http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/the_popes_a_historical_costume_nut_too_i_see.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/the_popes_a_historical_costume_nut_too_i_see.html#comment-19485 Rueful Red Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:14:25 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/the_popes_a_historical_costume_nut_too_i_see.html#comment-19485 <p>I used to attend Mass years ago at a place which had 17th century vestments made of cloth-of-gold (with an enormous emerald inset in the back) and music by Palestrina. Last time I was there it was white polyester with some liturgical animal motif - dove? donkey? polecat? - and "music" from guitars. Somehow it just didn't seem serious any more.</p> I used to attend Mass years ago at a place which had 17th century vestments made of cloth-of-gold (with an enormous emerald inset in the back) and music by Palestrina. Last time I was there it was white polyester with some liturgical animal motif - dove? donkey? polecat? - and “music” from guitars. Somehow it just didn’t seem serious any more.

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