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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: tabernacle: 125 1 - Sep 2015 - Reflection: The proper celebration of the Mass, Cardinal Robert Sarah If we live in this spirit then the liturgy will stop being a place of rivalries and critiques so as finally to make us participate actively in that liturgy which is celebrated in the holy city of Jerusalem toward which we journey as pilgrims where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God a minister of the holies and of the true tabernacle (No. 2 - Aug 2015 - Reflection: The doctrine of the Assumption, Pope Pius XII But this in no way prevented them from believing and from professing openly that her sacred body had never been subject to the corruption of the tomb and that the august tabernacle of the Divine Word had never been reduced to dust and ashes. 3 - Jun 2015 - Reflection: Faith: dialogue of mind and heart, Audrey English We believe his Real Presence in the tabernacle. 4 - Jun 2015 - Canonisation: Pope Francis canonises four heroic nuns, AD2000 Report She felt her place was to be near the tabernacle to offer herself with Jesus in the Host victim of reparation and a perennial expiation. 5 - Mar 2015 - Reflection: Hail Mary, Full of Grace, Anne Lastman The Lord came and again tabernacled with His people; a new unspoiled tabernacle was found for Him. 6 - Nov 2014 - Why we make the Sign of the Cross, Cedric Wright There is a beautiful and ancient Irish custom to make the Sign of the Cross when walking or driving past a Catholic Church as a gesture of love and reverence for Our Lord always present in the Tabernacle. 7 - Nov 2014 - Formation: 'I used to be a Catholic', Audrey English It is to ignore the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and those delightful times when we come before the tabernacle and talk to Our Lord. 8 - Nov 2014 - Anglican: The Ordinariate in Gippsland: the first year Perhaps the major difference that people see at our masses is the priest facing the tabernacle oriented towards God where the priest offers the Sacrifice of the Mass to the Father while the faithful unite themselves to that Sacrifice. 9 - Oct 2014 - 'The Mother of Jesus' in St John's Gospel, Anne Lastman He set up his dwelling place his tabernacle among them again. 10 - Oct 2014 - Art: Sacred art: window into eternity, Tommy Canning To be able to work on such a painting while in prolonged and close proximity to Our Lord in the tabernacle was a unique privilege that words fail to adequately describe with any force or accuracy. 11 - Sep 2014 - Art: The new mural in Sacred Heart Church, Griffith, NSW, Tommy Canning The Angels of God are perpetually descending and ascending on the Son of Man in His great prayer offered at every Mass and they are constantly keeping vigil before His substantial presence in every tabernacle and in every monstrance. 12 - Jun 2014 - Reflection: Eucharistic adoration: path to union with the Holy Trinity, Bishop James Conley They took tabernacles and sacred vessels and imprisoned Catholic priests. 13 - May 2014 - News: The Church Around the World Zenit News Agency Violent attacks on churches in Venezuela Several churches have been subjected to violent attacks in recent times in Venezuela including one in which a tabernacle was destroyed and hosts thrown to the ground the countrys bishops have said. 14 - Apr 2014 - Conversion and confession, Cedric Wright When possible I have always made a practice of doing my penance in front of the tabernacle where one can speak and pray directly to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament as an act of devotion and thanksgiving. 15 - Mar 2014 - What Jesus teaches us about prayer, Audrey English What better way than to spend some time before the tabernacle in the church and put our needs before Christ really present in the Eucharist. 16 - Oct 2013 - Blessed Jacinta Marto: heroine of Fatima, Cedric Wright One day she asked Mother Godinho to correct visitors who laughed and chatted in the chapel showing lack of respect for the Real Presence in the Tabernacle and added: Our Lady does not want us to speak in church. 17 - Oct 2013 - The priesthood and the Catholic faith, Fr John O'Neill PP Even that exquisite happiness for the priest seeing Our Lord forming Himself in his parishioners especially the young is but part necessary yes but still only a part of his ultimate joy leading to its essence: there before the Tabernacle coping as best he can with the unfathomable reality I am Christ among the people (Sacerdos alter Christus! 