While the sacrament is not likely invalidated, maybe take all that off till after mass. As Fr. Fox noted there aren't any rules, I would never expect a priest to take off a medic-alert bracelet, for example.
It was a generally accepted principle that it was unseemly for a priest to sport an 'adornment'. So a full beard was all right, but a moustache was not - it was an adornment with military connotations.
Seeing moustachioed US priests is something of a shock, somewhat akin to seeing US naval officers similarly adorned; in the RN it's a 'full set' or nothing.
As for jewellery, a jewelled pectoral cross is OK, but if a bishop is (correctly) vested for Mass this would not be on show.
4 comments:
I think not, but there's no rule.
No wrist watches when vested.
While the sacrament is not likely invalidated, maybe take all that off till after mass. As Fr. Fox noted there aren't any rules, I would never expect a priest to take off a medic-alert bracelet, for example.
It was a generally accepted principle that it was unseemly for a priest to sport an 'adornment'. So a full beard was all right, but a moustache was not - it was an adornment with military connotations.
Seeing moustachioed US priests is something of a shock, somewhat akin to seeing US naval officers similarly adorned; in the RN it's a 'full set' or nothing.
As for jewellery, a jewelled pectoral cross is OK, but if a bishop is (correctly) vested for Mass this would not be on show.
Post a Comment