Very nice, but if the deacon had learnt the basic but important technique of kicking the skirt of his (cassock, I trust, and) alb over his right shoe as he knelt, it would have been a perfect POD moment.
2. I'm not sure. It seems to me that the color should also be white or gold rather than green. Of course, in our communion these things are a matter of custom rather than law.
The deacon was me, and if you had to move up and down at the top of a precipitous flight of steps such as those, you would take the same measures to avoid keeling over, I'm sure! We were wearing green because it was a Sunday after Trinity, and we had the procession because it was the nearest Sunday to Corpus Christi.
That's "Pious and Overly Devotional," for the uninitiated.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, but if the deacon had learnt the basic but important technique of kicking the skirt of his (cassock, I trust, and) alb over his right shoe as he knelt, it would have been a perfect POD moment.
ReplyDeleteIs that Deacon Lyle Lovitt???
ReplyDeleteTwo questions:
ReplyDelete1. That's an Anglican parish, right?
2. Why is the priest wearing a chasuble for a Eucharistic Procession?
Adam,
ReplyDelete1. Yes, an Anglican parish (Church of England.
2. I'm not sure. It seems to me that the color should also be white or gold rather than green. Of course, in our communion these things are a matter of custom rather than law.
Perhaps it was a wardrobe malfunction.
ReplyDeleteThe deacon was me, and if you had to move up and down at the top of a precipitous flight of steps such as those, you would take the same measures to avoid keeling over, I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteWe were wearing green because it was a Sunday after Trinity, and we had the procession because it was the nearest Sunday to Corpus Christi.