St. Stephen Catholic Church, Sacramento, CA, side chapel with crib and our only side altar with altar cards on top. The boys set up the three cards on the main altar before Mass begins. The cards contain prayers with beautifully decorated script and artwork, but their only purpose is as a memory aid for the priest saying the prayers during Mass. The crib is empty before a candlelight Midnight Mass. The baby Jesus is carried in by an altar boy. In a Latin Mass (three priests for a High Mass, such as Midnight), the priest and congregants all face the same direction, and the priest is like a general leading the troops. However, seldom does he say “I”. He must increase; I must decrease.
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Laura
12/25/2023 11:39:31 am
Bob, thank you for these pictures. What a newbie I am, I didn’t even realize there was a side altar.
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Josef Ketzer
12/27/2023 03:11:30 am
A very beautiful Nativity, and the side chapel, where it's placed has a pleasant intimacy and a good spiritual atmosphere...
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