A Kilt Amongst Liturgists

**JonathanB** · 11th August 13, 01:51 PM

I wore my kilt as a sidesman today. This is a good thing as I don't have to sing lots of silly hymns. I like genuflecting in a kilt and feeling the encaustic tiles on my knees.

**JonathanB** · 11th August 13, 01:54 PM

Doesn't Wurzburg have a to-die-for Rococo bishop's palace and chapel with Tiepolo frescos, or am I muddling it up with somewhere else?

**HarveyH** · 11th August 13, 02:14 PM

And I promised a formal pic

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with thanks to Jessica Krämer for the Picture

**Father Bill** · 11th August 13, 02:29 PM

Well, I for one would be pleased to have a kilted sidesman... or liturgist!

**JonathanB** · 11th August 13, 02:32 PM

Like the understated but matching plaid.

I was being liturgical last Sunday in that I was doing to intercessions (prayers for people's needs). I thought it more tactful to wear light khaki slacks as I was upfront. Someone said "why aren't you wearing your kilt?" so I obliged today.

**HarveyH** · 11th August 13, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by JonathanB

Doesn't Wurzburg have a to-die-for Rococo bishop's palace

Baroque certainly - sadly I did not get to go on a visit, given the conference, but we did have dinner (all 250 of us) in the caves of the wine cellar which extend under the palace.

**JonathanB** · 12th August 13, 04:57 AM

I can tell Early English from Decorated at a glance, but I'm not sure I could tell the difference between baroque and rococo as confidently.

What I meant was the the bishop's chapel is the most elaborately decorated baroque interior I cam remember seeing - the palace with Tiepolo ceiling frescos is austere by comparison.

But nothing like as austere as the church in the background of your initial post. Which is why I was amused as Wurzburg to me means OTT baroque - even the bridge is decorated with curvy statues of saints.

**Grizzly** · 12th August 13, 05:15 AM

Originally Posted by HarveyH

And I promised a formal pic

with thanks to Jessica Krämer for the Picture

Looking exceedingly dapper Harvey. very nicely done sir.

**JonathanB** · 10th September 13, 03:19 AM

I've been at Walsingham for a weekend pilgrimage to the shrine and wore my kilt the whole time. The bishop shook my hand and said "Peace be with you" and looked down at my kilt and added "That's lovely".

I was asked to serve carrying a candle in one of the processions. I wore my kilt underneath the cassock, which was only possible leaving off my sporran.