THIS IS A MARVELOUS DEPICTION IN ART OF THE MODERN MASS AND CAPTURES THE TRADITION OF THE MASS IN A MARVELOUS WAY!

 But, is that a dog in front of the altar or a floral decoration, which should never be placed in front of the altar or anything else at all!

As a complete aside, as I prepare this post, I am watching TCM’s Noir Alley and they are showing the 1950 obscure film noir “Southside 1-1000”. A fascinating scene just occurred. The prison-chaplain had just celebrated the prison Mass and was in the sacristy getting ready to leave. 

The inmate-sacristan assisting the priest tells the priest that the priest made a mistake in preaching his sermon. The inmate points out that Saint Paul doesn’t say that “money is the root of all evil” which the priest had preached, but rather Saint Paul wrote that “the LOVE OF MONEY is the root of all evil!”

That’s a kind of synodality in a 1950’s pre-Vatican II movie. And the priest-chaplain graciously accepts the correction of the prison inmate-sacristan!