Vestment colors: how are they determined?

Needing_Grace said:

Greed => money => green See? Just one degree of separation.

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Only in the us, I'm afraid.

Green in ordinary time.

Tigg said:

I. being a convert, never took CCD. Nor this RC whatever class. Directly taught by a Priest. Long time ago. Being a curious lady, I asked why of everything I saw. Poor Father. But I found out all the colors, every vestment, every move in the Mass has a reson and purpose. Totally wonderful and fascinatingg. And they ought to teach this. Geeze. Part of being a Catholic.

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I found that the meanings behind the vestments of the Eastern Catholics awesome. I don't know why the vestments of Latin rite and that worn by the Eastern rite are so different.

Needing_Grace said:

Nope, although some like to use it during Advent (I'm not opposed to it, personally). The officially recognized colors are, I believe, Gold, White, Greed, Red, Violet, Rose.

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They tried to introduce a dark blue during Advent (I think in the late 70s to try to show that Advent was different from the penitential season of Lent, but it never caught on. So officially the color purple (violet) is still used (except for Laetere and Gaudete Sundays that is).

bill5 said:

Yeah, greed doesn't exists in other countries. lol. Anyway thx for info all. I also didn't go through "CCD" so excuse me for not having all this memorized.

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Money isnt green elsewhere - the colour (and size0 usually varies with denomination. And therefore there is no association between the colour and cash.

Our priests and deacons right now where red in my Orthodox parish.

bill5 said:

Yeah, greed doesn't exists in other countries.

lol.

Anyway thx for info all. I also didn't go through "CCD" so excuse me for not having all this memorized.

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It was in the front of the old missals (that's where I learned it at first) but having taught CCD for 11 years I also know that it was part of regular CCD teaching. It's also in the book I mentioned (as well as others for converts and reverts), in the Catholic encyclopedia, and on websites like Catholic.org, FishEaters and others.

The Catholic.org site mentions the meanings of the colors too. Green is for hope--not greed. It is the color of ordinary time (after the entire Christmas season and before Lent, after the entire Easter season and before Advent) in the Church's calendar.

BTW the book Why Do Catholics Do That? by Dr. Kevin Orlin was once known as Catholic Expressions. It is a treasure trove of information. There are chapters about why the Pope is important, the hierarchy of the Church, why the BVM's color is blue, the rosary, and more. It's really interesting.

AMDG said:

I found that the meanings behind the vestments of the Eastern Catholics awesome. I don't know why the vestments of Latin rite and that worn by the Eastern rite are so different.

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The cultures they come from are very different.

AMDG said:

They tried to introduce a dark blue during Advent (I think in the late 70s to try to show that Advent was different from the penitential season of Lent, but it never caught on. So officially the color purple (violet) is still used (except for Laetere and Gaudete Sundays that is).

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When I was Lutheran (LCMS), we had blue paraments for the altar and pastor's stole during Advent. I liked the distinction.

Here are the Liturgical Colours of the Church before and after the Second Council of the Vatican.

Liturgical colours - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chi Rho said:

Here are the Liturgical Colours of the Church before and after the Second Council of the Vatican.

Liturgical colours - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Thanks.

Found the Byzantine really very interesting. Hadn't even looked before.