Papa Stronsay
You are right, it is Red vestments
on Palm Sunday for the procession. Thenafter it becomes purple for the Palm
Sunday Mass.
The calendar photograph for April
2012 is not of Palm Sunday but of the Easter Vigil and is taken at
the Blessing of the Fire. The vestment there is actually purple. It is a deep
purple and I agree that it looks to be black in the darkness around
the fire. But it is purple and the colour remains purple for the whole of the
Vigil part of Holy Saturday and only during the Mass does it change from purple
to white; that takes place after the blessing of the Easter Water and before
the Gloria of the Mass.
I hope that is a clear enough answer
to your question.
With very best wishes for Holy Week,
Fr. Michael Mary
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