Tu scendi dalle stelle!
Today, our personal favorite in the Vatican (and great friend of Rome students), Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke sang Pontifical Mass at the Church of St. Mary of Nazareth on Rome's Via di Boccea, just west of the Vatican, at Casalotti (http://www.smnazareth.com/).
This parish, staffed by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, is located in the historical Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto - Santa Rufina.
Many thanks to His Eminence for his leadership and constant generosity, to the Franciscans of the Immaculate for hosting the Mass and for doing such fine work at this parish as well as to His Excellency Gino Reali, Bishop of Porto - Santa Rufina, who came from La Storta to be present.
Extraordinary form of the Roman rite? Wonderful. I know the former parish parish of that parish very well. He is not back in the Philippines.
ReplyDeleteWhat eactly is glorious about the Cappa Manga?
And as usual, the Mass was poorly promoted. Better P.R. is needed for these high profile pontifical Masses, too many of us miss out.
ReplyDeleteAnd maybe the pontifical sandals are coming back as well?
ReplyDeleteSee picture no. 2.
I like these pontifcal shoes very much. They are made of silk and availabe in different colors.
W-O-W!
ReplyDeleteMore bishops would be more than happy to wear this but fear what the pope calls in his recent book, Light of the World, "over-interpretation."
ReplyDeleteIt is only fitting; cardinals are princes of the Church.
ReplyDeleteI knew if anybody would pull this off (bringing the cappa back to Rome) it would be Cardinal Burke! Awesome!
ReplyDeletethis is true humility in practice.
ReplyDeleteWere there gloves to go with those booties too?
ReplyDeleteWow-I love this!
ReplyDeleteJohn, you are soooo lucky to be living in Rome!
Long live Cardinal Burke! [isn't it cool to finally call him that?]
Barb in NY
Looks like you were busted!
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