Eucharistic Celebration
Articles on this theme in every issue of the review.
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Liturgical Music
The Entrance Processional Chant: A Sign of the Ascent Toward God
Among processional chants, the entrance processional chant of the Mass stands out as the first act of the gathered people. Its liturgical meaning deserves to be rediscovered, as do its participants, its modes of executi…
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Eucharistic Celebration
Mystery in Motion: The Sacred Function of the Entrance Procession in Catholic Liturgy
The entrance procession as the journey of the pilgrim Church: its meaning, its abuses at highly concelebrated Masses, the entrance hymn, and what the GIRM requires of concelebrants.
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From the Church’s documents
Questions and Answers: The Order of Precedence in the Entrance Procession
Who walks where in the entrance procession, from the thurifer to the presider, according to the GIRM (nos. 120–121; 172–173).
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Eucharistic Celebration
The Origin, Meaning and Importance of Procession in Catholic Liturgy: “Join in procession with leafy branches up to the horns of the altar” (Ps. 118:27)
Processions in Scripture, the functional processions of the Mass, the ordinary processions of the liturgical year, and why they are an open profession of faith.
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From the Church’s documents
Questions and Answers: The Sacred Vessels, Benediction and the Alb
Three questions on uncovering the sacred vessels before the epiclesis, standing for the Oremus at Benediction, and celebrating Mass without the alb, answered from the Ceremonial of Bishops and Redemptionis Sacramentum.
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From the Church’s documents
Questions and Answers: Instruments, the Lamb of God and the Altar Cross
Three questions on the celebration of Mass, answered from the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM 32, 83, 117, 122, 188).
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From the Church’s documents
Questions and Answers: Incense at Mass
When incense may be used at Mass, the traditional way of incensing the offerings, and how images and liturgical objects are incensed, from the GIRM (nos. 276–277).
