Gaudete & Laetare: Latin Mass Altar Flowers for Rose Vestments

In anticipation of Gaudete Sunday, I post a variety of arrangements I have made in the past incorporating various shades of rose.

Rose vestments come in a variety of colors from a pale apricot to a rich raspberry. Here are a few examples:

Solemnis maniple and chalice veil

Slabbinck chasuble with apricot damask and red orphrey

Solemnis chasuble in raspberry damask

Sacra Domus Aurea stole, maniple and chalice veil

18th century chasuble from 'Shades of Rosacea'

Toomey Avignon (Easter egg) pink chasuble with violet orphrey

Solemnis gothic chasuble

Is there a proper shade of rose for Gaudete and Laudete? From what I can tell, not exactly. Shawn Tribe writes an interesting post Shades of Rosacea: On the Litrugucal Colour Rose, which you can find here. In it he recommends certain shades over others but gives no definitive answer to this question.

For altar flowers for Laetare and Gaudete, here are some samples of past arrangements. But above all, rejoice!

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