The color of the chasuble a priest wears often denotes a special happening in the church calendar. From LearnThat.org.
Very prominent on the chasuble is the massive tau, with adjoining panels supporting the neckline. From Wordnik.com. [RORATE CÆLI] Reference
In fact, there is thought that the chasuble is actually derived from what was originally a common form of Roman civil dress. From Wordnik.com. [Use, History and Development of the "Planeta Plicata" or Folded Chasuble] Reference
His chasuble was a full and heavy mantle in which red and white could be seen in transparency, and gleaming with jewels. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-04] Reference
The chasuble is the circular garment worn for celebrating the Eucharist, or Mass.). From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
And a chasuble is a neccessity, as is the lavabo. From Wordnik.com. [Stand Firm] Reference
On a certain thirteenth century chasuble are the words. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
A Venetian chasuble, stole, maniple, and chalice veil 200 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
In the treasury are the chasuble and mitre of St. François de Sales. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
(Right: A conical chasuble in use in the late 1940's in Bruges, Belgium). From Wordnik.com. [Vestments in a Style of the Monastic Element of the 20th Century Liturgical Movement] Reference
Consolo appeared, resplendent in a violet chasuble, with gold embroidery. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian] Reference
With mere moments to go I helped vest the bishop in a still-warm chasuble. From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
After the Mass, the celebrant removes his chasuble, and dons a white cope. From Wordnik.com. [Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 3 - The Mass of Holy Thursday and the Mandatum] Reference
She touched him, feeling the smooth cloth of his dark coat like a chasuble. From Wordnik.com. [Tender is the Night] Reference
Scarcely a fold of his robe and chasuble or plume of his headdress stirred. From Wordnik.com. [Genesis]
The Holy Father is wearing a Roman chasuble - the same as for the Epiphany. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus Christi 2009 in Rome] Reference
Over all he places the chasuble, or large vestment with the cross on the back. From Wordnik.com. [Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine] Reference
Thomas Gray says the mantle was made into a chasuble, and was preserved at Glastonbury. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series] Reference
On this he put a vestment not unlike a chasuble, which was also made of white twisted silk. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary] Reference
One of my professors was adamant that I get the chasuble to the chapel for the bishop to wear. From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
Glastonbury Thorn, and the splendid (so-called) Westminster chasuble is preserved in the chapel. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
The Pope is wearing yesterday's mitre and a new chasuble belonging to the set of yesterday's cope. From Wordnik.com. [Papal Mass for Ss. Peter and Paul] Reference
The chasuble hangs in curious, close, U-like folds and the crosier staff passes diagonally across the body. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
In a laceless white alb and a black chasuble free of any ornamentation, Father Ralph said the Requiem Mass. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Instead, black cope, black dalmatics, violet chasuble and violet dalmatics are used at the specified times. From Wordnik.com. [Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 4.2 - Good Friday, The Adoration of the Cross and the Rite of the Presanctified] Reference
And I have found a record of an embroidered chasuble made for the king by "Mabilia" of St. Edmund's in 1242. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
In a glass case beside the tomb are these chasuble, mitre and staff, which tradition attributes to St. Otto. From Wordnik.com. [Catholic Bamberg: St. Michael's Abbey] Reference
While surfing eBay I found a Marian stole and chasuble, light blue-silver with a picture of Mary on the back. From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
The alabaster figure has been terribly defaced, but the chasuble and the mitre can be seen, and the broken staff. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference
On Sunday, we wear clericals under an alb, stole and chasuble, and sweat like a horse even in the dead of winter. From Wordnik.com. [AKMA’s Random Thoughts] Reference
The celebrant takes off the chasuble and puts on a red silk cope, standing before the altar to the end of the litany. From Wordnik.com. [The Triduum According to the Sarum Use] Reference
The young priest took off his linen vestment, his stole, and his chasuble, and with flushed face flung them in the flame. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
It's nice because it doesn't scream, as some stoles do, "The chasuble is lost or tattered, so I'm just wearing the stole!". From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
St. Bart's gave me a green one when I finished my internship there, and one came with the Marian chasuble I bought on eBay. From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
The chasuble upon which this orphrey is placed is made of a lovely brocaded silk decorated with falcons, peahens, and roses. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
The chasuble Fr Regan is wearing is a rather special one from the parish's medieval collection which I mentioned once before. From Wordnik.com. [15th Century Chasuble In Use] Reference
(For our vestment enthusiasts, a detail of the coat of arms on, what is presumably, a chasuble particular to the family chapel). From Wordnik.com. [Inside the Chapel of a Roman Noble: Palazzo Massimo] Reference
The other images show the Cardinal during Mass, for which he wore a rather beautiful Roman chasuble and the pontifical dalmatic. From Wordnik.com. [New Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina Taking Possession] Reference
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