Meaning of liturgical colors
Liturgical Colors
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Meaning of liturgical colors :
There are four main liturgical colors. White symbolizes festivity and joy. Purple either penance or waiting in hope. Green the regular rhythm of life. Red the Holy Spirit or the witness of martyrs. The Church uses these liturgical colors as a way to symbolize the character of different seasons of the Church’s liturgical year. We begin in Advent with purple (sometimes a deeper bluer purple), then proceed to white (or gold) at Christmas and throughout the Christmas season. After a brief stretch of Ordinary Time (where green becomes the color) we enter into the Lenten season and purple (often a rose purple). At Easter we return to white, ending the Easter season on Pentecost with red. The rest of the Sundays are usually in Ordinary Time and so we use green.
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