What's Appropriate to Wear to Church on Palm Sunday?

[HoneyBee]

This is going to sound like a bit of an odd question, but I'm feeling a wee bit suspicious of this claim that my grandmother made to me today and I feel the need to fact check it. Google isn't helping either, so I'm turning here.

I just got some cute modest dresses in the mail and still have some more on the way. The dresses are all vibrantly colored and patterned (but not in a way that will burn your eyes) and I'm really excited to start wearing them to church. When I showed the dresses to my grandmother, though, she said that they were nice, but that I should wait to wear them until Easter. When I asked why, she said it's because during Holy Week, people are supposed to dress solemnly because it's a time of mourning.

I totally understand that and yet... it's not Holy Week yet. Holy Week starts on Monday, not this Sunday, so I'm not sure if she's just mistaken or what. Thankfully, I have a black dress that I can wear to church on Sunday (along with a grey sweater thing that I'm forgetting the name of right now) in case I need to dress solemnly. Still, I need to check and see if this is real information or not. Since I found absolutely nothing on Google corroborating this, I'm thinking it might be false, but what do you guys think?

 

[Michie]

It varies. Some go with the grays and browns. But many dress casually in my parish. Read Scripture and you see many were in a celebratory mode. In my experience where I am located we do not see any outright solemn dressing until Holy Thurday and good Friday. We start seeing the more flashy dressing (pastels) through Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday. I hope this helps!

This is going to sound like a bit of an odd question, but I'm feeling a wee bit suspicious of this claim that my grandmother made to me today and I feel the need to fact check it. Google isn't helping either, so I'm turning here.

I just got some cute modest dresses in the mail and still have some more on the way. The dresses are all vibrantly colored and patterned (but not in a way that will burn your eyes) and I'm really excited to start wearing them to church. When I showed the dresses to my grandmother, though, she said that they were nice, but that I should wait to wear them until Easter. When I asked why, she said it's because during Holy Week, people are supposed to dress solemnly because it's a time of mourning.

I totally understand that and yet... it's not Holy Week yet. Holy Week starts on Monday, not this Sunday, so I'm not sure if she's just mistaken or what. Thankfully, I have a black dress that I can wear to church on Sunday (along with a grey sweater thing that I'm forgetting the name of right now) in case I need to dress solemnly. Still, I need to check and see if this is real information or not. Since I found absolutely nothing on Google corroborating this, I'm thinking it might be false, but what do you guys think?

 

[AvilaSurfer]

Holy Week begins Palm Sunday.

 

[Michie]

True. But in my experience, no signs of mourning are shown till Good Friday.

Holy Week begins Palm Sunday.

 

[Monk Brendan]

This is going to sound like a bit of an odd question, but I'm feeling a wee bit suspicious of this claim that my grandmother made to me today and I feel the need to fact check it. Google isn't helping either, so I'm turning here.

I just got some cute modest dresses in the mail and still have some more on the way. The dresses are all vibrantly colored and patterned (but not in a way that will burn your eyes) and I'm really excited to start wearing them to church. When I showed the dresses to my grandmother, though, she said that they were nice, but that I should wait to wear them until Easter. When I asked why, she said it's because during Holy Week, people are supposed to dress solemnly because it's a time of mourning.

I totally understand that and yet... it's not Holy Week yet. Holy Week starts on Monday, not this Sunday, so I'm not sure if she's just mistaken or what. Thankfully, I have a black dress that I can wear to church on Sunday (along with a grey sweater thing that I'm forgetting the name of right now) in case I need to dress solemnly. Still, I need to check and see if this is real information or not. Since I found absolutely nothing on Google corroborating this, I'm thinking it might be false, but what do you guys think?

In the Byzantine tradition, Holy Week starts the Saturday before Palm Sunday.

 

[Monk Brendan]

This is going to sound like a bit of an odd question, but I'm feeling a wee bit suspicious of this claim that my grandmother made to me today and I feel the need to fact check it. Google isn't helping either, so I'm turning here.

