Q: I have two questions to ask you. Sometimes, we place fabric around the tabernacle space or around flower arrangements, does that fabric have to be exactly the same shade as the priest vestments?
We have several Norfolk Pine Tree Plants, would it be better to use those than fake Christmas Trees for the Christmas Season?
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A: No decorative fabric needs to match the color of the priest’s vestments. Sometimes it does; often it does not.
I always prefer real trees to fake ones. Also, GIRM 292 says this: “The ornamentation of a church should contribute toward its noble simplicity rather than to ostentation. Moreover, in the choice of elements attention should be paid to authenticity and there should be the intention of fostering the instruction of the faithful and the dignity of the entire sacred place.”
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