Good Friday Vestments (2018)

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Me too.
FWIW, Have only seen fiddleback vestments in books and online pictures.
Maybe it’s a TLM parish.
 
OldCAFMember said:
Black was exclusively used for Goid Friday prior to 1955. At that time the reforms mandated a change to violet for communion. Beginning in 1970 red was used. Extraordinary Form communities who use the 1962 Missal use the black/violet rubrics of 1955.
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That brings up a good point about proper vocabulary.

We often read (here on CAF) questions or comments about the “Extraordinary Form” of the Mass (other liturgy, sacraments, etc.) as being anything prior to 1962. That’s not the case. The Roman Missal (as it existed in 1944, just for example) is not the Extraordinary Form.

The EF is only the form as it existed in 1962.

I’d like to remind everyone (including myself) of that important distinction.
 
Black is the color for mourning in the Latin.tradition. It’s a celebration of sorts, but it seems a secondary attribute of the day. We are also morning with the apostles.

I guess the thinking has changed a bit behind the liturgy of the triduum, which is fine. I’m mostly used to the extraordinary form, so I don’t know as much about the Ordinary Form.
 
Yeah, I know. I just thought that it’s a bit strange that it’s red instead of black, but it’s not wrong. I’m just not as used to the ordinary form.
 
Red is the color of Martyrdom. Black is the color of Mourning.
 
Yes, that’s true, and both are appropriate. It’s just that in the Extraordinary Form black is used, and so I thought that it would be the same in the Ordinary Form, but was surprised to see that I was wrong.
 
If it has to do with the Holy Spirit, martyrdom or the Passion–such as the Exultation of the Cross–the color is red. You see the deep red they call “oxblood” for Passion oftentimes, the brighter reds being chosen for feasts of the Holy Spirit.
 
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FrDavid96 said:
The EF is only the form as it existed in 1962.
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Father, is that because in 1962 the Ordinary Form was introduced…priest facing us, etc., thus giving the term of EF to distinguish between the two?
 
So, the take away from this very long thread is that the vestments for Good Friday in the EF is Black and perhaps violet; and, for the OF, it is Red. Also, in the EF, Good Friday is considered a day of mourning (in respect for the apostles seeing their Lord die, not yet fully understanding what was to come) and in the OF, it is considered a day of celebration (concentrating on and understanding what did come about).
 
rondirect said:
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FrDavid96:
The EF is only the form as it existed in 1962.
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Father, is that because in 1962 the Ordinary Form was introduced…priest facing us, etc., thus giving the term of EF to distinguish between the two?
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No, 1962 was the last new edition of the missal that uses we many call the Traditional Latin Mass. Beginning in 1965, changes were rapidly made to the missal over a 5-7 year period, then a few more later on. Those who celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass were given permission to use the 1962 edition of the missal, first in a limited way by St. John Paul II in the 1980s, then expanded a bit in the 1990s, then expanded much further by Benedict XVI in 2007. At that time Benedict XVI suggested that the term Extraordinary Form was a good one to use for the Traditional Latin Mass, as opposed to the Ordinary Form, i.e., the normative Order of Mass used in most parishes today, since 1970.
 
OldCAFMember said:
No, 1962 was the last new edition of the missal that uses we many call the Traditional Latin Mass. Beginning in 1965, changes were rapidly made to the missal over a 5-7 year period, then a few more later on. Those who celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass were given permission to use the 1962 edition of the missal, first in a limited way by St. John Paul II in the 1980s, then expanded a bit in the 1990s, then expanded much further by Benedict XVI in 2007. At that time Benedict XVI suggested that the term Extraordinary Form was a good one to use for the Traditional Latin Mass, as opposed to the Ordinary Form, i.e., the normative Order of Mass used in most parishes today, since 1970.
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Thank you. Duh, I knew 1965, had 1962 embedded seeing on the post. Yes, many changes after that; agreed, especially major ones in 2013, the earlier change of taking the term Yahweh out of music and word in respect for the Jewish people, the change of terminology, the Mystery of faith Acclamations, etc. However, your explanation gives me more history. Thanks.
 
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