. . . diversity is not a liturgical color.
A massive Nod of the Miter to Fr. Grondz who devoted his own time, talent, and treasure to point out how ridiculous this pattern is. (For the record, he made these as a joke, and not for actual liturgical use. I would hope his cassock and biretta would betray that to the passer-by.)
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On the off chance you haven’t heard yet: Bad Vestments blog.
You don’t need to delve into Canon Law for everything. Sometimes it’s just obvious. Vestments are worn at Mass and other liturgical services. The colors used by the Church throughout the year are red, green, purple, black, white/gold/cream, rose, and, in some places, blue. The color of the vestments reflects the Church’s focus for that particular time, i.e. red for the blood of Christ and the martyrs or the tongues of fire at Pentecost, black for death, purple for penitential times, white for rebirth, etc.
I have yet to figure out what time of the year “Ethnic Children” fits.
Or rainbow.
Anon. 11:25,
You won’t find that in Canon Law, but it the General Instruction of the Roman Missal:
I don’t see how it’s possible to so distort the clear meaning of the above so as to include “Ethnic Children,” “Rainbow” and other, similar nonsense.
It seems sorta redundant for the priest to try to be the whole congregation at once. I mean, you don’t need to wear “diversity.” Just look around. It should be present.
Anonymous @ 11:25
Here is a challenge. Forget Canon Law and any other official documents that might address this issue. Assume there aren’t any. Now, do some research and see if you can find any pictures of Roman Catholic vestments that would demonstrate a tradition in the church of the kind of design that is pictured in the post. Obviously, by ‘tradition’ is not meant contemporary. So, let’s limit your search to the first 1900 – 1950 years of Christianity. You are looking for something that approximates the concept expressed in the post that creates an approxiamately similar overall visual impact.
I have not researched this, myself, so there might be something out there. You might surprise me, but I can’t think of anything off the top of my head.
Of, course, if you have no use for tradition then you will probably find this challenge pointless.
http://christchurchcathedral.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/women-clergy.jpg
Anonymous @ 2:27:
Sorry.
I was just helping to circle the wagons because I thought that’s what we were doing! Seriously though, I like to look to tradition for answers to such questions (as well as official documents).
Change and growth in different directions has been part of our tradition but it usually real growth is always built upon, or is an outgrowth of, tradition.
I think many people in positions of authority in the Church today reject tradition as something dead and irrelevant to life today. To such people, an appeal to tradition is, of course, useless.
I’m sorry if I misinterpreted your question.
I recently made a priest’s stole from my wedding dress in honor of my son’s marriage. The priest is the bride’s cousin and so it is an appropriate gift. I’d like to share a photo with you but do not know how to load it onto your system. If anyone would like to see it or any of the vestments I have made, you can e mail me at dvictory@roadrunner.com.