St. Benedict day vestments

[Anima_Christi]

I went to Mass on St. Benedict’s feast day, and the chasubule the priest wore was the kind you would expect to see worn at a funeral or requiem mass (it was cream or white and the “strip” of cloth–I don’t know the correct terminology–that goes down the middle and across the shoulders on the chasubule was black with gold labarums). I know these are not typical vestments for saints’ feast days, so why are they worn on St. Benedict’s feast day?

 

[flamingsword]

I cannot answer you as to why the priest wore those vestments, but since the main color was cream or white as you say, the vestments colors are white, which would be the color for a non-martyr saint. As for the black accents, who knows why he chose that scheme.

 

[WanderAimlessly]

He probabaly chose it for the Gold not the Black. I believe White and/or Gold are normal colors for Feast Days of Saints that are not martyrs (in those cases Red is the color) as flamingsword stated.

PF

 

[marty1818]

If the chasuble’s main color was white is was probably acceptable.

matthew

 

[Chatter163]

The traditional Benedictine habit is black (earning the Benedictines the nickname “black monks”). This is probably why the priest chose that particular chasuble–the color of the day, white, with black orphreys.