The Cæreamoniale Romanum website picked up and shared a noteworthy ( in these troubled times) feature of the Pope’s liturgical vesture at the canonisation Mass in St Peter’s Square yesterday.
The white dalmatic was worn under a gold chasuble worthy of Pipe Benedict XVI himself.
There are a couple of views at Post from Caeremoniale Romanum
Some Traditionalist might well see that as not sufficiently significant - as in this post from Return to Tradition which can be seen at Vigano Exposes What Everyone Is Missing About Pope Leo And The Traditional Mass
Liturgical styles and, indeed, fashion may be of little import beyond the eye of the beholder, or the wearer, but nevertheless it can, should, be indicative of the attitude of the celebrant to what he is there to do at the altar, and what is his intention.
We know that one swallow does not make a summer, but after the hard bleak winter we have endured from 2013 to this year any swallow at all is welcome. By the calendar it may indeed be autumn but spiritually do I sense a hint of spring in the air?
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