It seems to me that one rarely sees a priest who happens to be a woman happen to wear a maniple.
Actually, one doesn’t see many people wear the maniple these days, for reasons that I’ve never quite understood.
Why, when one does see such a thing, does it seem invariably to be sported on the left forearm of a priest who happens to be a man?
Your thoughts please.
Rita kitten didn’t like the bagpipes, I’m afraid, and burnt her tail on a candle trying to find them to see them off.
Brrrrrrilliant!!!! And what a lot of people – I started to suspect they were doing laps!!
(so much less cleaning afterwards than with a donkey!)
Excellent! And, a good diversity of people.
God Bless
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