What Are Liturgical Colors and What do they mean?

• Purple - is the color of Penance Preparation and is used during Advent and Lent.

• Red - is the color of Sacrifice and is used during Passion Sunday, Good Friday, Pentecost, and the feast of the apostles and the martyrs.

• Rose/Pink - are the colors of anticipation and is used on the third Sunday in Advent and the fourth Sunday during Lent.

• Green - is the color of Hope, Life and Growth and is used throughout Ordinary Time.

• White/Gold - are the colors of Joy & Purity and are used during Easter and Christmas seasons and feasts of the Blessed Mother, angels and saints who weren’t martyred.