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Liturgical Colors

Liturgical Colors




light
innocence
purity
joy
triumph
glory


White

Season of Christmas
Season of Easter
Feasts of the Lord, other than of His passion
Feasts of Mary, the angels, and saints who were not martyrs
All Saints (1 November)
Feasts of the Apostles
Nuptial Masses
Masses for the dead (Requiem Masses) when the deceased is a baptized child who died before the age of reason

Note: White is the color of Popes' non-liturgical dress. White can be replaced by Silver.



the Passion
blood
fire
God's Love
martyrdom


Red

Feasts of the Lord's passion, Blood, and Cross
Feasts of the martyrs
Palm Sunday
Pentecost

Note: Red is the color of Cardinals' non-liturgical dress



the Holy Ghost
life eternal
hope


Green

Time After Epiphany
Time After Pentecost



penance
humility
melancholy


Violet

Season of Advent
Season of Septuagesima
Season of Lent
Rogation Days
Ember Days (except for Pentecost Ember Days)
Vigils except for Ascension and Pentecost
Good Friday

Note: Violet, literally "amaranth red," is the color of Bishops', Archbishops', and Patriarchs' non-liturgical dress



mourning
sorrow


Black

All Souls Day
Masses for the dead (Requiem Masses), except for baptized children who've died before the age of reason



joy


Rose

Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday of Advent)
Laetare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent)



joy


Gold

Gold can replace white, red, or green (but not violet or black)

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Liturgical Vestments (and prayers the priest says while vesting for Mass)

Jubilee Medal of St. Benedict [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus}

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Scapulars [Ecumenical]

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, The Miraculous Medal [Ecumenical]

'Holy Things To The Holy': Sacred Things, Places, and Times [Ecumenical]

Why We Need Sacred Art

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, [Holy] Water

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, [New] Fire, Paschal Candle

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Holy Oils

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Crucifixes and Crosses

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Sacred Images: Statues and Other Icons

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Incense

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Palm Branches

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Ashes

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Relics and the Incorruptibles

Purification of Sacred Vessels in U.S. (and more on the Purification of our Lord)

6 posted on 12/30/2008 8:29:58 PM PST by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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