White vestments? On 4th Sunday of Lent?

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I’m hoping somebody can resolve this, I’m 99.9% sure of the answer anyway but would like a confirmation.

I went to my regular TLM this morning. When I got there, the sacristan, who I help out with, was putting a WHITE frontal on the lectern. When I questioned this, he was very insistent that he’d checked up and found that white or gold vestments could be used on the 4th Sunday of Lent! Unfortunately there was a mishap - due to a breakdown of communication the priest who was due to celebrate the TLM didn’t turn up! So we didn’t get the chance to find out one way or the other.

I’m 99.9% sure that only purple or rose is allowed today. I know that gold may occasionally substitute for white, red (and possibly green) for a special solemnity, but I wouldn’t have thought it could substitute for purple!
 
On the third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete) and the fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare) the liturgical color is rose. In my memories if there was no rose it was back to violet (purple), but it is possible that gold or while is allowed as substitution

Either the Latin Mass Society and the Di Sorco Ordo list rose/violet as liturgical color.
 
Yes, I was also assuming that if there was no rose, it was purple. Also, forgot to mention before, there was no special occasion that may have warranted a change to white. So it should have been the colour of the day. If the priest had turned up for Mass then the question could have been cleared up straight away, but things didn’t turn out like that!
 
laszlo said:
On the third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete) and the fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare) the liturgical color is rose. In my memories if there was no rose it was back to violet (purple), but it is possible that gold or while is allowed as substitution

Either the Latin Mass Society and the Di Sorco Ordo list rose/violet as liturgical color.
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I am so glad this question was asked and for your answer. I don’t attend a TLM but at the NO mass yesterday I kept wondering why the priest was wearing rose. I try to keep up on the colors and their meanings. I couldn’t find it anywhere in the missal and he didn’t say why. With this answer and a little more research now I know.

Thanks
 
Our FSSSP pastor wore a rose cope and chasuble, while the deacon and subdeacon wore white. Our pastor stated that there is tradition of allowing simple white vestments where rose is not available. I was not aware of this custom.
 
Probably not much of a reference, but my Baronius press Missal said the liturgical colors for Laetere Sunday are rose or purple. I went to my regular OF parish for Mass, though, and the vestments were rose (more of a bubblegum pink, actually, to my eye.) Not sure what the EF Mass had on the other side of town!
 
The preferred color for Laetare Sunday is Rose. Many parishes cannot afford to get the proper vestments so violet can be substituted. White vestments can always be used as the “default” color if the proper color is not available.
 
odile53 said:
Probably not much of a reference, but my Baronius press Missal said the liturgical colors for Laetere Sunday are rose or purple. I went to my regular OF parish for Mass, though, and the vestments were rose (more of a bubblegum pink, actually, to my eye.) Not sure what the EF Mass had on the other side of town!
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I think that is what the color rose is. Kind of the same color as bubblegum, maybe a little darker, but the meaning is great; rejoicing.
 
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