I don’t wear rings or bracelets at Mass or elsewhere. But when I have a wristwatch on, I don’t take it off for Mass.
I am not sure about this, but prior to the Bugnini Missal, priests removed their watches for the celebration of Mass. Was it codified to do so or just a custom?
On Friday, I arrived at Saint Gregory the Great Church in Bluffton, SC at about 11:15 for their 11:30 AM Confessions and 12:15 PM Mass.
A funeral was in progress and at the end. When I went into the sacristy, I saw that the parish’s newly ordained Parochial Vicar had left his apple wristwatch there. He did not wear it for Mass. And I am not wearing his Apple Watch now.
But, should priests remove wristwatches, bracelets, rings, nose piercings, earrings and the like to celebrate Mass?
Of course, bishops should wear their episcopal ring. That’s required.
I do wear cuff links!
2 comments:
Cufflinks, watches seem okay but hand jewelry on non-prelates are unseemly -- what good old Pope Francis would have called "faggy,"
I forgot, I do wear cuff links on my long sleeves black clerical shirts.
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