Sing and shout for joy . . .

Gaudete Sunday - a day of rejoicing in the middle of a more sombre time of penitence and preparation for the coming of Our Saviour.

I wonder, was your parish priest wearing one of these today?


. . . or did your PP process out of church looking more like this? (Minus the mitre, ferula and pallium of course!)


Here's what Catholic Online has to say about Rose vestments, quoting from the General Instruction of the Roman Missal;

'Rose may be used, where it is the practice, on Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday of Advent) and on Laetare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent).'

And from Redemptionis Sacramentum;

'The purpose of a variety of colour of the sacred vestments is to give effective expression even outwardly to the specific character of the mysteries of faith being celebrated and to a sense of Christian life's passage through the course of the liturgical year. '

So, it's OK to use Rose vestments if you have them and the practice has not been discontinued.

Mind you it's probably a good idea to make sure you always refer to these vestments as being 'rose'. Some people are quite uncomfortable with the idea of a priest wearing pink in church - I can't think why! ;)