Laetare Sunday - 8 Photos & A Video from a Latin Mass
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| My 3rd son, as Thurifer |
The fourth Sunday of Lent is rather unique; like the third Sunday of Advent ("Gaudete Sunday"), the fourth Sunday of Lent is a break in an otherwise penitential season. The vestments for this day will be rose, as they are on Gaudete Sunday in Advent, and flowers may adorn the Altar. This day is called "Laetare Sunday," also "Rose Sunday." |
The rose vestments on Laetare Sunday is a custom originating in the fact that, as a symbol of joy and hope in the middle of this somber Season, popes used to carry a golden rose in their right hand when returning from the celebration of Mass on this day (way back in 1051, Pope Leo IX called this custom an "ancient institution.")
The golden rose represents Christ in the shining splendor of His majesty, the "flower sprung from the root of Jesse."
Text taken from FISHEATERS
2 comments:
Beautiful pictures from a beautiful Mass. My son is thurifer sometimes, he finds it the most challenging serving position!
Exquisite vestments for such a joyous day in the midst of the Lenten observance. As Dom Gueranger writes:
"This Sunday, called, from the first word of the Introit, Lætare Sunday, is one of the most solemn of the year. The Church interrupts her Lenten mournfulness; the changes of the Mass speak of nothing but joy and consolation; the organ, which has been silent during the preceding three Sundays, now gives forth its melodious voice; the deacon resumes his dalmatic, and the subdeacon his tunic; and instead of purple, rose-coloured vestments are allowed to be used. These same rites were practiced in Advent, on the third Sunday, called Gaudete. The Church’s motive for introducing this expression of joy into today’s liturgy is to encourage her children to persevere fervently to the end of this holy season. The real mid-Lent was last Thursday, as we have already observed; but the Church, fearing lest the joy might lead to some infringement on the spirit of penance, has deferred her own notice of it to this Sunday, when she not only permits, but even bids, her children to rejoice!"
https://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2012/03/traditional-mass-propers-4th-sunday-of.html
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