I just got some cute modest dresses in the mail and still have some more on the way. The dresses are all vibrantly colored and patterned (but not in a way that will burn your eyes) and I'm really excited to start wearing them to church. When I showed the dresses to my grandmother, though, she said that they were nice, but that I should wait to wear them until Easter. When I asked why, she said it's because during Holy Week, people are supposed to dress solemnly because it's a time of mourning.

I totally understand that and yet... it's not Holy Week yet. Holy Week starts on Monday, not this Sunday, so I'm not sure if she's just mistaken or what. Thankfully, I have a black dress that I can wear to church on Sunday (along with a grey sweater thing that I'm forgetting the name of right now) in case I need to dress solemnly. Still, I need to check and see if this is real information or not. Since I found absolutely nothing on Google corroborating this, I'm thinking it might be false, but what do you guys think?

In the Byzantine tradition, Holy Week starts the Saturday before Palm Sunday.

 

[Stabat Mater dolorosa]

Regardless you should pay your respect to your elderly grandmother and just do as she says. You're blessed to have her as a guide and a mentor in faith and owe her as much.
Respecting the elderly is a wonderful and pious thing to do, long forgotten in our culture sadly.

God bless and enjoy holy week and the upcoming Easter celebration.

 

[HoneyBee]

Regardless you should pay your respect to your elderly grandmother and just do as she says. You're blessed to have her as a guide and a mentor in faith and owe her as much.
Respecting the elderly is a wonderful and pious thing to do, long forgotten in our culture sadly.

God bless and enjoy holy week and the upcoming Easter celebration.

Oh yes, most definitely. I was going to follow her advice anyways, but it never hurts to check as well, just to be sure that I'm not walking around with false information in my head. And, in either case, I'm still grateful that my grandmother gave me the heads up. After all, the last thing I would want to do would be to walk into a church looking like a sore thumb among everyone else.

 

[Stabat Mater dolorosa]

Oh yes, most definitely. I was going to follow her advice anyways, but it never hurts to check as well, just to be sure that I'm not walking around with false information in my head. And, in either case, I'm still grateful that my grandmother gave me the heads up. After all, the last thing I would want to do would be to walk into a church looking like a sore thumb among everyone else.

I'm sure you wouldn't look like a sore thumb sister, at least in Norway we have people who fail to observe any sort of dress code. Some people even attend Sundaymass in Liverpool jerseys so in comparison picking the wrong dress isnt really that big of a deal in and of itself
If it hadn't been for you asking your grandma about her opinion you could've gone with the dress you liked, but now doing so comes of as disobedience of some sort.

It's having the right mind and being spiritually tuned in on the liturgy that is the most important thing for us all during Easter and it sounds like you're a spiritually mature lady.

Blessing and love, come let us adore him!

 

[Michie]

This is going to sound like a bit of an odd question, but I'm feeling a wee bit suspicious of this claim that my grandmother made to me today and I feel the need to fact check it. Google isn't helping either, so I'm turning here.

I just got some cute modest dresses in the mail and still have some more on the way. The dresses are all vibrantly colored and patterned (but not in a way that will burn your eyes) and I'm really excited to start wearing them to church. When I showed the dresses to my grandmother, though, she said that they were nice, but that I should wait to wear them until Easter. When I asked why, she said it's because during Holy Week, people are supposed to dress solemnly because it's a time of mourning.

I totally understand that and yet... it's not Holy Week yet. Holy Week starts on Monday, not this Sunday, so I'm not sure if she's just mistaken or what. Thankfully, I have a black dress that I can wear to church on Sunday (along with a grey sweater thing that I'm forgetting the name of right now) in case I need to dress solemnly. Still, I need to check and see if this is real information or not. Since I found absolutely nothing on Google corroborating this, I'm thinking it might be false, but what do you guys think?

How did it go today searching?