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Rose (liturgical color)

Annunciation diversions

March 25, 2009

The great Rose Vestment Controversy of Laetare 2009 has generated enough heat to make Al Gore even more nervous than he already was. You can read about it (in somewhat chronological order) from Sandra Ostapowich (and again), Pr. George Borghardt (and again), Pr. William Weedon, Pr. David Petersen, and Pr. Richard Heinz. Related, Pastor Weedon [...]

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Why you probably usually misunderstand me

March 24, 2009

I have come to realize that few things in life are actually important. The liturgy is important. Family is important. Beyond that, most everything is transitory and a joke. For years, I took myself and everything I said and did far too seriously. I regret that. So when I’m preaching or presiding at mass, I’m [...]

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Real priests live in charity (or, Real priests wear rose, redux)

March 24, 2009

Apparently, there was a heated discussion in the Lutheran blogosphere yesterday about rose vestments and probably deeper related issues. I’ve tried to find it, but only found oblique references here and here. In a conversation I had with a few people on Twitter last night, it obviously has left in its wake confusion and hurt [...]

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