Vestments for Priests

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Comment: I have read that there are four recognized colors for priest vestments: white, red, green, violet. However, I have seen chasubles in black, dark blue, light blue & Silver (together). Do the priest in the US have to adhere to the four colors?
 
Black I think is permitted for TLM Masses for funerals and on All Souls Day. Not certain about whether it is permitted in the NO.

Blue in varying shades is permitted sometimes, but rarely, in places that have a strong connection with Our Lady and/or on her feast days, since it is her colour. It certainly shouldn’t be permitted as a substitute for violet in Lent or Advent, as sometimes happens.

Gold and silver are fine - I’m not sure precisely what rubrics cover their use though. I imagine they are acceptable on feasts and solemnities, especially Christmas and Easter.
 
Black is permitted but not too common in the NO. Rose is ok. Blue is not permitted anywhere in the US but there is a shade of violet that is closer to blue than to red and is preferred by many for Advent (with the puplier purple for Lent).
 
Corki said:
Black is permitted but not too common in the NO. Rose is ok. Blue is not permitted anywhere in the US but there is a shade of violet that is closer to blue than to red and is preferred by many for Advent (with the puplier purple for Lent).
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Rose is more than ok–isn’t it mandated for gaudete Sunday in Advent and lautere (I know I got that one wrong:blush: ) Sunday in Lent 😃

I think blue is only allowed in Spain for some Marian Feasts.
 
Genesis315 said:
Rose is more than ok–isn’t it mandated for gaudete Sunday in Advent and lautere (I know I got that one wrong:blush: ) Sunday in Lent 😃

I think blue is only allowed in Spain for some Marian Feasts.
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S’ok, not that many people are familiar with Laetare Sunday. Rose is permitted on those days, or priests can stick with violet.

Blue is allowed I think in Central and South America as well as Spain itself.
 
I’ve seen blue on Marian Feast days. And I think one of my former priest’s Lenten vestments were blue. We also had blue candles instead of purple, which I believe is permissible/licit?
 
Many people see “blue” vestaments in the United States, but usually they actually are mistaking “silver” or “white” vestaments with blue accents as blue being the liturgical color.
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  1. As to the color of sacred vestments, the traditional usage is to be retained: namely,
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a. White is used in the Offices and Masses during the Easter and Christmas seasons; also on celebrations of the Lord other than of his Passion, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of the Holy Angels, and of Saints who were not Martyrs; on the Solemnities of All Saints (November 1) and of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (June 24); and on the Feasts of Saint John the Evangelist (December 27), of the Chair of Saint Peter (February 22), and of the Conversion of Saint Paul (January 25).
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b. Red is used on Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion and on Good Friday, on Pentecost Sunday, on celebrations of the Lord’s Passion, on the feasts of the Apostles and Evangelists, and on celebrations of Martyr Saints.
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c. Green is used in the Offices and Masses of Ordinary Time.
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d. Violet or purple is used in Advent and in Lent. It may also be worn in Offices and Masses for the Dead (cf. below).
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e. Besides violet, white or black vestments may be worn at funeral services and at other Offices and Masses for the Dead in the Dioceses of the United States of America.
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f. Rose may be used, where it is the practice, on Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday of Advent) and on Laetare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent).
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g. On more solemn days, sacred vestments may be used that are festive, that is, more precious, even if not of the color of the day.
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h. Gold or silver colored vestments may be worn on more solemn occasions in the dioceses of the United States of America.
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Georgia_Murray said:
Comment: I have read that there are four recognized colors for priest vestments: white, red, green, violet. However, I have seen chasubles in black, dark blue, light blue & Silver (together). Do the priest in the US have to adhere to the four colors?
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Blue of any shade is not a liturgical color except in two countries in the world.

The colors are White or Gold, Violet or Purple, Green, Red, Black is still allowed. Rose is used on two Sundays only, Silver or Gold trims are allowed on any allowed base color.

Ty-dyed, Rainbow, Etc are not liturgical colors!
 
Sanctus said:
Many people see “blue” vestaments in the United States, but usually they actually are mistaking “silver” or “white” vestaments with blue accents as blue being the liturgical color.
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That’s very true, many mistake accents on a vestment for the color. There are, however, some priests who (illicitly) wear vestments that are primarily or totally blue.
 
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