Advent

[MarkRohfrietsch]

I understand that in the RCC, only the Eastern Rite uses blue for advent, and all the rest should use purple, (rose for the third Sunday).

In my City we have two LCC Congregations, mine uses purple and our wreath has three purple, and one rose candles with the Christ candle in the centre. St. Peter's use blue paraments. All four of their Advent candles are blue, and the Christ candle stands alone, beside the Font, not in the centre of the wreath.

Mark

 

[DaRev]

I understand that in the RCC, only the Eastern Rite uses blue for advent, and all the rest should use purple, (rose for the third Sunday).

In my City we have two LCC Congregations, mine uses purple and our wreath has three purple, and one rose candles with the Christ candle in the centre. St. Peter's use blue paraments. All four of their Advent candles are blue, and the Christ candle stands alone, beside the Font, not in the centre of the wreath.

Mark

Our Advent wreath in church has three blue candles and one pink/rose. We have a "Christ candle" in the center, which we light on Christmas eve after the four Advent candles are extinguished during the service.

 

[vle045]

I understand that in the RCC, only the Eastern Rite uses blue for advent, and all the rest should use purple, (rose for the third Sunday).

In my City we have two LCC Congregations, mine uses purple and our wreath has three purple, and one rose candles with the Christ candle in the centre. St. Peter's use blue paraments. All four of their Advent candles are blue, and the Christ candle stands alone, beside the Font, not in the centre of the wreath.

Mark

Ya know, I THOUGHT that they said the pink one was last... but this is all new to me, so I'll have to pay attention when we go this week...

 

[DaRev]

This Sunday the pink/rose candle should be lit.

The color pink/rose represents Joy. The name for the third Sunday in Advent is Gaudete Sunday, which comes from the Latin word for "rejoice." It is sometimes referred to as the Shepherd's candle, which signifies the joy that the shepherds experienced when it was announced to them that Christ was born.

 

[Tetzel]

In the RCC the season of Advent tends to take on a more solemn tone. Their liturgical colors are usually purple, which is the color that represents penitence. In the Lutheran Church the liturgical color for Advent is usually blue, which is a color of anticipation and hope.

I'd point out that the new hymnal seems to make Advent into a more lent-like time. I don't remember the "Glory to god in the highest" canticle being omitted for both Advent and Lent before the new LSB came out, just Lent.

 

[Tofferer]

All four of our advent candles are purple with the white candle in the center. Really looks nice. I don't know which I love more, advent or lent.

 

[filosofer]

I'd point out that the new hymnal seems to make Advent into a more lent-like time. I don't remember the "Glory to god in the highest" canticle being omitted for both Advent and Lent before the new LSB came out, just Lent.

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I have been Lutheran , ... well, for many decades. And "Glory to God in the highest" has been omitted during Advent as well as Lent. The primary difference is that the Hallelujah/Alleluia was also omitted during Lent.

But technically the Sundays prior to Easter are not part of Lent and so are named "Sundays in Lent", rather than "Sundays of Lent" ... but I digress.

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[DaRev]

I'd point out that the new hymnal seems to make Advent into a more lent-like time. I don't remember the "Glory to god in the highest" canticle being omitted for both Advent and Lent before the new LSB came out, just Lent.

I have been Lutheran , ... well, for many decades. And "Glory to God in the highest" has been omitted during Advent as well as Lent. The primary difference is that the Hallelujah/Alleluia was also omitted during Lent.

But technically the Sundays prior to Easter are not part of Lent and so are named "Sundays in Lent", rather than "Sundays of Lent" ... but I digress.

This is something that I've run into since we switched to the new hymnal.

In Lutheran Worship, the "Hymn of Praise" was only omitted during Advent in Divine Service I, according to rubric 5 (LW p. 137). DSII did not require the omission of the HoP. Such omission was optional for Advent. In the LSB, the rubrics for DS 1-4 all say to omit the HoP for both Advent nd Lent.

I am not accustomed to omitting the HoP for Advent, but have been reminded of the rubric saying so by members here the last two years. It's just something that I'm not yet used to.