The Sanctuary The Hearth The place to keep the fire The place to gather The place to come to learn and understand The place where you feel warm and safe When we look at the concept of hearth we can see the void left Who takes care of the hearth ID: 583745
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A place set a part
The SanctuarySlide2
The Hearth
The place to keep the fire
The place to gather
The place to come to learn and understandThe place where you feel warm and safeWhen we look at the concept of hearth, we can see the void left. Who takes care of the hearth? who keeps the fire burning? Who gathers? Who teaches? Who embraces?Slide3
Translating Hearth into Sanctuary
Community hearth, Where, Who, When?Slide4
The Temple
The place to keep the fire
The place to gather
The place to come to learn and understandThe place where you feel warm and safeWhen we look at the concept of hearth, we can see the void left. Who takes care of the hearth? who keeps the fire burning? Who gathers? Who teaches? Who embraces?Slide5
Chartres Cathedral
The Nave
The Choir
The SanctuaryapseSlide6
Pillared Temple Hall
Tamil Nadu, India, 1550 AD
Creating mystical places to teach about the holy, what sacred is to God and human beings.Slide7
Reserving places in which to encounter the sacred
A place, like Sinai, in which we take off our shoes
No longer a place where we do ordinary thingsSlide8
A place set apart by the People of God to perform the Sacred Rites
How do we prepare to enter?
Each piece in its placeSlide9
Saint John
Vianney
took special care of the Sanctuary at
Ars because It was the gift of his People to GodHe gave the best to GodSlide10
The Sanctuary
Consecrated (sealed with Chrism)
Altar of Sacrifice
Predella Altar MensaAltar of the WordTabernacleSlide11
The Lamp
Represents the new hearth place; the fire tended to by the priests of the SanctuarySlide12
How do we teach sacredness?
What are special places?
Domestic Shrines
Local ShrinesWhat role does the kitchen play in families?Sacred Cycle of Liturgical CalendarSlide13Slide14Slide15Slide16Slide17
Who enters the Sanctuary?
Theater
Auditorium
StadiumWhat is appropriate in our Sanctuary?Genuflection v. Bow (profound and simple)Altar v. TabernaclePurifying the vessels (communion plates) and the use of the CorporalThe Holy of HoliesSlide18
Within the Divine Liturgy of the Hours and the Mass
The Altar is Christ
The Priest is Christ
The Word is ChristOutside the Divine Liturgy The reserved Sacrament is ChristThe Sanctuary is not diminishedThe Altar as the ‘footstool of God,’ the Sanctuary is where God dwells.Sanctuaries are personal & intimateSlide19