Many thanks to regular commenter Zephyrinus (who was recently basking in reflected glory on the feast of St Callixtus) for reminding me to take a look at Christopher Johnson's Bad Vestments blog. As it is the weekend, you may have a little idle time to go back through some of the archives. The aims and objectives of the blog are described succinctly:
This site is dedicated to subjecting particularly awful Christian liturgical vestments to the ridicule they so richly deserve. Contributions are welcome and can be e-mailed to websterglobe at juno dot com.The comments boxes are quite fun. The above creation is a cope worn by a minister of religion: there was some discussion over whether he is Episcopalian or Lutheran. Beady-eyed readers spotted that the vestment is set off appropriately by the minister's grey trousers and brown shoes. Others related it to the Episcopalian "Eucharistic Prayer C" which includes the deeply moving lines:
At your command all things came to be:
the vast expanse of interstellar space,
galaxies, suns, the planets in their courses,
and this fragile earth, our island home.
12 comments:
Looks like a blasted wizard.
My goodness. After reading that excerpt from "Eucharistic Prayer C," our EPII isn't so bad.
Each to their own, liberals ridicule traditional vestments in the same way. Its theatricality aside, the main problem with the vestment is the lack of reference to Christ.
This is brilliant :) He looks like an extra from Dr Who.
Did he mug one of Cardinal Schonborn's liturgical puppets to obtain this outfit? If so, we can count it as a contribution to real ecumenism.
Never shop for vestments at Rick Wakeman's garage sale.
Are the shoes brown? They look black to me. That's probably the most charitable thing I can say about this ensemble.
Looks like something you could throw over a horses back!
That cope looks like something one might see in a Harry Potter film. Hilarious!
All I can say is: Do not adjust your screens.
Its theatricality aside, the main problem with the vestment is the lack of reference to Christ.
Indeed. And that is why the "to each his own" response is a lead zeppelin. The whole progressive project is designed to obscure Our Lord.
romish - awesome 'Yes' reference!
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