[kosta50]

I hope you dind't take it the wrong way. It was simply an "oh, by the way comment" because in the west it is not often spoken of. What's more important is that you made the effort to share this with us, and for that I thank you.

You are not the only voice. There are clergy and laity who share your sentiment. Chief amongst you is none other than +Benedict XVI.

[bornacatholic]

Don't worry. I didn't take it the wrong way. Maybe I'll see one of you there next year. I think it'd be fun to go there and soak-up some of the atmosphere and, hopefully, get to see and hear your great Patriarch. I'm not that far away.

I gotta say I LOVE his public personna, words, bearing,vestments ect. Such contra mundum clothing, bearing, actions, speech and behavior reminds all that some are chosen by God and ordained to serve Him and in serving Him, serving us. It is really a wonderful thing to behold such dignified dress, bearing, and demeanor- especially in egalitarian American.

Our Tradition teaches Vestments were created to remind all of the world that the Priest/Patriarch/Pope (especially during service at the Altar), "in a sense leaves the earth and enters another world, the shimmer of which is mirrored in his vesture"

When I was young, a LONG time ago, I was used to seeing Clerics in the Roman Collar and Bishops wonderously attired appearing in public.

I pray the great example of your Patriarch will remind our Prelates that such vestments serve as a witness to Christ amongst the World and if there is one thing we Latins must recapture, it is a sense of dignity, decorum, bearing, humility and honor, all of which are virtues personified by your Patriarch.