Priestly Liturgical Vestments

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At every Eucharistic celebration, the priest vests himself with the alb, cincture, stole, and the chasuble. As he dresses himself, a prayer is recited for each vestment he puts on. The word ‘vestment’ is simply the Latin for ‘clothing’. The alb is the long white robe worn by Priests and Deacons (The Latin for white is alba.)

The alb may be fastened at the waist with a cincture, or belt, woven to look like a rope. The stole – a long, narrow, scarf-like vestment – is a symbol of the priestly office. The Priest wears it around his neck whenever he is celebrating the Eucharist or any of the other sacraments. The chasuble is the outer garment worn specifically for the celebration of Mass and the colour of the chasuble indicates the liturgical season or feast. The word chasuble comes from the Latin word casula which means a little house. It was the outer garment worn by the Roman nobility. The chasuble is often beautifully decorated with Christian symbols. It is generally flowing in style.

The liturgical vestments were made to symbolize the official and priestly virtues of their wearers. In the twelfth century there were added to this the typico-dogmatic symbolism, in which the vestments were expounded in reference to Christ Whose representative is the priest, and soon they symbolized Christ's Incarnation, the two Natures of Christ, the unity and relation to each other of these natures before long, the virtues of Christ, His teaching, and soon, lately, His relations to the Church.

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