tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923995063430144879.post5991896757002085690..comments2023-03-31T11:10:18.032+03:00Comments on Deo Volente Ex Animo: Vernacular, quo vadis?Thomas Gullicksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13640680485289909046noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923995063430144879.post-90564889149428842902012-06-07T20:31:15.653+03:002012-06-07T20:31:15.653+03:00I'm convinced of the superiority and the neces...I'm convinced of the superiority and the necessity of restoring ad Orientem worship, the priest at the head of the people before God, but on your other point even Fr. Lang speculates about the recitation of the Canon in a low voice as perhaps being simply an accident of history. In Byzantine liturgy as I have experienced it here in Ukraine there are what are termed exclamations, which periodically come out while the Canon is being read independently sotto-voce by the bishop and concelebrants. The institution narrative itself or words of consecration are sung by all of the celebrants in unison. In the Roman Canon we have the "Nobis quoque peccatoribus". I guess I need to know more about the genius, the Roman genius, of the silence broken bby the elevations and the one exclamation. With modern day sound amplification all the people would still be privy to the experience we as altar boys had kneeling at the foot of the altar. I don't know what to say.Thomas Gullicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640680485289909046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923995063430144879.post-30025891004248797402012-05-28T16:59:15.924+03:002012-05-28T16:59:15.924+03:00I think the recitation of the Canon in a low voice...I think the recitation of the Canon in a low voice is all but indispensible. This is a prayer addressed to God the Father, but it is difficult to actually pray it when one has to pronounce the prayer in such a manner as to ensure its phraseology is understood by the people. The versus apsidem orientation seems innately linked to a silent Canon; while versus populorum seems innately linked to addressing the congregation; an orientation that has instinctively encouraged celebrants to hold out the gifts toward the people during the words "take this, all of you..." , -a clear indication that the celebrant’s focus is on engaging with man, rather than God. These two ruptures of silent Canon and facing the apse are not hard to repair with good education of Bishops, Priests and people. <br /><br />Father G. Dickson, UKFather Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00579156042227564176noreply@blogger.com