Chrism Mass at Coventry Cathedral

Was serving at the Chrism Mass at Coventry Cathedral this morining. It went fairly reasonably.

It is the first time I have done it for a number of years and unfortunatly there have been some retograde changes. It used to be done at the High Altar, but they use a "coffee table" (nave altar) instead.

The clergy all used to wear Alb (or at least a surplice) and stole but now they just wear street clothes - and some of them did not wear their dog collars.