Our Lady of Sorrows
Posted on 08/07/2006 12:10:17 PM PDT by NYer
Naturally, the film is in black white but is an absolute treasure. Enjoy!
Yes, indeed. I believe, however, with God's mercy, that +BXVI is doing just that.
... the left wing priest criticized it, saying it would alienate our Protestant brethren
The Protestant brethren reject Sacraments and Apostolic Succession and no amount of external simplification of the Divine/Holy Liturgy will bring them closer.
Thank you for the post! I could spend hours looking at pictures of vestments and other liturgical items. The Orthodox clergy always look so dignified in their simple black cassocks. It's a shame that the Western cassock, zuchetto, and biretta have fallen into disuse among the RC lower clergy.
The Eastern vestments always seem more ornate than the Western vestments, even those of the most "High Church" type.
Re: liturgical colors
It does seem from the pictures you provided that Western liturgical colors are more varied than the Eastern ones.
Traditional and NO colors are largely the same, with a few exceptions:
White: Christmas and Easter Seasons; Feasts of the Lord, not relating to the Passion; Feasts of the Blessed Mother the angels, and saints that were not martyrs; weddings; All Saints; Masses for the Apostles; Masses of the Angels--ie Funerals for Baptized Children who have died before the age of reason; in the NO rite, funerals for adults as well.
Red: Feasts of the Passion; feasts of the Martyrs; Palm Sunday; Pentecost/Masses of the Holy Spirit; Good Friday in the NO rite
Green: Ordinary time: the time after the Epiphany and Pentacost
Purple: Advent; Lent; Septuagesima Sundays; Ember (except for those of Pentacost) and Rogation Days; Vigils; Good Friday; it is a tradition at a certain Sunday of Lent (I can't remeber which one) to cover statues and other images in purple--in imitation of Christ where it says in the Gospel for that Sunday that "the Lord hid himself"--these coverings are removed during the Gloria at the Easter Vigil.
Black: All Souls Day; Funerals (for those past the age of reason)--this is perfectly appropriate in the NO rite, but is rarely used, white is used in anticipation of the Resurrection of the Dead
Rose: Gaudete Sunday (3rd Sunday of Advent); Laetare Sunday (4th Sunday of Lent)
Gold: Can be used in place of White, Green, or Red (but not Purple or Black)
Blue is not usually a liturgical color; it can be used to trim vestments specifically for Masses for Our Lady, but blue should not be the primary color.
Also, the link to the Liturgy of St James didn't work.
I believe black vestments are also worn on Good Friday.
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