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Fortunatus	Tuesday, 17. March 2009, 22:57
Posts: 720 Group: Members Member #98 Joined: September 3, 2007	I was fortunate enough to attend Mass in the Heilige Geist Kirche in Munich a couple of years ago. Brilliant. Readings said versus populum; rest of the Mass ad orientem (except for the bits where the rubric says 'The priest turns to the people and says ...') No Sign of Peace so no prancing about in the aisle. No Communion under both kinds so no needless lay upstarts around the place. Altar rails still there because no-one has decided to ruin 400 years of beautuful architecture for the sake of a passing fad. Communion in the hand or on the tongue standing or kneeling. No jostling undignified scramble at the altar rails. No sign of a harassed priest jabbing the host at at a row of stuck out tongues. Really brought home the sanctity of the Sacrament. Bit like what Vatican II actually meant the Mass to be like I would have said.


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