18 - Jun 2013 - The elephant in the sanctuary, Paul MacLeod The time before and after Mass can mean unrestrained chatter and laughter; the priest may offer the Mass wearing only an alb and stole making him look more like a Protestant minister; homilies become chats interspersed with jokes about the weeks news or some Readers Digest-type pop psychology; the music is we-centred and more suitable to a dance floor; and Communion involves numbers of lay folk standing around the altar as though they are concelebrants helping break Hosts sharing the chalices with one another and approaching the tabernacle (wherever it is) without any genuflection or sign of reverence. 19 - Apr 2013 - Returning beauty and sacredness to churches, Art Lohsen Whether it is the sanctuary that houses a lonely presiders chair instead of a crucifix and tabernacle or whether their hexagonal or circular church has neither Catholic identity nor constitutes sacred space it is apparent there is a new wave returning towards the ancient norms of the Church. 20 - Oct 2012 - Letters: Christian unity, Andrew Sholl In the Catholic Church of course we believe that Jesus is really and truly present until consumed by the priest and congregation: whatever Hosts are unused are then reserved in the Tabernacle. 21 - Oct 2012 - Liturgical Music: Vatican II: Singing nourishes faith ... raises minds to God, Bishop Arthur Serratelli In some churches the music ministry awkwardly overtakes the sanctuary even obscuring the congregations view of the tabernacle. 22 - May 2012 - Letters: Genuflection, John Frey If the tabernacle with the Most Blessed Sacrament is present in the sanctuary the priest and the other ministers genuflect when they approach the altar and when they depart from the sanctuary. 23 - May 2012 - The Church's dogma of transubstantiation, John Young He remains really present in the tabernacle. 24 - Nov 2011 - Reflection: The Church's architecture: faith translated into vision, Bishop Arthur Serratelli Tragically we have churches with the tabernacle off to the side of the church. 25 - Sep 2011 - Reflection: Proper church etiquette: a public witness of faith, Bishop Arthur Serratelli Genuflecting when coming before the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle is rarely done. 26 - Sep 2011 - Letters: Where is Jesus?, Michael Apthorp In an editorial in the June 2011 issue of Liturgy News Rev Dr Tom Elich the Director of Brisbanes Catholic Liturgical Commission comes to the startling conclusion that when we receive Communion we are not actually receiving Jesus: The risen Christ no more enters our mouth than he is prisoner in the tabernacle. 27 - Mar 2011 - New Divine Mercy parish and school for Perth, Fr Paul Fox It will form part of the reredos above the tabernacle in the centre. 28 - Aug 2010 - News: The Church Around the World Zenit News Agency US bishop on central location of tabernacle In a pastoral letter for Holy Thursday 2010 Bishop Daniel R. 29 - Apr 2010 - Bishop Kevin Rhoades: Tribute to an outstanding American Church leader, Fr John Trigilio When the Cathedral was renovated Bishop Rhoades insisted the tabernacle be restored to its proper place in the middle and centre of the sanctuary. 30 - Feb 2010 - Books: FIRES OF FAITH: Catholic England Under Mary Tudor, by Eamonn Duffy, Bishop Peter J. Elliott This project included the first mandated use of the tabernacle locked and securely fixed to the altar. 31 - Sep 2009 - Reflection: The centrality of the tabernacle, Bishop John M. D'Arcy The placement and appearance of the tabernacle which houses the Blessed Sacrament is of tremendous importance in the design of our churches because the church is the privileged place for adoration of the real presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament (Catechism). 32 - Aug 2009 - Priesthood: Benedict XVI's Letter to priests: follow example of the Curé of Ars It was from his example that they learned to pray halting frequently before the tabernacle for a visit to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. 33 - Sep 2008 - WYD08: A reflection on WYD, Tim Cannon In a secular society in which many harbour a deep-seated resentment towards the Church World Youth Day was a wonderful reminder for Catholics that Christ is truly with us in this land; that in every church in every tabernacle he is there King of Kings God of the Universe at our bidding waiting for us to visit him so that he can pour out his love for us. 34 - Apr 2008 - Letters: Church interiors, Marija Sestan It is so hard to enter many suburban Catholic churches and be inspired to lift ones heart and soul to the Lord thanks to the often very poor or inadequate architecture internal design crucifixes and religious images (or indeed lack thereof) - not to mention the (mis)placement of the tabernacle. 