With nonchalance we were all there, but it was an enviable privilege and we all do feel blessed.
Here I am with my roommate just before the arrival of His Eminence. Who would have thought that the Holy Ghost would take two guys - us - from the Midwest and bring us to Rome to serve as Christ's page at the altar for a Solemn Pontifical High Mass sung in the Tridentine rite?! This is lay involvement in the liturgical context...
Awww...two of my favorite boys all dressed up! So very sweet! Miss you both very much...
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Hello there, can i ask why you are both wearing clerical collars, are you both priests or seminarians? Regards, Andrew
ReplyDeleteBella, nice to hear from you! Der Scratch-Monkey says to visit us soon so welcome!
ReplyDeleteYes, we are laymen. In Catholic countries, on the Italian peninsula and in the Diocese of Rome there are different liturgical perogatives (=customs and the like, many with the force of law). This is the custom here as in other pockets of the world (albeit never in our Calvinist America...).