Liturgical Colors

Catholic Teaching :

Do you know your liturgical colors?

Green: Ordinary Time, between Pentecost and the first Sunday of Advent, and again between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday.

Purple: Advent and Lent

White: Easter and Christmas week, the feasts of the Angels and all saints who were not martyrs.

Red: Pentecost, all feasts of Our Lord’s Cross and Passion (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Saturday) the feasts of the Apostles and all martyrs.

Rose: The third Sunday of Advent and the fourth Sunday of Lent.

Gold: Can be used in place of white, red, or green.

Blue: Marian Feasts