Vestments 101

Fr. John Mitchell of Holy Family Catholic Community in Fond du Lac, Wi discusses the meaning behind the various vestment colours.

[@alexisarrizon6083]

Proof Catholic priests are not only holy and blessed but also very beautifully dressed and fashionable.😇

[@AnshoAnto]

I agree to your point... It motivates people to visit god's place well dressed as if It's pride to be with god almighty... Another logical point what I felt about getting fashionable is-we dress up the most beautiful way to the place where we love to be otherwise we don't.. So many positive thoughts...

[@gabe7801]

Yes, he has to stay pretty. One cannot just become a fashion nerd for the Lord. "Love thy neighbour as thou love thyself" - If one does not love himself, then he loses the ability to love others.

[@dominiczmarlicki94]

It's very encouraging to see priests vesting in the traditional way, and with such reverence. Thank you for this video, and for giving your life to God.

[@manises14]

Thank you Father. Very helpful, I'm a new Sacristan learned a lot from this video. God bless you.

[@ricksmith3011]

thank you so much for your kind teaching of the garments that are worn ..blessings and joy be with you

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

The green robe always reminds me of Saint Jude. I pray alot to him and seeing green always reminds me of him. Very great video. I never knew the meaning behind the robes but now I know😄

[@rajgomes2010]

God bless you father, this was a lovely video. Keep me in prayers that I may be able to answer the call that I feel I have within me. :)

[@warriorsforjesus2308]

😃

[@lyndacrossley9548]

Thank you Fr Michael, Very well explained indeed.

[@juliancoulden1753]

What a cheerful chappie! Very natural and helpful, he so enthusiastic about his task!

[@AP-qk3we]

Thanks for taking time to film and explain this Father. It's very nice to see a priest who seems to take pride in putting on his vestments for mass. God bless!

[@Bozothcow]

Not being Catholic this really helps me understand a lot of the symbolism. Great video! I find it all very interesting.

[@caluschter]

Good Video, Father. Very informative for those, who have nothing to do with the preparation for mass. One little remark: at 12:17 Sunday in Lent, when pink chasubles are worn, is called LAETARE, not laudete. Greetings from a cathedral sacristan from Switzerland.

[@anytimegiants]

Thank you so much for doing this!!!

[@bradlycarpenter1960]

I'm not religious but I found this varry Interesting. Thank you varry much

[@timgemperline9406]

Isn't it true that deacons may wear a stole, but theirs goes over one shoulder to the opposite hip, rather than over both shoulders?

[@steventrosiek2623]

God bless you, Father, for being so wonderful!

[@troybrackett1240]

Well done. Informative and well presented. You should do a seperate video on how you knot your cincture. I would be curious to learn your technique.

[@iceblue1457]

Thank you for the presentation. I learned a lot. God bless you Fr. John.

[@tamahome143]

It's very useful. Thank you reverend father for sharing this wonderful video. When I was an observer from a particular convent here in the Philippines I never knew anything much about it. While inside the convent, I was assigned in the Sacristy, not knowing anything at first. I just did what I was told to do. Not understanding a thing or two. Since now. Much of thanks and God bless us all.Amen.

[@nenabunena]

Are you from the Philippines? I'm from the Philippines too and didn't know about the colored vestments

[@bedar6961]

Thank you Father very interesting! God bless you

[@AnshoAnto]

Thanks father... It is an awesome video... Loved it

[@evanbarnes0933]

We have a gold one at my church but the bishop wears it when he comes

[@josephanoom]

extremely informative and beautifully delivered GB

[@stewartjacobs510]

Thanks father this was indeed a most informative session - bless

[@rothschildianum]

Excellent video. I learned a lot. Thank for making this video.

[@r.mercado9737]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@jonathanryan27]

A really interesting video - thank you!

[@danilsmith7292]

gold and red looks so cool!!!

[@mary047photoblue]

I have been educated today,Thank you and god bless

[@MikeCruz]

Thank you Father, for sharing your encyclopedic knowledge of liturgical vestments. I wondered for a long time what the colors meant.

[@jltavare]

Thank you! This was very informative.

[@user-uz7dy5vi7u]

Bless you! You are very good. Don't let bad people let you donw!

[@RYNT1157]

Very good video father , black used to be worn at funeral masses years ago in Ireland but its either purple or white now. The stole used to be crossed with the old type pre vatican 2 vestments.

[@zikoranwana2158]

Why isn't the black Chasuble worn on Good Friday ?

[@reginaczerwinski3989]

No mass is celebrated on Good Friday, thus no chasuble.