35 - Mar 2008 - Letters: 'Re-ordered' churches, Brian Tooley In my city of Gympie Queensland such did happen along with all the other wreck-ovations such as removal of confessionals shutting down of the organ and choir loft a walk-in baptismal font built on the sanctuary communion altar rails removed and paramount of all the tabernacle screened off contrary to Pope Paul VIs Mysterium Fidei as quopted by M. 36 - Mar 2008 - Letters: Altar rails, Corinne O'Loughlin The tabernacle where Our Blessed Lord reposes and the surrounding area demand that we respect the sanctuary as a holy place akin to the Ark of the Covenant in the Old Testament where only the priest was allowed to enter. 37 - Mar 2008 - Recovering the sacred in modern church architecture, Moyra Doorly Inside the people gather round the plain and unadorned altar having hardly noticed as they passed the Tabernacle and the message is the same. 38 - Feb 2008 - Books: NO PLACE FOR GOD: The Denial of the Transcendent in Modern Church Architecture, Tony Evans One cannot blame congregations for breaking into animated conversations and sharing jokes before and after Mass on Sundays if the design of the church resembles a barn- like festive hall or ignoring the Real Presence if the tabernacle is half- hidden hardly noticeable away in a dark corner. 39 - Dec 2007 - Architecture: Did Vatican II recommend the removal of altar rails?, M. Cassey This has included the removal of statues the crucifix the introduction of butcher block type altars and finally the re-positioning of the tabernacle in any one of a myriad of places except where liturgical laws prescribe it should be kept - in churches with the greatest honour and in the most distinguished position as Pope Paul VI instructed in Mysterium Fidei. 40 - Nov 2007 - Architecture: How a Sydney parish church was restored, John O'Brien The original Baptistery which was used as a store room was converted into a chapel for after hours adoration allowing visual connection with the sanctuary and tabernacle security being controlled with decorative wrought iron gates into the main body of the church and key pad access from outside. 41 - Oct 2007 - Sacred space: Sydney seminar promotes improved church architecture and art, John O'Brien For further details of the Architects Association contact John OBrien (email available from AD2000) or Fr Timothy Deeter Director the Liturgy Office of the Archdiocese of Sydney Art says Benedict XVI in his recent Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist Sacramentum Caritatis should play a key role especially in church architecture which should highlight the unity of the furnishings of the sanctuary such as the altar the crucifix the tabernacle the ambo and the celebrants chair offering a fitting space for the celebration of the mysteries of faith especially the Eucharist. 42 - May 2007 - Reflection: Teaching children about the Eucharist, Audrey English Community Is it a mistaken idea of community which allows us to forget the Lord present in the tabernacle in order to socialise with our fellow parishioners? 43 - May 2007 - Documents: Benedict XVI's new document on the Eucharist - Sacramentum Caritatis, Michael Gilchrist Art says Benedict should play a key role especially church architecture which should highlight the unity of the furnishings of the sanctuary such as the altar the crucifix the tabernacle the ambo and the celebrants chair offering the Church a fitting space for the celebration of the mysteries of faith especially the Eucharist. 44 - Sep 2006 - Reflection: Cardinal Arinze on the need for Eucharistic reverence, Cardinal Francis Arinze Since we are body and soul our reverence for Jesus in the Holy Eucharist has to show itself also in gestures such as genuflection to the tabernacle on entry and at exit genuflection where prescribed by Church books inside the Mass genuflection or bow at the reception of Holy Communion clean and well-maintained altar equipment approved liturgical vestments for the priest and his altar assistants and a respectful attitude in people coming and going. 45 - Jun 2006 - Letters: Disturbing exhibit, Veronica Sidhu To think that such a work has been placed near where the Eucharist is reserved in the tabernacle. 