"Tie one on" for the New Year

F. John Zuhlsdorf writes (WDTPRS, December 31, 2009):

"I love it when a priest is determined to tie one on to celebrate the New Year! In public too!

[In case the accompanying image does not show, it reveals an image of a priest in traditional vestments fastening a maniple to his forearm.]












Related:

"The maniple ... was never abrogated" (Rorate Caeli, December 19, 2009), on Zenit article (December 18, 2009) by Father Mauro Gagliardi, a consultor of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, on the continuing significance of the vesting prayers of the celebrant before the liturgy.