Turning Toward the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical PrayerIntroduction by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) Turning towards the Lord presents an historical and theological argument for the traditional, common direction of liturgical prayer, known as "facing east", and is meant as a contribution to the contemporary debate about the Catholic liturgy. Lang, a member of the London Oratory, studies the direction of liturgical prayer from an historical, theological, and pastoral point of view. At a propitious moment, this book resumes a debate that, despite appearances to the contrary, has never really gone away, not even after the Second Vatican Council. Historical research has made the controversy less partisan, and among the faithful there is an increasing sense of the problems inherent in an arrangement that hardly shows the liturgy to be open to the things that are above and to the world to come. In this situation, Lang's delightfully objective and wholly unpolemical book is a valuable guide. Without claiming to offer major new insights, Lang carefully presents the results of recent research and provides the material necessary for making an informed judgment. It is from such historical evidence that the author elicits the theological answers that he proposes. |
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Orientation in Liturgical Prayer Michael Lang. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am happy to acknowledge my debt to all those who con- tributed in many ways to the completion of this study. Thanks are due especially to Sible de Blaauw, Peter Bruns ...
Orientation in Liturgical Prayer Michael Lang. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Rome, Laetare Sunday 2003 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am happy to acknowledge my debt to all.
Orientation in Liturgical Prayer Michael Lang. acter' of the liturgy.5 Reinhard Meßner refers to the 'eminentlyeschatologicalmeaning'oforientationatprayer;itdirects Christian existence towards Christ coming in glory. Meßner adds that the ...
Orientation in Liturgical Prayer Michael Lang. cred banquet.11 It would seem obvious to me that there is a connection between sacrifice and direction of prayer,12 but, to establish this point, further in-depth study will be needed. An ...
Orientation in Liturgical Prayer Michael Lang. I The Reform of the Liturgy and the Position of the Celebrant at the Altar The reform of the Roman Rite of Mass that was carried out after the Second Vatican Council has significantly ...