46 - Mar 2006 - The distribution of Holy Communion past and present: an historical survey, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM The term pyx was also used but could mean tabernacle. 47 - Mar 2006 - Mass: How can differences over the Liturgy be resolved?, Fr John O'Neill Consciousness of Our Lords presence in the tabernacle needs to pervade the congregation striking each one entering the church. 48 - Dec 2005 - Letters: Church architecture, Barry Ireland His site plan included removal of the high altar demolition and removal of the sanctuary sidelining of the tabernacle to an unspecified location replacement of the existing altar with one only 1. 49 - Dec 2005 - Letters: Vatican II myths, Peter D. Howard For the English Mass the priest faced the tabernacle for the Liturgy of the Eucharist and communicants received Our Blessed Lord while kneeling at the altar rails. 50 - Dec 2005 - The Eucharist: gift of an interventionist God, Chris Hilder It is therefore fitting that we prolong the Eucharist through adoration of our Lords presence in the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle or especially when the consecrated host is exposed for adoration. 51 - Nov 2005 - Letters: New Zealand visitor to Brisbane, Leo Leitch The tabernacle was marginalised to an area segregated off from one side of what looked more like a concert hall. 52 - Nov 2005 - Call to Holiness: Contemplating the Eucharistic Face of Christ, Christine McCarthy In these days during this Year of the Eucharist we will turn with the same awe to Christ present in the Tabernacle of mercy in the Sacrament of the Altar (Message to Young People Rhine River 18 August 2005). 53 - Nov 2005 - Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist: areas for remedial action identified, Peter Westmore Eucharistic fasting the solemn exposition of the most holy Sacrament but also silent adoration in front of the tabernacle can be a great help he said. 54 - Nov 2005 - Editorial: A remarkable Catholic parish During the Liturgy of the Eucharist the priest faced the tabernacle while Communion was received kneeling at altar rails. 55 - Oct 2005 - Reflection: What the early Church tells us about the celebration of Mass, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM This was the view of the 16th century Protestants whose new churches did away with the altar and the tabernacle in the apse replacing them with a huge pulpit from which the Scriptures were read and explained at great length by Bible preachers who had replaced the sacrificial priests of the Catholic Church. 56 - Aug 2005 - London's Balham parish, 'an icon of liturgical hope', Joanna Bogle Add to this a dignified sanctuary a glittering new tabernacle in gold marble floors that shine a generous array of candles in tall silver candlesticks and priests who celebrate the liturgy with love - and you have something that builds up the parish numbers and attracts people from farther afield too. 57 - Jul 2005 - Living Stones: Church architecture: can a sense of the sacred be recovered?, Christian Xavier Entering the nave of the church one quickly notices the resurrected Christ on the main cross above the altar the absence of kneelers the neon lights installed inside the glass tabernacle the holy water trickling down from a chain hanging from the ceiling the sanctuary lower than the people the majority of the walls constructed of glass the baptismal font resembling nothing other than a lap pool and the whole structure generally shaped like a theatre. 58 - Jun 2005 - Letters: Another Parish, Peter Gilet Meanwhile signs of orthodox Catholicism such as the Legion of Mary church statues Benediction the tabernacle the sacraments and even the Eucharist are removed trivialised jollified and generally negated. 59 - Jun 2005 - Letters: A true shepherd, Lynn Wise I find it so distracting and irreverent that I have been torn between wanting to call out for silence and kneeling longer after Mass praying for Our Lord to fill the ignorant with understanding of His true presence in the tabernacle and the reverence that should be shown for being in His house. 60 - Apr 2005 - Letters: Talking in Church, Judith McRae The church is the place we enter to pray before the tabernacle the home of our God. 61 - Mar 2005 - Dissent: Notes from a theology unit at Australian Catholic University The tabernacle should be removed so that people became the focal point. 