It Comes in Colors Everywhere
04/09/05
What color is your house? Your car? How 'bout your favorite socks..? Color surrounds us and has always been used to set moods and as symbols. We mark our church seasons and feasts with colors; with vestments and the sanctuary (often even the nave) usually decorated in the tones...
Red is used to signify the presence of the Holy Spirit and is used at ordinations, confirmations, during Holy Week, and at Whitsuntide (Pentecost).
White and gold are the colors of celebration and are used for weddings, major feast days, Maundy Thursday (white only), Easter, Ascension day, and during the twelve days of Christmas.
Green, the color of growth, is used on Ordinary Sundays of the year after Epiphany and Pentecost.
Purple, as the color of penitence and/or preparation, is used during Lent, at Palm Sunday, and during Advent. (Originally a sign of royalty as purple dyes were rare, purple clerical shirts and vestments usually indicates a bishop.)
Black is the traditional and simple color of humility (sometimes of mourning). It's the standard color (slimming, isn't it?) for clerical clothing and is used by some congregations on Good Friday.
Red is used to signify the presence of the Holy Spirit and is used at ordinations, confirmations, during Holy Week, and at Whitsuntide (Pentecost).
White and gold are the colors of celebration and are used for weddings, major feast days, Maundy Thursday (white only), Easter, Ascension day, and during the twelve days of Christmas.
Green, the color of growth, is used on Ordinary Sundays of the year after Epiphany and Pentecost.
Purple, as the color of penitence and/or preparation, is used during Lent, at Palm Sunday, and during Advent. (Originally a sign of royalty as purple dyes were rare, purple clerical shirts and vestments usually indicates a bishop.)
Black is the traditional and simple color of humility (sometimes of mourning). It's the standard color (slimming, isn't it?) for clerical clothing and is used by some congregations on Good Friday.