LITURGICAL

COLOURS
AND THE
LITURGICAL
CALENDAR

Sta. Lucia Parish\

Ministry of Altar Servers
LITURGICAL
SEASONS
 What are the Seasons?

Ordinary Time
Lent and Easter Triduum
Advent
Easter
Christmas & Epiphany
Advent
 Advent
COLOUR CODING: VIOLET AND PINK
Four weeks of Preparation for the Coming
of Christ
Use of Advent Wreath
Violet (1st, 2nd, and 4th Sundays), Pink (3rd
Sunday)
Begins around last week of November, ends
on December 24
Christmas
 Christmas
COLOUR CODING: WHITE AND GOLD

Celebration of the Coming of Christ

and His early manifestations
White and Gold both used
Starts on Christmas, ends in Baptism
of Jesus
Ordinary
Time I
 Ordinary Time I
COLOUR CODING: GREEN

Celebration of the Life of Christ

before Lenten Season
Green used all throughout
Starts on Baptism of Jesus, ends
before Ash Wednesday
Lent
and
Easter
Triduum
 Lent
COLOUR CODING: VIOLET AND PINK
Six-week Preparation and Penance
for the Sacrifice of Christ
Violet (1st to 3rd, 5th to 6th Sundays),
Pink (4th Sunday)
Starts on Ash Wednesday, ends in
Holy Thursday
 Easter Triduum
COLOUR CODING: VIOLET, WHITE, AND RED

Three Days commemoration of

Christ' suffering and Death
Starts on Holy Thursday (Last Supper)
until Easter Vigil
White (Holy Thursday), Red (Good
Friday), Violet (Easter Vigil
Easter
 Easter
COLOUR CODING: WHITE AND GOLD

Celebration of the Resurrection of

Christ and culmination of His sacrifice
White and Gold both used
Starts on Easter Vigil, ends in
Pentecost
50 Days of Celebration
Ordinary
Time II
 Ordinary Time II
COLOUR CODING: GREEN

Celebration of the Life of Christ and

His missionary works
Green used all throughout
Starts on Sunday after Pentecost, ends
with Christ the King
33 Sundays (excluding Christ the King)
LITURGICAL
COLOURS
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LITURGICAL COLOURS

VIOLET
OR
PURPLE
WHAT IS ITS SYMBOL? WHEN IS IT USED?

Penance Advent
Waiting/Patience Lent
Mourning Funeral Masses
Confessions
(Kumpisal)
Anointing of the
Sick
LITURGICAL COLOURS

PINK
OR
MAGENTA
WHAT IS ITS SYMBOL? WHEN IS IT USED?

Joy and 3rd Sunday

Happiness of Advent
Solemnity 4th Sunday
of Lent
LITURGICAL COLOURS

WHITE
AND
GOLD
WHAT IS ITS SYMBOL? WHEN IS IT USED?

Purity and (Both White and Gold)

Cleanliness (W) Christmas
Happiness caused Easter
by the Faith (W)
Resurrection (W) Feast Day of
Royalty and Patron Saint (G)
Grandeur (G)
LITURGICAL COLOURS

GREEN
WHAT IS ITS SYMBOL? WHEN IS IT USED?

Hope and Ordinary

Perseverance Time
Continuous
Listening to His
Word
LITURGICAL COLOURS

BLUE
WHAT IS ITS SYMBOL? WHEN IS IT USED?

The Blessed
Virgin Mary
Celebrations
Respect and relating to
Commemoration the Blessed
of her life
Virgin Mary
Healing Power of
God
LITURGICAL COLOURS

RED
OR
MAROON
WHAT IS ITS SYMBOL? WHEN IS IT USED?

Feast Days
Blood
of Martyrs
Sacrifice and
Palm Sunday
Suffering
and Good
Passion of
Friday
Christ
Where can we spot them?