62 - Feb 2005 - Reflection: Archbishop Hart: Pope John Paul II and the Year of the Eucharist, Archbishop Denis Hart The importance of silence in Mass and Eucharistic Adoration is emphasised and the presence of Jesus in the tabernacle must be a kind of magnetic pole attracting an even greater number of souls to wait patiently to hear his voice O taste and see that the Lord is good (Psalm 33. 63 - Feb 2005 - Editorial: Year of the Eucharist: a time to get serious, Michael Gilchrist Another area singled out for attention - itself a cause and a symptom of declining faith in the Real Presence - is the widespread absence of much awareness of the sacred in churches evident in the decline in reverence towards the tabernacle and the Blessed Sacrament the relocation of tabernacles to side altars and the lack of silence before and after Mass. 64 - Sep 2004 - Reflection: Why the priesthood is absolutely necessary, Fr John O'Neill Let your first love be the divine guest in the tabernacle and relate all your theology to knowing the real Christ more intimately. 65 - Jul 2004 - Reflection: No time to pray? Try contemplation, Fr Leo J. Trese We can do it in church prayerbook closed as we gaze at the tabernacle. 66 - Jul 2004 - Letters: Sacred Heart (letter), V. Mulligan In the loneliness of the tabernacle you wait for us to call. 67 - Jul 2004 - Letters: Parish concerns (letter), Peter Gilet The tabernacle has been moved to a tiny side chapel which is invisible from all but those in the front pew. 68 - Jul 2004 - Pastoral Letter: The secular challenges to our faith: how to respond, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett What joy and peace that cannot be taken from us are to be experienced when we find ourselves at last heart to heart with the Love that drives the universe right there on the altar at Mass and day and night hidden humbly in the Tabernacle the living heart of our churches. 69 - Jun 2004 - Letters: Options (letter), Maryse Usher Leave and find another parish where people adore and respect Our Lord in the tabernacle but abandoning him to the ignominy of this parish church being treated like a market or cafe. 70 - Jun 2004 - Letters: Behaviour at Mass (letter), Michael Ryan a staff member at a Catholic university sitting in front of the tabernacle and drinking a can of soft drink did not shock me. 71 - Jun 2004 - Letters: New Liturgy document (letter), John Schmid where the tabernacle is placed or the use of Extraordinary Ministers. 72 - May 2004 - Letters: Eucharistic reverence (letter), Carmel Strong I fully agree with Rosemary Chandler (February AD2000) concerning the prominent placement of the Tabernacle. 73 - May 2004 - Letters: Timely article on reverence (letter), Name and Address Supplied This instruction could accompany their being shown how to bless themselves as they enter and leave the church and to genuflect reverently to Our Blessed Lord in the tabernacle - reinforcing that this does not mean a casual curtsy or bob but for those who can the right knee to touch the ground as one acknowledges the real presence of Our Lord in the tabernacle. 74 - May 2004 - New liturgy document: Rome affirms right of laity to complain about abuses, Michael Gilchrist Tabernacle The worthy reservation and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is promoted: The tabernacle is to be in a part of the church that is prominent readily visible adorned in a dignified manner and located so that people may pray in front of it. 75 - Apr 2004 - Books: The Catholic Revival in English Literature 1845-1961, by Ian Ker, Francis Phillips With Newman for whom the real Presence of Christ in the tabernacle made an overwhelming impact Catholicism is seen as liberating one from the prison of self in contrast to Anglicanism where subjectivity predominates. 76 - Apr 2004 - Whatever happened to reverence at Mass?, Matthew Greene I once observed a staff member of a Catholic university enter its chapel and in front of the tabernacle take a seat and drink a can of soft drink. 77 - Mar 2004 - Letters: Tabernacle (letter), Rosemary Chandler While wholeheartedly endorsing the three letters in the December/January AD2000 regarding the placement of the tabernacle I do wonder whether it would make any difference. 78 - Feb 2004 - Letters: Christ's gift, Wendy Francis Father Sebastian Camilleris Reflection Why the tabernacle should be centrally located in our churches touches the very heart of our Catholic belief. 79 - Dec 2003 - Letters: Inspiring article, Thomas Jones The article is most interesting and very relevant in our secularised days when in some churches sadly the tabernacle is being tucked away in some corner out of sight. 