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3. In casu quo presbyter qui, parvo adstante coetu, celebret, sine sede celebranti destinata ac sine loco proprio pro Liturgia verbi peragenda, potestne sacerdos:
a) ad altare permanere durante ipsa Liturgia Verbi?
b) ponere Missale in latere dextro vel in medio altaris
c) quodnam latus sinistrum vel dexterum altaris nuncupatur?

Resp.
a) Normae liturgicae vigentes, plane distinguunt ab altari locum verbi proclamandi (IGMR, 257-272). Si loca nondum aptata sunt iuxta instauratam Liturgiam — quod sine mora fieri debet — opus est saltem sedem pro celebrante et pluteum mobilem pro lectore disponere. Ubi ipse celebrans lector esse debeat, praesertim pro Evangelio, proclamet ex pluteo mobili. In casu perraro, quo ne scamnum quidem poni possit, presbyter potest ad altare consistere, Missali et Lectionario super altaris « legile » exstantibus.
b) Hoc « legile » manifeste collocari debet in loco aptiore ad celebrantis lectionem, verbi gratia in medio altaris. Usus collocandi « legile » in latere sinistro pervenit ab aetate qua calix ab initio Missae erat in medio altaris. Quod quidem nunc, post instaurationem liturgicam, minime obtingit, cum calix collocetur in abaco, extra altare.
c) Nuncupatur altaris latus sinistrum quod a sinistra, dextrum quod a dextra celebrantis est.

3. In the case where a priest celebrates with a small group assisting, without a seat designated for the celebrant and without a proper place to carry out the Liturgy of the word, can the priest:
a) remain at the altar during the Liturgy of the Word itself?
b) place the Missal on the right side or in the middle of the altar
c) which side of the altar is called the left or the right?

Resp.
a) The liturgical norms in force plainly distinguish the place for proclaiming the word from the altar (IGMR, 257-272). If places have not yet been rendered adequate as regards the reformed Liturgy — which should be done without delay — it is necessary to set up at least a seat for the celebrant and a movable lectern for the lector. Where the celebrant himself has to be the reader, especially for the Gospel, he should proclaim [the reading] from the movable lectern. In the case given in which not even a bench can be set up, the priest can remain at the altar with the Missal and the Lectionary on a « book stand » on the altar.
b) This « book stand » should manifestly be located in a place more suitable for the reading of the celebrant, for example, in the middle of the altar. The practice of setting the « book stand » on the left side of the altar has come to us from the age when the chalice was in the middle of the altar from the beginning of Mass. But now, after the restoration of the liturgy, this is hardly necessary, since the chalice is placed on the credence table away from the altar.
c) The side that is on the left of the celebrant is called the left side of the altar, the right that which is on his right.

Notitiae 14 (1978): 302, n. 3altar, ambo, lectionary, location, readingsPDF of Notitiae 14 (1978): 302

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This is a decree establishing and giving propers for the Feast of Christ the Eternal High Priest.

Notitiae 49 (2012): 335–368lectionary, liturgy of the hours, martyrology, mass, priest, properPDF of Notitiae 49 (2012): 335–368