Vestments for a consistory

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22 November 2007

Vestments for a consistory

CATEGORY: SESSIUNCULUM — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf @ 12:27 pm

According to a a communique of the Office of Pontifical ceremonies, on Petrus:

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI may use for the Saturday consistory a miter of Pius IX, with images of the Blessed Virgin and the Lord, a cope of guilded silk with a stole coming from perhaps the 16th century, with images of Sts. Peter and Paul. 

On the feast of Christ the King, he will use a miter for for him and a chasuble used by John Paul II for his last consistory but made for Paul VI. The chasuble made with part of an old cope with an image of Christ the King with the three-tiered tiara, sceptre and orb.

Is seems as if theological statements are being made in the symbols of vestments.

It might be worth tuning in to see this.

 

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It might be worth tuning in to see this.

AFAIK, the Christ the King Mass will be first with the new Marini serving as Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations. I plan to rise at 4am tomorrow, brew a pot of coffee and watch the Consistory, telecast live on EWTN beginning at 4:30 EST.

[Salvation]

Thanks for the ping. Marking this for later reading.

[ELS]

Actually, the first Mass with Msgr. Marini as MC of Papal Liturgies was on November 5 in St. Peter's Basilica. [Unfortunately, the Fotografia Felici site seems to be down, so the main photo is not showing up right now.]

[ELS]

There is a more updated, detailed post at the NLM blog - The New Marini Watch.

An update on this story from our source:

Further news on this front (see Petrus again) clarifies the vestment matter a bit more:

[Petrus] Editorial - Back the solemnity of the glorious tradition of the Church

Gianluca Barile

VATICAN CITY - Next Sunday, which closes the liturgical year, we celebrate the feast of Christ the King, by which the Church honors Jesus Christ as universal Sovereign of souls, families, nations, asking God that all people be united in the Lord.

In the Vatican fervent preparations for the consistory at which Benedict XVI will honor 23 new cardinals, giving them the red biretta. At the Mass that accompanies this ceremony, the Holy Father wear a Mitre of Blessed Pius IX, upon which are embroidered images of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception and Savior: it was given to the last Sovereign-Pope on the occasion of the proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception. The chasuble of the Pope, already worn by John Paul II but created during the pontificate of Paul VI, uses the stolone of an ancient cope which portrays Christ the King in accordance with traditional iconography: the triple crown [tiara], the scepter in his right hand and sphera mundi in his left hand. It is significant that after decades of daring innovations the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff has chosen to use a Mitre and parament of particular beauty; both a sign of doctrinal continuity and liturgical tradition... And if we are now accustomed to hearing recalled with authority from the Holy Father the same doctrine of the Church, we can only derive satisfaction at finally seeing that doctrine also reflected in the beauty of vestments.

The new liturgical Master of Ceremonies, Monsignor Guido Marini, shows he knows how to translate into clear and visible signs the mind of Benedict XVI...

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