‘Ad orientem’ in the age of horizontalism Larry Chapp, Catholic World Report Wednesday, March 23, 2022 We need to follow the teaching of Joseph Ratzinger that what makes the liturgy “ad orientem” is not the posture or position of the priest vis-à-vis the people as such, but the eschatological horizon that is the very heart and soul of what ad orientem meant in the first place. © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
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‘Ad orientem’ in the age of horizontalism
Larry Chapp, Catholic World Report
Wednesday, March 23, 2022