[@theoffice6015]

On the contrary. Despite there technically being no Mass celebrated on Good Friday, part of the liturgy of that day used to be called "Mass of the Pre-sanctified". During which liturgy Holy Communion is administered from the Blessed Sacrament reserved from the Maundy Thursday Mass. The chasuble is indeed worn, the colour of which since the reform of the Holy Week liturgies is red.

[@AnshoAnto]

@@theoffice6015 I was looking forward to this answer... 😀

[@herbcruz4697]

Red is worn on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, as well as on Feast Days of Martyrs, because the color, red, symbolizes blood (i.e., Jesus's Passion). It also symbolizes fire, as it is also worn on Pentecost. Black vestments are specifically for Funeral/Requiem Masses and All Souls' Day (Even then, the priest can wear white or purple, on such days). Black is an optional color, unfortunately.

[@spencerchristensuarez1490]

Informative video, father.

[@hayleydsouza9456]

Thanks for the very informative video on the vestments used at Mass and their meanings. Much needed. There is one other item of vestments worn by the priests, and that is the maniple, which is the symbol of the acceptance of suffering. It is worn on the left arm. Then there is the Humeral Veil worn on the shoulder mainly at the time of Benediction. I H S ate the first three letters of the name Jesus in Greek

[@ahcokris]

very well done, fatgher. thank you. god bless.

[@jubisebastian7724]

Thank you father

[@margaretbeckles7842]

thanks so much for your teaching us

[@marlenydantonio3291]

Thanks father, nice video🙏🙏🙏

[@lookatpennsylvania]

Great video Father.

[@crescentlaloo1196]

richer purple used during Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!?

[@seansmith9129]

Very good, Father.

[@joesmith-gc7wq]

great video.

[@danilsmith7292]

I like the gold and white the most

[@larryburwell97]

Very interesting and informative presentation. When I was boy growing up in the 1950s, the priests always used a vestment called the maniple. Do you know why this is no longer used?

[@seikibrian8641]

In 1967, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments removed the maniple from the list of vestments to be worn at mass. The 1969 General Instruction of the Roman Missal does not list the maniple, but clergy authorized to use the 1962 missal may still use it. As for why the maniple was removed from the list of obligatory vestments, I have no idea.

[@yekaneast]

Its still used in Latin/Tridentine mass

[@mandyanindita6260]

Never known that IHS refers to Jesus. A priest said, at my Holy Communion, that it refers to In Hoc Signo. I'm torn.

[@PontifexMaximus86]

It stands for Jesus hominum salvator... Jesus saviour of mankind

[@AnshoAnto]

Next time when you get conflicting answers... Please don't get disappointed... There is 1% chance of priests going wrong about what they learned but not so often... Both are right I got it from Wikipedia... simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christogram_IHS It says... "In the Western culture there exist the compositions: "IHS" and also "IHC" being the first letters (iota-eta-sigma) of the name Jesus in Greek alphabet: ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (Ίησοῦς or ΙΗϹΟΥϹ with lunated sigma). The abbreviation in form "IHS" appeared in first time on the coins of Justinian II on the turn of the 7th and 8th centuries. The order of Jesuits, in other words the Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu), adopted IHSas its fixed emblem - the symbol in 17th century. There appeared also Latininterpretations of the abbreviation IHS, among others: Iesus Humilis Societas - Humble Society of Jesus,Iesus Hominum Salvator - Jesus, Savior of men, and also: In hoc signo (vinces) - In this sign (you will win). These developed inscriptions were most likely formed because in the Middle Ages people mistakenly read the letter E as H. ... I hope you are alright now... Stay blessed...

[@alexlumbwe2068]

Wow thank you so much

[@hankfacer7098]

Thank you Father, all of His Blessings

[@user-uz7dy5vi7u]

Bless him!

[@41magfan]

Once again, I've learned something new

[@kenshiroutharpe2640]

Thanks father

[@vicreece4210]

I noticed on the vestments, there is a "Y" on them, what do they mean and what are they, if its called anything?

[@charbelboustany7911]

Vic Reece I think it means the holy trinity, The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit.

[@stevenkincannon8688]

It's meant to be a cross.

[@lmtt123]

The decoration is known as an Orphery in needlework.

[@mimimamo7177]

Like robe and chasubles

[@ms.martiegallego8834]

Thank You, Father. This was very interesting. I forgot the meanings of the colors, and when they are worn. With my good Catholic School upbringing, my Mother is rolling in Her grave, that I forgot this !! LOL !! Not really, I'm old now, so that gives me some room for forgetfulness !! Bless You Father, and I ask for Your Blessing in return !! The Lord be with You ..

