Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Liturgical Colours

AS part of our planning and preparations for feast days, I thought it would be good to share this guide on Liturgical Colours:

I have a few different books that seem to vary on various colours for different days. I thought having this here might be helpful for some others.


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)


Blessings,

3 comments:

Kelly said...

Hello Gae :) Great post! I bookmarked it for later. I've been planning on going over the liturgical colours with the children along with making our own vestments for a Father "Pine". Very informative, thank you!

And I would also like to thank you for all of your prayers and kind comments during our time of trial. It continues to be so comforting to know that there are people as kind and thoughtful as you out in cyber space.

May God bless you and your beautiful family!

The Watts Family said...

Wow Gae you are just a wealth of information you amaze me!! What a blessing you are. I liked your explanation of the colors ~Heather

Cindy said...

Great post! I think I'll print this if it is ok with you.
cindy

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