Tag: Benedictine Altar Arrangement
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Who Moved the Candles?
Sure wonder what’s going on over there.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: The Power of Papal Example: Whence and Whither the Reform of the Reform?
Pope Benedict’s surprise (to me at lest) announcement of his resignation is interesting from all sorts of perspectives, of course. But since this is a liturgy blog, the question that comes to my mind is what this will mean for those who identify themselves as part of the “reform of the [liturgical] Reform.” To what…
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Seven Candles and a Crucifix: The absurdity of Pope Benedict’s altar arrangement
Pope Benedict’s arrangement is an ineffective compromise. The candlesticks and crucifix clutter the altar, obscuring the sacred elements and – if the candlesticks are tall, as the pope seems to prefer – making the celebrant look as though he is peering out from behind the bars of a jail cell.
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New Crucifix and Candles on the Altar
We have purchased a new altar crucifix and a new set of altar candlesticks to be placed on the altar in what is referred to as the “Benedictine altar arrangement” in imitation of the altar arrangement used by Pope Benedict XVI.