Priest wore White for Mass today

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At my home parish today, our pastor wore white.
In all other ways, it was the usual Mass for the Friday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time.
Does anyone have any idea why he would have done this?
 
It’s the first Friday, so he may have done a votive Mass for the Sacred Heart.

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Edit: didn’t see that it was the regular Mass of the day. No idea why, other than that white is allowed pretty much anytime.
 
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didn’t see that it was the regular Mass of the day.
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Well, the readings were for Friday/ 3 /Ordinary Time. That wouldn’t be changed by a Votive Mass, right?
Some of the Eucharistic prayers and (I think) the Collect could have changed without my noticing - would that make sense?
 
You wouldn’t happen to be in a parish named for St. Brigid, would you? It’s her feast day today though not on the US calendar.
 
Nope. St. Catharine of Siena… Both smart ladies but separated by distance and time 😃
 
In a votive, you can either do the readings of the day or the ones for the Mass formulary you’re celebrating. So it’s possible he was using the votive formulary but daily readings.
 
I don’t care what color the priest wears, white or another color.
I am just glad to be able to participate in Mass. 🙏🙏🙏
 
Certainly, as am I.
However, outward signs and symbolism have great meaning in Catholicism, and today (for me) a new symbol appeared in a way I wasn’t expecting, and I was curious as to why it had 🙂
 
We had red for St Blasius, bishop and martyr (+316). He lived in what is present day the Armenia. A special blessing of throats and other ailments. Readings were for the ordinary time and not the readings for St Blasius.
 
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We had red for St Blasius, bishop and martyr (+316). He lived in what is present day the Armenia. A special blessing of throats and other ailments.
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Today? Isn’t that the 3rd?
 
1st is St Blasius
2nd is Candlemas - Jesus taken to the temple 40 days old,
3rd is St Ansgar, also called “apostle of the North” who was the first one to spread Christianity to Northern Europe.

There are some slight variations in the book Ordo published by the dioceses, as they celebrate different local saints and martyrs. A local saint/martyr would take priority to one from a different country unless the other saint/martyr is a “big” one like the apostles, Doctors of the Church or national saints. Sometimes there are two or three options the priest could choose between. Or it could be that a local saint/martyr has to move to another day because a “big” saint/martyr died on the same day. So St Blasius had to move to another day in Sweden.
 
HeDa is likely on a different country’s liturgical calendar. The US has him on the 3rd, other countries might have a slightly different day.
 
We learn more and more about the great Roman Catholic Church every day. Hallelujah! 🙏🙏🙏
 
I went to a Friday evening Mass last night that is held every first Friday (only) at a particular adoration chapel, and my priest was wearing white too.

I assumed it was because it was “a celebration of Our Lord other than his passion” under GIRM 346(a) given that this is a special First Friday Mass though it used the ordinary time readings.
 
I think it was a mass in honor of either Mary or the Sacred Heart. Our priest did the smart thing in preparation for the Virgin de Candelaria.
 
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