[Magdalen] Solemn Palm Sunday?

[Scott Knitter]

I found this explanation:

In the Gregorian (EF) Rite, in a Solemn Mass with Deacon and Sub-Deacon,
the Deacon chants the Gospel on the "cantoris" or north (liturgical north
if not true north) side of the sanctuary and faces north, the symbolic
direction of where the light of the gospel has not yet penetrated,
therefore facing those still in darkness.

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 3:53 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> I guess because it's Gospel, and that is always read/sung facing the north.
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> David S.
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> In a message dated 3/26/2018 4:44:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> eleanor.braun at gmail.com writes:
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> Thanks for that, David, but my "why" really had more to do with facing
> liturgical north!
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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA