Dec 192010
Article
Liturgical color symbolizing mourning. Black vestments are used on Good Friday, to express grief at the death of the Saviour, and unless the rank of a feast require otherwise, at funerals and offices for the dead to show sorrow and sympathy. However, at these times the tabernacle veil is purple, as it is never allowed to hang a black veil before the Blessed Sacrament.
MLA Citation
- “black”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 December 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/black/>