It is Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII wearing a cappa magna! Oh well, that’s okay, he was pope a long time ago, before – oh wait there’s this:

“But but but… but… but rigidity!!!”

We should learn AND learn FROM our patrimony AND use it. All of it. Correctly.

We don’t throw away sacred things. We shouldn’t just forget or stop using sacred actions or rituals or their appurtenances just because some think it’s silly or take pharisaical scandal. It is part of how we know who we are, where we are from, and even maybe where we are going, if we are willing to learn…