Attended a wedding many years ago where the uncle of the groom was the celebrant and another uncle was the concelebrant. A bishop (friend of the family) was in attendance but did not concelebrate; as I recall, he wore his cassock and surplice and sat off to the side in the sanctuary.
Words fail me.
However, in that this has never stopped me before, I submit that the priest needs to take your cardigan guy aside, explain that this article of clothing is not consonant with the reverence due to Holy Mass and receiving communion, and that to wear it to church in the future will result in the ushers denying him entrance to the nave.
The same would apply to “Daisy Dukes”, a man wearing a Speedo, or something so outrageous that nobody — unless they are really out in left field — would maintain that someone attired thusly is “good to go” for Mass.
I am OK with bringing the dog — even though the dog is naked — as long as it doesn’t bark excessively or otherwise misbehave. If the dog is a service animal, there is no use even to discuss it.
Yes, that is called “sitting in choir.” When a non-bishop is the main celebrant to a mass in which a bishop is present, the bishop will typically sit in choir, wearing his amaranth (the reddish/purplish) colored cassock (or scarlet red if a Cardinal)phil19034:
Attended a wedding many years ago where the uncle of the groom was the celebrant and another uncle was the concelebrant. A bishop (friend of the family) was in attendance but did not concelebrate; as I recall, he wore his cassock and surplice and sat off to the side in the sanctuary.
why is this of concern to you?
LOL! at least you’re honest!
What’s a daisy duke?
Thankfully the dog doesn’t bark although the next time you pray for humility someone will sit next to you with a St. Bernard.
Ultra-short cutoff jeans and a skimpy halter top with bare midriff, made popular by the eponymous character in the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard. Prostitutes dress more demurely than that.
I think any dog, aside from a service animal, would be 86’ed from either of my parishes (regular Novus Ordo parish or TLM parish two hours away), but I’ll bear that in mind, the next time I pray as you describe.
And dogs do sometimes wear sweaters, though following Porky Pig’s example, that’s about all they wear. I don’t think modesty guidelines would apply to them
Service animals in training too, actually. I know our parish is a regular destination for dogs in training. There are occasional issues because they’re still in training, but not much. I gather it’s a good place to get the dogs used to lots of people and motion around them.
or at least not in my area
I am 100% in favor of that.
Although byzantine practice generally calls for a non-concelebrating priest to still enter the Holy Place for the Anaphora . . . I think they stick around for the Eucharist (but maybe they step back out and return).
)our priest blesses animals on St Francis’ feast day but not in a Mass. I plan to take my new pony to be blessed next year.I want to go to one of those masses where they bless animals but they don’t have them over here