What priestly vestments do you prefer to see priests wear as Mass celebrants?

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What priestly vestments do you personally prefer to see priests wear as Mass celebrants?
  • Fancy classic Gothic chasuble with amice over a lacy alb.
  • Fancy Roman chasuble (think bulletproof vest cut) with amice over a lacy alb.
  • Fancy and full conical chasuble with amice over a lacy alb.
  • Simpler Gothic chasuble over a white alb.
  • Simpler Roman chasuble over a white alb.
  • Simpler conical chasuble over a white alb.
  • Extremely simple chasuble over and extremely simple white or off-white alb.
  • Very simple monastic/mendicant look with muted colors over a simple alb with habit visible.
  • Vivid, avant garde designer patterns and colors on chasuble, white or off-white alb.
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It doesn’t matter to me. I’m just grateful to have a Priest celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
 
I like it when the vestments don’t scream “cheap polyester”. 🙂 Not that there’s anything wrong with it— but sometimes it looks like the committee went shopping in the discount bin, and I’m more of a “buy the right thing once, and make it last for 20 years” person.

I haven’t seen any of these in person, but someone on the old forum had posted a link to CatholicLiturgicals as being a good place for affordable and attractive vestments. Autom also has a nice selection of affordable options. I’ll probably try and order something like that sometime in the future— my poor, rural parish last went vestment-shopping in the 80’s, if I had to guess. 🙂
 
I’m with 1ke. I wouldn’t care if the priest were wearing only an ordinary black suit. I’m not at Mass to become a couture critic.

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Ohhhhh, that sounds very cool… Good for the priest that gifted him with it…
 
DaveBj said:
I’m with 1ke. I wouldn’t care if the priest were wearing only an ordinary black suit. I’m not at Mass to become a couture critic.
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Wow, I sure would – particularly if he wasn’t wearing a stole! Even during grave times of combat, priests don stoles, even if they are the pocket “ribbon” stoles.

Like it or not, everything in the sanctuary adds (or detracts) at some level from the celebration of the Mass. I think attitudes like “I wouldn’t care if the priest were wearing only an ordinary black suit” have served to facilitate some lamentable situations and even irregularities in the Church with respect to the celebration of the Mass.
 
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midori said:
I like it when the vestments don’t scream “cheap polyester”. 🙂 Not that there’s anything wrong with it— but sometimes it looks like the committee went shopping in the discount bin, and I’m more of a “buy the right thing once, and make it last for 20 years” person.

I haven’t seen any of these in person, but someone on the old forum had posted a link to CatholicLiturgicals as being a good place for affordable and attractive vestments. Autom also has a nice selection of affordable options. I’ll probably try and order something like that sometime in the future— my poor, rural parish last went vestment-shopping in the 80’s, if I had to guess.
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The absolute worst vestments are those that are very expensive, yet they look cheap.

Make sure to surf around eBay for your parish. Excellent and very low priced vestments are now imported from Poland and India…
 
That would be fancy Roman chasuble with amice over a lacy white alb.
 
I don’t know all the proper names for the garments, so this is interesting. We had a priest staying with our (tallish, slim) parish priest for a while and he used to just wear what was there - he was probably only about 5ft tall, and very rotund, so he never really looked right!
 
My favorite Friar only wears Hawaiian shirts…he has heard my confession, and even performed my wife and my convalidation in Hawaiian shirt sans habit…and no stole.
 
Not to derail…We had moved away from the city when my boys were old enough to serve and was disappointed that it was an alb and cinture. I’m old fashioned and tend to like what I’m used to but no matter.

Just a personal preference, and I know superficial to some. Of course it was much more important that they served Jesus on the altar.

And yet, our boys were blessed to have the influence of our pastor.His vestments were old, his shoes ancient. He gave most of his money to the food pantry and his demeanor very kind. He taught our boys about humbly serving Christ in all things.
 
I fall into the middle ground, on one side I agree with what some of the posters have said, “it doesn’t matter what the priest wears, I’m here for the Mass”.

On the other hand, I do enjoy the fullness and richness of the tradition that has been handed down through the centuries. So much intricate meaning behind the vestments, very significant in the liturgical life. Even so, when I attend Mass during special times, I’ll try and figure out what the special is (color wise) and get a hanki that matches for that feast … like I’ll wear a purple hanki in my sportcoat pocket during Advent. Red for Pentecost and there’s pink sometime in the spring. Green for ordinary. So much tradition, so much meaning, so rich and beautiful, the reverence and holiness of the liturgy, too awesome.
 
I meant to click option #3 Roman chasuble, amice, and lacy alb (not #1). Can you make the voting box editable?
 
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