Liturgical Colors and Seasons

The Catholic Liturgy is very rich in tradition. As people who live in the world and are in contact with physical realities, it is important to have externals to remind and assist us in the worship of God. The entire Church year is broken into Liturgical seasons that help us follow the life of Christ and experiance these events in the here and now.

The Church's Liturgical Colors
  Violet - Advent, Lent, Funerals, Penance and Masses for the Dead
White - Funerals, Weddings, Baptisms, Feasts of Our Lord, Our Lady and the Saints
Red - Pentecost, Precious Blood, the Holy Spirit, feast of a Martyer
Green - Ordinary Time
Gold - Solemn Feasts of Our Lord in place of white
Rose - 3rd Sunday of Advent, 4th Sunday of Lent
Black - Funerals and Masses of the Dead

 

The Church's Liturgical Year
Advent
Christmas Season

(Holy Family; Baptism of the Lord; Mary, Mother of God; Epiphany)

Ordinary Time
Lent
Passion (Palm) Sunday & Holy Week
Easter

(Ascension of the Lord; Pentecost; Holy Trinity; Corpus Christi)

Ordinary Time
Christ the King

 

 

 

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