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To: NYer

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


6 posted on 11/26/2014 10:28:26 AM PST by Campion
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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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