tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post4570764868649741435..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Splendour that is BenedictFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-10404882326733223092007-11-24T23:23:00.000+00:002007-11-24T23:23:00.000+00:00I watched this on EWTN and couldn't believe how di...I watched this on EWTN and couldn't believe how different this consistory was to previous ones. The cope, Pius IX's Immaculate Conception mitre, deacons of honour, all made the event very special - a celebration - and not the dull stuff that has come form Rome these past few years. Even the Papal Altar looked like an altar, rather than a block of white marble with six dinner plates bearing nasty cheap candles.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272728729243811310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-85004294160090091492007-11-24T19:36:00.000+00:002007-11-24T19:36:00.000+00:00Your Emminence?Your Emminence?Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-5494528285266898062007-11-24T19:31:00.000+00:002007-11-24T19:31:00.000+00:00It was truly wonderful! Take it from one who was ...It was truly wonderful! Take it from one who was there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-69528839829017827902007-11-24T17:54:00.000+00:002007-11-24T17:54:00.000+00:00He sure is!He sure is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-28281222735416049882007-11-24T17:17:00.000+00:002007-11-24T17:17:00.000+00:00I am glad that the Pope is wearing not only that w...I am glad that the Pope is wearing not only that wonderful mitre, the embroidered cope, but a what looks lie rather extravagant lace.<BR/>So much better than buying "new" when "old" is obviously better.<BR/><BR/>I would just like to put in plug here for T Flag, Traditional Feminine Liturgical Arts GroupAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-33423654475731254832007-11-24T15:43:00.000+00:002007-11-24T15:43:00.000+00:00They seem also to have provided a traditional papa...They seem also to have provided a traditional papal throne for Pope Benedict.<BR/><BR/>If this is the Ratzinger - Guido Marini effect, then it is obviously A Good Thing.Dr. Peter H. Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955402188119575105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-84843990888337445222007-11-24T14:43:00.000+00:002007-11-24T14:43:00.000+00:00"Isn't Benedict wonderful?"He most certainly is. T..."Isn't Benedict wonderful?"<BR/><BR/>He most certainly is. That miter is fantastic. Back to sanity at last. Deo gratiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-36433060349931804922007-11-24T13:12:00.000+00:002007-11-24T13:12:00.000+00:00Good to see a decnt mitre!Good to see a decnt mitre!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com