80 - Dec 2003 - Letters: Common sense, Michael Barry Congratulations on Fr Sebastian Carmilleris article supporting the central location of the tabernacle in our churches. 81 - Dec 2003 - Letters: Centrality of tabernacle, Marie Cassey Upon entering a Catholic church you have the feeling that you have left the world behind and you find yourself in the physical presence of Our Divine Lord dwelling in the tabernacle positioned in the centre of the sanctuary - The Holy of Holies. 82 - Oct 2003 - Reflection: Why the tabernacle should be centrally located in our churches, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM At the time as he stood up he whispered to me: Dear Father indeed this is a real Catholic church befitting the Real Presence of Christ in the tabernacle; it is a holy place - you just feel it straight away. 83 - Oct 2003 - Books: I The Lord Am With You Always: Prayers and Meditations for Eucharistic Adoration, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Mrs McCarthy has skilfully selected appropriate sections that call us to pray before the monstrance and tabernacle adoration Pope John Paul II wants to see everywhere. 84 - Aug 2003 - Church architecture: overcoming iconoclasts and cult of ugliness, Larry Henderson Then out go the sanctuary crucifix altar rails tabernacle even the sanctuary light. 85 - Jul 2003 - Letters: Catholic heritage (letter), Sue Russell Often Catholics who have left the practice of their Faith for years are shocked on their return to find the tabernacle relegated to a side chapel instead of its distinguished place at the centre of the high altar. 86 - Jun 2003 - Interview: Vatican II and the liturgy, 40 years later, Zenit News Service These renovators are rushing their projects through before the Catholic people discover what is in the revised directives - for example the location of the tabernacle. 87 - May 2003 - Books: Essentials of the Faith: A Guide to the Catechism / Pastoral Answers, Michael E. Daniel The questions range from those commonly encountered - the correct place for the tabernacle how to deal with liturgical abuses general confession and communion under both kinds - to the unusual e. 88 - May 2003 - Language: The forgotten language of adoration of God - through words and actions, Audrey English Genuflecting before the tabernacle is a sign of adoration in silent recognition of the real presence. 89 - May 2003 - Architecture: 'Re-ordered' and 'new' churches - symptoms of a wider spiritual malaise, Marie Cassey Will they gain from the pared-down sterile space of many of the new churches the same sense of soul-soothing calm and comfort obtained by a visit to the Blessed Sacrament where the tabernacle occupies a position of prominence in the sanctuary? 90 - May 2003 - Liturgy: Latvia shows the way on liturgical renewal, Cardinal Janis Pujats I am thinking in particular of the tabernacle in the centre of the altar with the Eucharist as the centre of the church rather than somewhere off to the side and the confessionals. 91 - Mar 2003 - Letters: Church renovation (letter), T.E. Geraghty The article counters objections to the outsighting of the tabernacle by deferring to liturgical requirements set by the archdiocesan committee headed by Dr Tom Elich. 92 - Mar 2003 - Sydney Archdiocese RE test: behind one school's success story, Michael Gilchrist For example spotting the red light of the sanctuary lamp they quickly find out what it means that Jesus is at home and since the tabernacle cover actually looks like a tent - the basic meaning of the word - it sticks in the memory. 93 - Dec 2002 - New Vatican Instruction on priesthood: the challenge to be another Christ, AD2000 Report A priest should zealously foster more priestly vocations (particularly through personal example) encourage visits to the Blessed Sacrament including adoration through solemn exposition - with the Blessed Sacrament lovingly reserved in a tabernacle and provide an authentic pedagogy on prayer and a renewed persuasive and effective catechesis on the importance of the Sunday and daily celebration of the Most Holy Eucharist. 94 - Oct 2002 - Letters: Church "renovation" (letter), B. Tooley Catholics sense the strength and presence of Christ Himself in the tabernacle visible in the centre of the sanctuary waiting and welcoming. 95 - Jul 2002 - Vatican II, church architecture and "reform of the reform", Sidney Rofe Where should the tabernacle be placed? 