocation of a layperson in its own way, I think.[/quote] Yes! That's so well-put! I completely agree. I love that in the convent it's just "run downstairs, walk 10 metres", but I also like that "going to church" when I'm at home really involves some "going". Even though I can see the cathedral from my bedroom window and it takes me exactly twelve minutes to go from "asleep" to "seventh pew on the left". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeresaBenedicta Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I would love to build a family chapel, and to have Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament present. It's kind of like how it is here at school-- with dorm buildings having chapels attached (or at least two of them, out of four) that are open to our access. I think you could still keep the "community" spirit even if you had a family chapel. I mean, unless you have a priest in the family, it's not likely you're going to have Mass said there everyday. So, you'd be heading to your local parish for Mass during the week/Sunday. I think the requirement for a chapel reserving the Blessed Sacrament is to have Mass celebrated in the chapel at least once a month. So, that's one day out of thirty-some days that you wouldn't leave your house for Mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 To have a chapel in the home... what a huge blessing that would be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I agree, LD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappo Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 With the constant motion of the life of a busy household I would not want the Eucharist reserved in a room dedicated to prayer (I wouldn't build a separate chapel from my house, but have an extra bedroom size prayer room with kneelers and religious images). I think it would become so common place for me to pass by a tabernacle that proper respect would not be given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 We are incorporating a chapel into our house renovations. No Eucharist though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Terra Firma' post='1944390' date='Aug 9 2009, 04:53 PM']We are incorporating a chapel into our house renovations. No Eucharist though.[/quote] That's really neat. You should post pictures of the chapel when it is finished. Edited August 9, 2009 by Resurrexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1944392' date='Aug 9 2009, 05:55 PM']That's really neat. You should post pictures of the chapel when it is finished. [/quote] Of course. It won't be as fancy as yours, and it probably won't be done for a couple of years. But we decided we have enough space that we could use some for a chapel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 [quote name='Terra Firma' post='1944393' date='Aug 9 2009, 04:57 PM']Of course. It won't be as fancy as yours[/quote] I don't have a chapel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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