A Rose By Any Other Name…. It’s Rose Sunday, Mid-Point of Lent
Mandeville, LA - Laetare Sunday is so called from the first words of the Introit of today’s Mass, "Laetare Jerusalem" — "Rejoice, O Jerusalem" and marks the mid-point of the season of Lent; the vestments for this day are rose, as they are on Gaudete Sunday in Advent. The day is also called: Dominica de Rosa, Refreshment Sunday, the Sunday of the Five Loaves and Mothering Sunday. Today is also the day […]