[@debnominee1376]

I got two questions 1 can you mix match your vestments like u were a white stole with your black chasable? 2 can you were rose vestment during easter?

[@e_rock_3149]

No and no

[@graham120691]

1. No, they're always worn the same colour. 2. No, rose is only worn twice in a year (3rd Sunday of advent, and 4th Sunday of Lent)

[@timothyj.mannion5210]

Gaudete Sunday is the 3rd Sunday of Advent Laetare (not Laudate, as the priest erroneously stated) is the 4th Sunday in Lent. Gaudete means "be joyful" Laetare means "light up", which is intended to keep people's faith and interest going during the hardships of Lent. So there was a perceived need to 'lighten up' the strictures of the Lenten observances of Fasting and Abstinence. It's a forward looking Sunday, keeping you pointed toward the coming of Easter in three weeks. (Because you still have Lent 5, Palm (Passion) Sunday, and then Easter at last.

[@debnominee1376]

Thanks

[@marivg8948]

Fr: Thank you for this informative video, we truly appreciate it! But I am disappointed you do not have a blue vestment for our Holy Mother. I believe only Spanish dioceses use them. They are beautiful.

[@AnshoAnto]

I think it is still being used in Latins too... So it's going to be world wide

[@AdmiralofU2]

Nice video. But I was wondering, do priests ever wear cassocks? Do bishops? Also, is there any instance when a priest might only wear the alb (without the cope or chasuble)?

[@BungleZippie]

You can wear the cassock under the alb, rather than shirt and trousers. Priests typically wear the alb and stole if concelebrating and if the situation requires (such as when travelling or away from Church or if its a weekday low mass)

[@julzsalve5403]

Yes, priests wear cassocks.

[@cloudinfinity]

Interesting video!

[@1Immortalmortal]

I think we have your former Bishop. Gary diocese.

[@israelgallardo7004]

Roman Catholic or Orthodox Catholic?

[@josephspiller1683]

Roman

[@bonvivantnsmt4479]

Roman Catholic.

[@GretaGecko]

Thank you.

[@deedle6785]

How do you tell, Bishops, archbishop, monsignor and cardinals apart?

[@ambroseeng4950]

Bishops,archbishops, and monsigniors wear purple zuccheto. cardinals wear red. their episcopal rings are different too

[@lmtt123]

In secular society they wear different clothing usually and in liturgy it's usually the zuchetto (cap).

[@zedmendoza9986]

IHS means Iesus Hominum Salvatore, Latin for Jesus, saviour of humanity :)

[@seikibrian8641]

That is actually a "backronym," an invented meaning that is not historical. The Christogram "IHS" comes that the Latinization of the first three letters of "Jesus" in Greek: ΙΗΣΟΥΣ. See: www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/ihs and newtheologicalmovement.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-does-ihs-stand-for-meaning-of-holy.html

[@AnshoAnto]

Seems like we all are on the same page... All meanings right because it was used in different ways in different time period... Stay blessed.. Check this out: simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christogram_IHS

[@thedoctorplusone]

The other practical reason for the amice is to hide street clothing.

[@Brickmore847]

Is there any occasion where the yoke and chasuble would mismatch in color?

[@anguskirk4696]

Hey Fr John you wore the Gold one backwards the IHS should be on the back not the front

[@1Immortalmortal]

Maybe you should say which week of Advent and Lent are Gaudete and Latare Sundays. Third week of Advent, 2 weeks before Palm Sunday in Lent, I think.

[@erikhomuth2520]

Fun to watch

[@coachchris548]

3 Ave Maria's for Father John Mitchell

[@janthony6086]

The Rose one is beautiful

[@bill8886]

why do u kiss the stole

[@stevenkincannon8688]

He's kissing the cross which is at the back of the stole.

[@AnshoAnto]

If u are a very spiritual person, then I would say it's just one of the way that one try to express their respect to god almighty and hearty gratitude to making the priest worthy to wear it and continue to serve him... I'm not sure if there's any more explanation to it...

[@1Immortalmortal]

The gold vestments used to be made with actual gold. Heavy.

[@salamut2202]

Another reason to wear a black chasuble is to be the front man of a Swedish rock band.

[@Joxinus]

ihs = Iesus Hominum Salvator

[@XenobiaWinterWolfMoon]

You look like St. Patrick

[@seikibrian8641]

The sleeved deacon's garment is called a dalmatic.

[@nathanytgamer9192]

Im a priest