{"id":4351,"date":"2010-04-29T11:15:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T11:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/04\/post-1.html"},"modified":"2010-04-29T11:15:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T11:15:42","slug":"post-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/04\/post-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Ladies and gentlemen: the cappa magna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s something you certainly don’t see every day, from the Pontifical High Mass celebrated last weekend in Washington. <\/p>\n

 
Not everyone loved it. One commenter at U.S. Catholic magazine<\/a> called it “a ridiculous mountain of red silk,” and added: <\/p>\n

It’s one thing to seek the mystery presumably embodied in ancient forms, but I hardly see how frippery of this magnitude glorifies God, who has no need of such things. In fact, when sackcloth should be the defining couture, silk is a stumbling block and an obstacle to the proclamation of the gospel. If anything, the sex abuse crisis is a call to a renewed humility.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Personally, I’m not a fan, though I can understand why people might disagree.  I suppose it’s a matter of taste.  For me, the cappa’s not my cuppa.   <\/bt><\/div>\n

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But check it out for yourself below.<\/p>\n

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