Chasuble optional?

[childofmary1143]

In my diocese I have noticed that a number of Priests will not wear the chasuble even though they are the Main Celebrant. Is the chasuble something that the local Ordinary have the option of changing so that a Priest may not have to wear it?

 

[Fidei_Defensor]

IT IS ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED FOR THE MAIN CELEBRANT.

From the instuction Redemptionis Sacramentum, 2004, issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments:

[123.] “The vestment proper to the Priest celebrant at Mass, and in other sacred actions directly connected with Mass unless otherwise indicated, is the chasuble, worn over the alb and stole.”%between% Likewise the Priest, in putting on the chasuble according to the rubrics, is not to omit the stole. All Ordinaries should be vigilant in order that all usage to the contrary be eradicated.

 

[Br_Mark]

To give you a brief and short answer; there is a vestment that is known as a alb/chasuble; which would fit the requirments of RS.
On top of this vestment would of course be the stole.

Br Mark, OSB

 

[childofmary1143]

To give you a brief and short answer; there is a vestment that is known as a alb/chasuble; which would fit the requirments of RS.
On top of this vestment would of course be the stole.

Br Mark, OSB

Thank you Br. Mark. However what the Priest wears is a plain Alb and a stole. This “alb/chasuble” that you speak of, is there a image link that I can see. Does it look different from an ordinary alb?

 

[Karl_M]

Chasuble? Wow, they actually wear those somewhere?

When I read articles about kneelers in every church, the priest wearing the chasuble, washing his hands, putting water in the wine. Having an ordained person read from the Gospel, etc…

I just can’t believe that this actually happens.

Heaven help you if you ever come to my EDIT Diocese.

 

[mystified]

No it is not optional, as somebody has already pointed out. There are sometimes extraordinary (there’s that word, again!) circumstances. In very poor countries, priests are permitted to celebrate with alb and stole if the proper chasuble is not available. I think military chaplains may also forego the the chasuble in emergency situations.
Not to get off the subject, I like the more flowing chasubles better than the old stiff “fiddleback”, but do appreciate the old Mass sometimes. Another thread, another time.

 

[Psalm45_9]

I see this abuse happening all over where I live, but I only see it at daily Mass. Laziness if you ask me. Then again, I see many preists, when benediction is done at a later part of the day, not wear a cope. The cope is to be worn to all liturgical functions outside of Mass, the chasuable is solely the vestment of Mass. Another abuse, which I have seen only in one place, is the priest breaking the host prior to the words of institution…

 

[march19]

Hmmmmm…I was wondering about the whole chasuble issue myself, as my pastor wears only the cinctured in alb and stole for the Sunday masses during the summer, when it is really hot. Our church is pleasantly air-conditioned, so I have never been able to figure out the connection.

 

[Andreas_Hofer]

To give you a brief and short answer; there is a vestment that is known as a alb/chasuble; which would fit the requirments of RS.
On top of this vestment would of course be the stole.

Br Mark, OSB

I’ve seen some hooded albs that were pretty thick and seemed to be used in the manner you described, but can you cite any legislation that allows the alb and chasuble to be combined into one vestment?

 

[porthos11]

To give you a brief and short answer; there is a vestment that is known as a alb/chasuble; which would fit the requirments of RS.
On top of this vestment would of course be the stole.

I no place in RS that allows for this. The stole goes UNDER the chasuble (or the dalmatic, in the case of the deacon) for the main celebrant. If it’s really there, cite it please.

Only concelebrants can wear the stole over the alb without a chasuble.