96 - Jun 2002 - How John Paul II's 'new springtime' came to an American parish, Elizabeth A. Wittman We made the choice for our future parish because it had a crucifix and the tabernacle in the sanctuary (although the tabernacle was to the side) whereas the other parish featured the risen Christ instead of a crucifix in the sanctuary with the tabernacle reserved outside the main body of the church. 97 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Bare churches (letter), Ned Haliburton The tabernacle at the side of the church and a small portable crucifix by the lectern are the only sacred objects inside the church identifying it as a Catholic place of worship. 98 - Apr 2002 - News: The Church Around the World At the centre of the row is a multi-purpose church design which relegates the tabernacle to a secondary room (known colloquially as the crying room) includes toilets in the consecrated church building which does not include a crucifix holy water fonts beside entrances and exits or the stations of the cross. 99 - Mar 2002 - 'Conservation Plan' recommends changes to Toowoomba's Cathedral, Michael Gilchrist Yet it has been used repeatedly around the world to justify as Professor Duncan Stroik of Notre Dame University put it theatre-shaped interiors removal of tabernacles from sanctuaries removal of religious imagery and a puritannical style. 100 - Feb 2002 - Letters: Real Presence, Philip Robinson When one of his non-religious soldier friends inquired the reason for this my friend told him of his belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the tabernacle. 101 - Oct 2001 - Books: 'The Spirit of the Liturgy' by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Christopher Quinn With regard to the Blessed Sacrament he reminds us that if the presence of the Lord is to touch us in a concrete way the tabernacle must also find its proper place in the architecture of our church buildings. 102 - Sep 2001 - Reflection: Saint Catherine of Siena: how to receive the Eucharist more worthily, Sr Mary Jeremiah OP Its gentle warm glow is an image rich with meaning for Catholics because every tabernacle in the world is indicated by a burning candle. 103 - Jun 2001 - Letters: Altar (letter), Stuart J. Blackwood As regards the altar Pope Pius XII had stated that To separate tabernacle from altar is to separate two things which by their nature and their origin should remain united. 104 - Apr 2001 - US parishioners more outspoken about church "renovations", Zenit News Service Vatican II documents When a proposal was announced to renovate St Patrick Providence Church in Grand Rapids by moving the altar into the centre of the church and relocating the tabernacle parishioner Cathy Tippenhauer reacted immediately against it. 105 - Feb 2001 - The finest RE texts produced to date, Anthony Cappello With evident similarities to the Montessori teaching method the child is introduced to the items found within the walls of a church: the altar lectern tabernacle crucifix and so on. 106 - Nov 2000 - The Great Jubilee: reaffirming the spiritual power of indulgences, Catherine Cavanagh Corpus Christi at St Ives with its great crucifix above the tabernacle and the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart at Hamilton Newcastle with its magnificent Stations of the Cross and stained glass windows are other wonderful places. 107 - Sep 2000 - The 'Statement of Conclusions' and liturgy: what needs to be done, Msgr Peter J. Elliott In some parishes even where the tabernacle is in a prominent place genuflecting has simply vanished. 108 - Sep 2000 - Rome's International Eucharistic Congress: 'an unforgettable week', Christine McCarthy The Eucharist in the tabernacle he said is worthy of the same veneration as the Eucharist on the altar during Mass. 109 - Sep 2000 - Rome calls for new emphasis on the sacred at Mass, AD2000 Report It also makes it clear that the priest deacon and other ministers on the sanctuary should genuflect towards the tabernacle when they approach or leave the altar but not towards the tabernacle during the celebration of Mass itself. 110 - Mar 2000 - US Bishops favour prominence of tabernacle, AD2000 Report defended removing the tabernacle from a central place within a church. 111 - Mar 2000 - Editorial: The recovery of the sacred, Michael Gilchrist The question of tabernacle location was raised frequently with a strong consensus that the Blessed Sacrament should be situated prominently in the centre of the sanctuary so that Catholics attending Sunday Mass would be constantly reminded of Christs Eucharistic presence. 