At a funeral Mass in a Dublin church today it seemed there was no connect whatsoever between the bereaved and the priest.
It was difficult to hear the words of the officiating priest, who was wearing a maniple. He instructed those present where to go to receive Communion.
The aloofness of it all.
And the see-through lace alb. Is it all a monstrous game?
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What's a maniple? Is that any relationship tomthe silk handkerchiefs that gentlemen wore damgling from their wrists?
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