Color of vestments for the Feast of Immaculate Conception

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What color vestments are the norm for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception? Our priest had a lavender stole over a long whitish garment…not sure if it was an alb or a chasuble, but I think the former. (It was plain and quite long.)
 
For the feast day, white; sounds like he is trying to celebrate the feast and keep some reminder of Advent. Mixing his metaphores, so to speak.
 
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Confiteor:
What color vestments are the norm for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception? Our priest had a lavender stole over a long whitish garment…not sure if it was an alb or a chasuble, but I think the former. (It was plain and quite long.)
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Feasts of the Virgin Mary are White, sometimes with a trace of blue or a bluish tinge.
 
Might he have been lacking a more appropiate color stole?
 
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Confiteor:
What color vestments are the norm for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception? Our priest had a lavender stole over a long whitish garment…not sure if it was an alb or a chasuble, but I think the former. (It was plain and quite long.)
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A priest is not allowed to celebrate Mass with only a alb and stole. The proper color is white all the way around.

By the way for those others who might be wondering.

BLUE IS NOT A LITURGICAL COLOR in the US.
 
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A priest is not allowed to celebrate Mass with only a alb and stole. The proper color is white all the way around.

By the way for those others who might be wondering.

BLUE IS NOT A LITURGICAL COLOR in the US.
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1.) Depending on the situation, only the stole is absolutely required and many times that is only a small “pocket-stole.”

2.) Blue is not an approved liturgical color anywhere in the world in the Latin Rite (it was supressed in Spain in 1968.) That said, the color is in common use in many parts of North America and throughout Central and South America – every Saturday morning in many places as a tribute to the BVM.

This is another one of those delicts/abuses that many “traditionalist” Catholics support. I personally think it’s a wonderful practice – something that should be legitimized.
 
I think, Altarman, that the poster was referring to the practice of some priests (including my own, SIGH) of using blue on SUNDAYS IN ADVENT. Not to mention the blue covering on the altar, the blue candles, the blue garlands, the blue banners. . .

I am still gearing myself up as to whether to write to the new bishop about this and other things. The pastor came to the church only 2 1/2 years ago and apparently has changed quite a few things with apparently much adulation and enthusiasm from the majority of the parishioners–those who didn’t agree went to one of the other two city parishes. It’s one of those really difficult situations where the priest doing all the very questionable things is one of those tremendously POPULAR people, full of pep, glad handling all the people, and very “up” on teaching on love, mercy, happiness etc., so any sort of questioning immediately puts you in an unfavorable position to begin with (looking like a Pharisee, a ultra-trad, meanspirited, disobedient to your pastor, etc. etc.)
 
Our priest wore all blue on The Immaculate Conception, and today for the vigil Mass for the 3rd week of advent he wore light pink vestments. Yuk!
 
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Our priest wore all blue on The Immaculate Conception, and today for the vigil Mass for the 3rd week of advent he wore light pink vestments. Yuk!
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rose is the color for the third week of Advent and 4th week of Lent, did we not just discuss this same topic a couple of days ago?
 
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rose is the color for the third week of Advent and 4th week of Lent, did we not just discuss this same topic a couple of days ago?
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Not on this thread. Sorry I thought I was allowed to have an opinion.
 
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