Posted on November 17, 2016, in liturgy and tagged ad orientem, Anne Roche Muggeridge, restore the sacred, the desolate city. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
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In our church the priest is not only facing the people, but looking straight out of the glass doors at the west end at the buses coming up past the railway station.
She mentions the use of a microphone. Is ad orientem typically done with or without a mic?
Great question. I suppose it could be at times, but she is more specifically referencing the silent prayers of the priest, most particularly during the Canon of the Mass when he “enters into the cloud” (as Gueranger described it) and speaks to God the Father.
Electronic public address systems and microphones made their debut in Catholic Churches in the 1920s. Since the 1960s, with the introduction of versus populum, the priest is now a “Monty Hall” character in an endless re-run of “Let’s Make a Deal.”
The alcove architecture of most pre-Vatican II church sanctuaries allowed for natural amplification. The sound of the priest’s voice hitting the back wall of the alcove amplified the sound. I learned this by accident while rehearsing some music in an old church sanctuary.