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Credo Catholic
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Posted: Sat Sep 8th, 2007 02:10 pm |
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| I'm just getting used to the colors of the liturgical year. Vestments of green, white, purple and red, sometimes gold. Now today in Austria, Pope Benedict XVI wore blue and yellow. At times, from the distance of the camera, it looked like tie-dying. I'm not questioning the correctness or taste of the Pope, but this is a new twist in what I've seen so far!
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Sat Sep 8th, 2007 03:17 pm |
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Today being the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, this color combination makes sense. The yellow would actually be gold, representing heavenly glory. Blue is the traditional color of Mary’s vestments (see your own avatar, which shows her with a blue sash).
While blue is not an official liturgical color, the pope has the authority to designate and use it as he sees fit. My suspicion is that he would have preferred an official color, but because this vestment was specially made for him to wear on the occasion of his visit to Austria, he consented to use it. Pope John Paul II often did the same thing.
David
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Credo Catholic
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Posted: Sat Sep 8th, 2007 04:38 pm |
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| I have come to trust that there is a reason for everything in the catholic church, always, in everything. I did think that might be the reason for the blue, because of the celebration of the birthday of Mary. And it was a colorful mass in spite of the rainy weather! Thanks David
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CajunRick
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Posted: Sat Sep 8th, 2007 10:33 pm |
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Credo Catholic wrote: I'm just getting used to the colors of the liturgical year.
Liturgical colors vary depending on the requests of individual bishops' conferences and are based on local culture as well as traditional Church teachings. For example, equatorial countries tend to use lighter colors, while Oriental cultures use white as the traditional color of mourning rather than joy. We use purple as the color of penance because it is the color of the robe given to Jesus to wear with his crown of thorns, but purple was traditionally the color of royalty because it was so expensive to produce.
So look to the meanings of the colors rather than the colors themselves, and understand that the colors are of secondary importance and may change. In addition, gold is acceptable at any time at major celebrations, and may contain highlights of other colors.
And finally, vestments of any color may contain decorative elements, trims, designs, insignia, etc., of other colors. Our parish has a wedding set of white vestments trimmed in blue with interlocking rings of silver, and a matching cover for the double predieu (kneeler) The blue trim matches the decor of the church, which is located in Bayou Blue, Louisiana.
Our fire trucks are blue, too!
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