No jokes today about the color of the chasuble, OK? It's not pink, it's rose. And it is a sign too. It's a way to express joy, joy because the Lord is getting closer. You know that the third Sunday of Advent is often called gaudete, a Latin word used in the entrance antiphon of the Holy Mass, whose meaning is to be joyful. The entire liturgy invites us to be joyful.
During the opening prayer we have asked to attain the joys of so great a salvation, and to celebrate the feast of the Lord's Nativity with solemn worship and glad rejoicing. The prophet Zephaniah has told us to shout for joy, to sing joyfully and to be glad and to exult with all our heart. Meanwhile St. Paul has also told us to rejoice in the Lord always. He says, "I shall say it again, rejoice, your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near.
