Liturgical Oddities

An average Catholic would find these things unusual when they see them at their Sunday Mass.

Which of the two would raise your eyebrows?

My "Deal-or-No-Deal parish priest would raise an eyebrow and throw a tantrum fit the whole week if he sees the cappa magna.  He was ranting for a whole day seeing a biretta!  Imagine the cape!

But what among these two photos would help you get the "sense of the sacred" or even lift your spirits towards the Omniscient God?

Read this excellent post of Fr. Allan Macdonald of Southern Orders.  Stop and reflect.

Thanks to Fr. Allan too for the photos.