The eight-pointed star (not five) makes reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the nard flower no longer looks like a bunch of grapes...now if only someone would correct the tiara. ...
Oops! Now the pallium seems to have been lost!
Come on! Wake up, chaps!
Music for the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
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On the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, the Magnificat antiphon at
Second Vespers is borrowed from the Byzantine Rite, in which it is sung as
the ...
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I am not sure why but I feel heartened by the points you have raised Patricius. I was queasy about the 5 pointed star, and the bunch of grapes - both looked too much like a pub sign. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Richard. It looks as if there may be someone there attempting- with some success in this instance- to put His Holiness straight.
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