BXVI BIRTHDAY AND ERMINE

Apparently the Pope has lacked Christian Charity by wearing fur on his Camuro and Mozetta. Its probably fake fur anyway. In any event I'm sure the rabbits or whoever gave up their skin would be happy to see it on the Pope's head and shoulders.


Ermine is cool! Popes have worn the emine trimmed mozetta and camuro for centuries, though Paul VI, JPI and JPII scrapped it.

Check out Benedict XIV.



If the Pope is an animal killer then what can we say about this Cathedral Canon from Germany?



I like Ermine too!

Only in the USA (we hope)

This guy has a hand in electing the Pope.



Compare that to this



I know which one God would choose

King's College Quire, Cambridge

This is an awesome quire (the old Anglican spelling of choir). I just stumbled upon a video of them singing my favorite processional, Parry's "I was Glad" which is based on Psalm 121(122).

The words are as follows:

"I was glad when they said unto me,'we will go into the house of the Lord.' (verse 1)
Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. (verse 2)
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is at unity in itself. (verse 3)
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee. (verse 6)
Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces." (verse 7)



Its originally a coronation anthem but would go really well in a wedding, as the text goes very well with the vocation of Fatherhood. Its also good for a Crusade.


This quire is very old, check out this video from the fifties.

HAPPY CANDLEMAS

I apologise to all my readers for not blogging much recently.

I have just started work at Refield College as a teacher and Campion Collge as Master of Students. Once I have sorted out everything I'll be back on the blog.



Until then check out The New Liturgical Movement for the very beautiful sequence for Candlemas day.