Why Do Priests Wear Vestments? - The Catholic Mass #31

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🗓️ 14 April 2025

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Today in the Catholic Mass Series, we continue our discussion of the Mass’s visual and ceremonial aspects with a review of the history, symbolism, and function of priestly and episcopal vestments. Why does the priest put on special clothing to celebrate the Mass? Is it purely aesthetic and ceremonial, or is there a theological significance? And when did all this start? Did the Apostles and early Church Fathers wear the same things that you see your local priest wear on Sundays? What was the historic and symbolic development of the cassock, the chasuble, and more?

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0:00.0	Today in the Catholic Mass series, we'll continue our discussion of the Mass's visual and ceremonial aspects with a review of the history, symbolism, and function of priestly and episcopal vestments.
0:17.0	Why does the priest put on special clothing to celebrate the Mass? Is it purely aesthetic and ceremonial, or is there a theological significance?
0:25.1	And when did this all start?
0:26.7	Did the apostles and early church fathers wear the same things that you see your local priests wear on a Sunday?
0:31.9	What was the historic and symbolic development of the casic, the chasible, and more?
0:36.7	On SSPX Podcast.com slash mass, you'll be able to find
0:39.6	all of these episodes, videos, and resources. This is free to listen to, but please do consider a
0:44.8	one-time or a small monthly recurring donation. And please consider leaving a rating and a review on the
0:49.8	podcast. This will make sure that more people can find these episodes and discover the beauty
0:54.3	and the truth of traditional Catholicism.
0:57.1	So now let's join Father Ian Palco for episode 31.
1:01.1	Why do priests wear vestments?
1:06.3	Father Balco, great to have you back again.
1:08.6	And can I just say for the record, it is nice to be on the
1:11.1	interviewing side of things instead of the interviewee after a couple of weeks. Father
1:15.7	Robinson was a harsh interviewer. Yeah. To be honest, I've only gotten through about half an hour
1:22.0	between the drive down to the convent this morning and the drive back, just putting it on
1:27.3	play and listening to it to I was going,
1:30.0	recommended way of people maybe to listen to the podcast.
1:32.6	Maybe not this one,
1:33.5	because we're going to show some pictures.
1:35.0	Right, right.
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