Before and after saying private prayer before and after Mass including ... The priest employs the orans posture in order to direct the congregation’s focus on Christ, thus it is inappropriate ...

or in the orans position, during the Lord’s Prayer. Prior to the Diocese of Dumeguete’s degree, the Archdiocese of San Fernando released a circular on February 7 about proper gestures during ...

“That the faithful should not do the ‘orans’ position during the Lord’s Prayer is not historically founded; it is not legislated in any rubric or norm in the liturgical books,” the ...

“For many of the faithful, it is in raising their hands in an orans posture that they can express the filial love and reverence contained in the prayer. Nothing in the Scriptures nor in the ...