Documente Academic
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Documente Cultură
2019
To: The Clergy, Religious and all the faithful of the Diocese of Maasin
Re: Turning to God (“Ad Orientem, ad Deum”)
As we celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King this year today, November
24, 2019, let us pledge once again, as His people, the Diocese of Maasin,
to turn more ardently and devotedly to God who sent JESUS, His only
begotten son, our king and our Saviour. One of the particular ways to
express concretely our turning to God is in the celebration of the liturgy.
Indeed, we, in our Diocese need to make God truly the center of our life
(sic). We just celebrated with gratitude our Golden Anniversary as a
Diocese, and we renewed our commitment to become true disciples of
Christ. We need to constantly focus our gaze on Jesus, whom we are
following, even in our celebration of the Liturgy.
Therefore, beginning this new liturgical year, the first Sunday of Advent,
December 1, 2019, the celebration of Mass “ad orientem” will start in the
Diocese of Maasin. The celebrant and the faithful will face or turn together
in the same direction to the Lord, represented in the Altar and the crucifix,
in those parts of the Liturgical Rites when we are addressing God. Likewise,
the lay ministers, who are duly commissioned by the Bishop, through the
Parish Priests to lead the Sunday Celebration of the Word and Communion,
(Kasaulugan sa Pulong, KSP)will do likewise.
With Mary our Mahal nga Patrona, Assumed into Heaven, we may always
turn to the Lord in heaven, as we celebrate the mysteries of our faith here
on earth.