Tuesday, January 3, 2012
MY KRYSTAL BALL SAYS TO REVISE MY LAST THREE PREDICTIONS FOR 2012!
3. The Krystal Cathedral will be consecrated under the name of The Katholic Krystal Kathedral of Our Lady of Waterford Krystal on 12/21/12 and using the Extraordinary Form of the Mass to do it:
2. Pope Benedict will mandate the use of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass only throughout the Eastern and Western Rites of the Church to make the Mass truly universal and Traditional and he will concelebrate the EF Mass with con-celebrants mandating that only Roman Chasubles be used henceforth and the first EF Mass by the Holy Father will be on 12/21/12:
1. The end of the world will occur on 12/21/12, my birthday:
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I would love to see the chasubles in current use in my parish retired, permanently. So shabby looking.
Am I correct, Fr. McDonald, in inferring from #1 and #2 your belief that, if and when the Holy Father mandates the EF, that will presage the end of the world?
Yes, Henry, especially if the EF form of consecrating a Church takes place at the Krystal Kathedral!
Fr, you left out the meteor strike: No more meteors until they get a shower.
rcg
I'm glad to see the Pope bringing the Roman ("fiddleback") chasuble back out for use in the context of the OF. I've heard some say in the past that they have not been used in recent years because they are "so identified with the old Latin Mass." Of course traditional semi-Gothic chasubles (such as the green one you wear in the picture) were also used as much or more in pre-Conciliar days as was the Roman style. At any rate, the fiddleback (if not too heavy) certainly makes a lot of sense in hotter climates such as in our part of the world!
I've always seen the Roman style as just an alternate style of chasuble for either form of the Mass (EF or OF) just as in secular lay dress the bow tie is an alternative style of tie to the long, four-in-hand tie.
I guess, just as with bow ties (real ones which must be tied by the wearer, that is) fiddleback chasubles require a certain type of person who is very comfortable with himself and his desire to wear them outweighs any concern he might have about what others might think! Anyway, I wish more priests would consider purchasing them as a part of the vestment wardrobe in parishes.
Fr. Zuhldorf just added a post showing that that the Belgian vestment manufacturer, Slabbinck, has now added Roman-style (fiddleback)vestment sets to their catalogue. He says it is a sign of the times. . .
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