Purple vestments are traditionally worn during Lent.
baccalaureate masses during lent season
Vestments are purple at the start of Lent.
The color of the vestments of the pope, or any priest or bishop, depends on the liturgical season. During Lent or Advent the vestments are violet.
If you are referring to the color of vestments worn at Mass on Saint Patrick's Day, that would be violet as the feast falls in Lent.
violet, because it's lent
A purple drape over the cross is placed during Lent to symbolize mourning for the crucifixion.
The priest wears red vestments on Palm Sunday.
It would depend on the liturgical season for a memorial or optional memorial. During Ordinary Time it would be green or, if the saint was a martyr, red; if is a feast or solemnity then non-martyrs would be white. During Lent or Advent the color would be violet for memorials.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe liturgical color for Lent is Violet.
In the Church, the color purple represents Penance. Therefore, the purple vestments are worn during Lent/Easter, a time where Christ died to forgive us of our sins. . In the Catholic Church a "purple" vestment means that you do not know the correct terminology for liturgical colors in current terminology. Currently, purple only refers to Bishop's cassocks and such while violet is the word used for vestments. In the Catholic Church violet vestments are used in Advent, Lent, and for sacraments of confession and at other times for penance.
The Vestments. Used the week before Easter.
Violet or purple is the color for Lent.