The removal of the brilliant red vestments and the taking on of the Holy Week vestments would be an eloquent liturgical statement. While brilliant vestments are appropriate at the beginning of the service, at the end, weвЂ™re stepping into Holy Week and Good Friday.

At the end of the service, He faces His betrayal and His Cross and we move into Holy Week. Sidelight вЂ“ A priest friend вЂ“ and great liturgist вЂ“ speaking of the Palm Sunday service, remarked that the Palm Sunday service is so liturgically complex as to warrant two sets of vestments. While we all know that computers and the Internet do not transmit shades of colors well, I think youвЂ™ll be able to see the degree of difference between these two reds thereвЂ™s sufficient difference between them as to nearly constitute separate colors. I will put up pictures as soon as my computer will allow it (itвЂ™s been feeling cranky for a few days). ItвЂ™s a mercy when some benefit comes of it вЂ“ thank you, Holy Spirit! The good price on the Lichfield is due to a weaverвЂ™s error: Correct warp yarn of the wrong color. The good price on the Cloister is due to an inadvertent over-stock. Lichfield вЂ“ Holy Week red вЂ“ Usually $60/yard, now $35/yard.Д«oth are first quality вЂ“ these are not seconds. These two fabrics are such:Д¬loister вЂ“ Pentecost red вЂ“ Usually $40/yard, now $25/yard. I get opportunities to make unusual purchases for you. Perkins fabrics has made Church Linens a good customer for this excellent supplier. Yet, two separate sets of red vestments stretches the vestment budget. Two distinctly different shades of red for two distinctly different seasons. The other is the deep, heavy burgundy of Holy Week. Liturgical Fabrics in Our Liturgical Colors and Shades At Prices That Span the Price SpectrumДЇrom time to time we have discussed the two shades of our liturgical red: One is the brilliant, clear red of Pentecost.

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