To the Kilted Clergy of the group

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Another aside, in the Roman tradition the purple used for Lent is often a deeper shade (called Roman Purple) than that used for Advent.

Not in my experience. Every Roman Catholic clergyman I've ever met wore the same exact vestments for Advent and Lent. Those things are expensive, after all!

Seriously, I've never heard of different shades of purple being used for these two liturgical season. The same color is prescribed for Advent and Lent in the current liturgical rubrics, and I don't see any evidence for this being a change from past practice.

M

[Galician]

Not in my experience. Every Roman Catholic clergyman I've ever met wore the same exact vestments for Advent and Lent. Those things are expensive, after all!

Seriously, I've never heard of different shades of purple being used for these two liturgical season. The same color is prescribed for Advent and Lent in the current liturgical rubrics, and I don't see any evidence for this being a change from past practice. M

I understand that they are expensive!! That is why I said that they often are, not always, or even usually.

I also agree that the rubrics call simply for purple, but I have been involved in ordering liturgical items for thirty years, and the catalogs have always listed the two shades. So SOMEBODY must be ordering them.

It's important to remember that our norms are not just what is commonly done here, but based on an international practice. I have seen how Italian and German pastors wear the shoulder cape, which is an item NEVER seen in this country for the general clergy.