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To: Campion
There’s a rather large crucifix on the altar, I think.

Can you point it out to me because I can't see it. According to the GIRM, Paragraph 308 reads as follows:

"There is also to be a cross, with the figure of Christ crucified upon it, positioned either on the altar or near it, and which is clearly visible to the people gathered together. It is fitting that a cross of this kind, recalling the saving passion of the Lord, remain near the altar even outside of liturgical celebrations."

This was an issue I addressed with the pastor in my previous RC parish which also had a larger than life Risen Cross on the wall of the sanctuary. On Easter Sunday, the pastor festooned it with white lace and gold lame fabric. Actually, I challenged him on it, citing the GIRM. He tried to squirm out of it by pointing to one of the Stations of the Cross. I have never understood what it was about the Crucifix that he feared.

11 posted on 11/26/2014 4:13:05 PM PST by NYer ("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
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To: NYer; Campion
Over at Fr.Z's, they had a long discussion about whether a crucifix was on the altar.

A priest who was actually there and served said that there was, and was able to point it out in one picture. It's barely visible, but it's there (and the 7th candle as well).

They're not going to get rid of the Resurrecifix any time soon, since the name of the cathedral is "Cathedral of the Risen Christ". But the same priest pointed out that reverent celebration does a LOT of good even in a kind of oddball church (it was built some time in the 60s).

12 posted on 11/27/2014 10:07:18 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: NYer; Campion

Looking at the first picture (of the Bishop raising Jesus presumably right after Consecration) you can see part of the (gold) Crucifix on the altar; right to the left of his left arm (as you look at the picture). It’s kind of hard to see in that picture (because his excellency is blocking most of it in the picture) but once you see it you can see it’s quite large actually (for a Crucifix on an altar). In compliance with the GIRM paragraph 308.


13 posted on 11/28/2014 8:20:07 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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