112 - Dec 1999 - Church art and architecture: 'sacramental role' is central, Msgr M. Francis Mannion The position of the tabernacle in modern liturgical arrangements remains unresolved at both theoretical and practical levels. 113 - Sep 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Clarification of canons on the care of the Eucharist Key role of tabernacle noted Made public on 8 July was a note from the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts signed by Council president Archbishop Julian Herranz regarding the authentic interpretation of canons dealing with the care of the Eucharist. 114 - Jul 1999 - Liturgy: An American parish's formula for success, Judy Trajanyi Inside the Blessed Sacrament is still kept in a tabernacle located on the high altar towards which worshippers genuflect before taking their seats - and they are expected to refrain from socialising in the pews after they sit down. 115 - Jun 1999 - Archbishop Weakland finds defects in the post-Vatican II liturgy, Michael Daniel He points in particular to the tendency to stand not kneel no more genuflections the placement of the tabernacle in the church away from the central axis and the abuses concerning care for the Eucharist after Mass and so on. 116 - Mar 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Ballarat Cathedral High altar to remain in place An AD2000 report last September drew attention to a proposal by Ballarats diocesan authorities to dismantle the beautiful marble high altar in St Patricks Cathedral using its base as a replacement for the existing forwardly-placed altar table while relocating its tabernacle to a side chapel. 117 - Feb 1999 - John Paul II throws down the gauntlet to Australia's bishops, AD2000 Report Liturgy: The document recommended a special reverence for the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist at the Mass and reserved in the tabernacle and called for Australias bishops to confront the reality of liturgical abuses: In todays rapidly changing world it is all the more necessary to return constantly to the authentic teaching of the Church on the Liturgy as found in the liturgical texts themselves . 118 - Oct 1998 - Cardinal Ratzinger: the Church does not require dismantled high altars, Bernard Caesar I could not but acknowledge that in this legislation there exists no mandate in the primary sense of the term as a command or order to move the tabernacle from the high altar to another position in the church. 119 - Feb 1998 - Reflection: The Mass: the symbolism of 'facing East', Fr Fabian Duggan OSB Facing the Lord came to mean facing the tabernacle because it was there that the Blessed Sacrament was reserved. 120 - May 1996 - Reflection: Holy Communion and the Real Presence: whatever happened to reverence?, Christine McCarthy People stand in groups to discuss what they will have for lunch or where they will go for the holidays - all this in the church in the presence of Our Lord in the tabernacle. 121 - Feb 1996 - 'Mass facing the people': did Vatican II require it?, Eamon Duffy The celebrant is now the focus of everyones attention seated in a chair which often occupies the place of the old tabernacle or altar-cross centre-stage and in eye-to-eye contact with us throughout the Mass. 122 - May 1995 - Perth's Archbishop calls for liturgical fidelity, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey should be made in new churches as well as in older ones to ensure that the area surrounding the tabernacle is suitably decorated to encourage adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and that provision is made for people to spend time before the tabernacle in prayer. 123 - Feb 1995 - Reflection: Receiving Communion: why the Church's rule should be followed, Christine McCarthy Time spent regularly in prayer in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament at Mass and outside Mass can only increase our Eucharistic sensitivity reverence for the divine presence and respect for all Eucharistic matters - sacred vessels altar linen the tabernacle - and our attention to our manner and disposition when receiving Holy Communion. 124 - Jul 1993 - Reflection: Eucharistic reverence: 'How our actions reflect our belief', Christine McCarthy Almost every day I am amazed at the apparent disregard for the Divine Presence in the tabernacle. 125 - Mar 1993 - Books: A review of the 'Catechism of the Catholic Church' (French Edition), Fr Peter Joseph The tabernacle should be situated in the most worthy place in the Church with the greatest honour (1183 quoting Mysterium Fidei of Paul VI) - nothing about hiding the tabernacle putting it out of sight out of mind.
