>>11326582The whole point of Ad Orientem (To the East) and the Extraordinary Form is that the spirit of worship should not be about the faithful. It should be focused on God and all worship should be directed to his majesty.
>ST. ROBERT BELLARMINE : “When our Lord died on the Cross, he was looking towards the west. So we pray facing east, as if to look at the face of the Crucified. And since he ascends above the heaven of heavens to the east, we, so to speak, accompany him as he ascends by our prayers and petitions. And finally, it is believed that he will come from the east in judgement: For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” 