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Interesting. I think our new pope’s cross indicates he will be acting and expanding on Leo XIII’s teachings on social justice (the real thing, not the fake, political one).
He seems to be using several. There was the gold reliquary cross he was wearing following his election, but hasn’t been seen since (maybe it’s reserved for liturgical use?), a silver crucifix seen a few times after- this one is interesting, I’ve seen very convincing comparisons to a Russian cross issued to clergy under Tsar Paul I as decoration for merit- and now, of course, this silver version of (what I assume was) the gold cross of Leo XIII.
Silver or gold, it’s definitely nice to see a return to some more ornate things. I’m curious if anything of note will resurface at the “inauguration” on Sunday.
That is awesome! The little knob on the bottom may or does indicate relics withing the cross. I read that Pope Leo XIV’s cross has St. Augustine and St. Monica and more relics.
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If I am properly informed, Augustinian canons are known for the reverent and dignified celebration of the Mass and Office. Perhaps one could say it’s part of their DNA. Is the same true for Augustinian friars? Pope Leo XIV seems to be expressing an unselfconscious dignity at liturgical and quasi-liturgical moments.
Prevost was not an Augustinian Canon. He was an Augustinian, a friar.
I am reminded today as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Thérèse that it was to Pope Leo XIII [ten encyclicals on the Holy Rosary!] whom she made her appeal to enter Carmel. Something that came to awareness the other day is that tomorrow, the day for our new Pope’s inaugural Mass, is the birthday of St. John Paul II.