I remember being a young girl in a Catholic Mass, I was probably 6 or 7. I was wearing a dress that my mother made for me, mostly purple fabric. She made almost all of our clothes, because we did not have much money. The priest was giving a sermon about the evils of people who wear the color purple. This would have been in about 1965. It was clear that it was a sin (from what he was saying) to wear purple. I remember going home, and being so ashamed, and never wanting to wear that dress again. But chopping off your own hand seems to take it to a new level.
Wow that’s one I’ve never heard, and of course we have the “purple” vestments for Advent and Lent.
#hypocritical
Where did he ever get that idea? One of the great women of the NT was Lydia, a believer who opened her door to Paul. The book of Acts tells us she was a "seller of purple" - most likely dye and thread used for clothes.
Your recollections make no sense. Plenty of instances of purple vestments worn by priests. Some orders even wear all purple.
The sermon was probably on penance. You should have talked to someone to clear up your perception.
I think if you looked into the colors that priests wear on different occasions, it might give you some insight.
I’m a “recovering Methodist” and even that sounds strange to me.
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"And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!"
- Matthew 18:5-7
Just curious - what in the world did the priest have against a color (purple)???! Just curious. He sounds really weird , frankly. God made purple along with the rest of the rainbow - as a good sign for us all.
That's the purpose of being a priest; to make people feel guilty about something. Then they get to offer you the way out: just sacrifice that goat, or pay the collection, or go "witness" to someone else.
It's a protection racket.
