Saturday, February 2, 2008
From Rev. Henry McCloud’s Clerical Dress and Insignia of the Roman Catholic Church, pages sixty-six through seventy-two: How the Biretta is worn and removed
The biretta is worn squarely upon the head, neither tilted over the right or left ear. The peakless side is worn over the left ear. The biretta may be worn only when sitting, or [...]
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
To answer the second part of my friend’s question, I, again, looked to Redemptionis Sacramentum. No 154 explains that the priest and deacon are the proper ministers of Holy Communion.
As has already been recalled, “the only minister who can confect the Sacrament of the Eucharist in persona Christi is a validly ordained Priest”. Hence the [...]
(If you’re in a rush, jump down to the “In brief” section)
To answer my friend’s question, I went first to Redemptionis Sacramentum. There we find expansion for the use of Communion under both species in No 100,
So that the fullness of the sign may be made more clearly evident to the faithful in the course [...]