The choir and music are spectacular!
The chasuable that the pope wears isn’t! It is too big and stiff for the pope and uncomfortable looking and ugly. But many would say that about La Familia Sagrada—not me, I think it is spectacular, but whimsical, almost or completely Wizard of Ozzy!
Someone was not on top of making sure that the charcoal for the incense at the the beginning of Mass was hot. The Holy Father put the incense into the thurible and guess what? NOTHING, NO SMOKE, NO NOTHING—I hate when that happens!
As beautiful and the Mass was, please be sure to watch what happens after Mass outside with Pope Leo blesses the new Jesus spire and cross. Please note the spectacular and sparkly papal stole. It must be a gift and it is truly stunning.
But after the brief blessing of the completed spire and Jesus Cross, what the grand finale. It is truly stunning, the music unbelievable the organ and lights in the the Church and seen from the outside is theatrical! Then the fireworks at the end and the drone image of Gaudi looking down on his work—it will bring tears to your eyes!
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I was privileged to have visited this Church in 2020 right before the pandemic - it is a magical place. Although the Mass was beautiful and solemn and the music excellent, the service would have been foreign to Gaudi, a deeply religious, devout Catholic. It was disappointing that the Roman Canon was not said in Latin. He would have recognized that. Otherwise, by today's standards, it was wonderful and Pope Leo displayed his usual excellent ars celebrandi.
In contrast, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass at the Sagra Familia in Latin and Mozart's Alleluia was sung.
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