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Offline GGMoreno

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On Birettas During Mass
« on: June 27, 2016, 08:44:38 PM »
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    • Just curious. Do priests have to wear birettas when saying mass? I have noticed on Society priest in particular who doesn't ever wear a biretta during mass. I am just wondering out loud.
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    On Birettas During Mass
    « Reply #1 on: June 27, 2016, 08:59:02 PM »
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    • Quote from: GGMoreno
    Just curious. Do priests have to wear birettas when saying mass? I have noticed on Society priest in particular who doesn't ever wear a biretta during mass. I am just wondering out loud.

    At my chapel the priests never wear a biretta.
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    On Birettas During Mass
    « Reply #2 on: July 13, 2016, 01:08:33 PM »
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    • I don't believe that there are any specific ruberics that define the necessity or lack there of for the wearing of a Birreta at Mass, but then again, I don't have my copy of Fortescue handy either.
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    On Birettas During Mass
    « Reply #3 on: July 13, 2016, 01:42:56 PM »
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    • Quote from: Bonum ad omnes
    I don't believe that there are any specific ruberics that define the necessity or lack there of for the wearing of a Birreta at Mass, but then again, I don't have my copy of Fortescue handy either.


    I always thought they wore it on the way to the altar before Mass and then when leaving the sanctuary but not during Mass.  Wouldn't that be impolite?  
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    On Birettas During Mass
    « Reply #4 on: July 13, 2016, 08:41:20 PM »
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    • According to the rubrics, priests are supposed to wear their biretta during certain portions of the Mass, such as when they enter or leave the sanctuary, when they are sitting off to the side, and when preaching the sermon. They do not wear the biretta when standing or kneeling (with the exception of preaching the gospel), it is also removed when the Holy Name is mentioned -- according to Fortescue and O'Connell, The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described, pp. 52-53, 279

    I believe the exception for preaching is because the sermon is not properly part of the Mass. Technically, the priest is supposed to remove not just the Maniple but also the Chasuble to preach the sermon (then put on his Biretta) although I have only seen this level of liturgical precision at St. Gertrude the Great Church in West Chester, and among indult orders.

    The S.S.P.X, however, follow the local custom in certain parts of France where the Biretta is not used at all. This is the reason for their lack of birettas as it has been explained to me. Many priests in North America seem to use the Biretta just for entering and leaving the sanctuary, although at least in Canada I have seen the Birettas disappear entirely whenever someone from Europe (such as Fr. Pfluger or Bp. Fellay) is in town.
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