The color of anticipation and hope. It is worn during Ordinary Time.
What is Green?
100
A posture that signifies respect and reverence.
What is standing?
100
A time of new beginnings and preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmastime.
What is Advent?
200
A bowl with a lid that the hosts are placed in for Communion. It also holds the consecrated hosts that are placed in the tabernacle.
What is a ciborium?
200
The color worn on martyrs' feast days, Pentecost, and at confirmation celebrations.
What is red?
200
A posture that is used when we need to be attentive and listen.
What is sitting?
200
The forty-day period preceding Easter. It is a time that calls us to repentance and conversion.
What is Lent?
300
A towellike linen used to clean the chalice and sacred vessels.
What is a purificator?
300
Symbolizes repentance and penance. This color is used in Advent and Lent and can be used at Masses for the dead.
What is Violet?
300
A posture that symbolizes adoration and awe in the presence of God.
What is kneeling?
300
The part of the year not included in the major seasons. It bridges the time after Christmas to Lent and from Pentecost to Advent.
What is Ordinary Time?
400
A long white robe secured around the waist by a cinture and is worn by the priest.
What is an alb?
400
A festive, joyful color. It is used during Christmas and Easter seasons, and feasts of our Lord, Mary, and the Saints who were not martyred. It is also often used at funerals.
What is white?
400
The gesture we make as a sign of adoration. What we do in the presence of the tabernacle, which contains the Blessed Sacrament - the Real Presence of Jesus Christ.
What is genuflect?
400
This day is often called the "birthday of the Church," and is celebrated fifty days after Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles.
What is Pentecost?
500
A large flowing outer garment worn specifically for liturgy. Its color reflects the liturgical season or feast.
What is a chasuble?
500
An optional color sometimes used on special sundays in penitential seasons for example on the third Sunday of Advent and the fourth Sunday of Lent.
What is rose (or pink)?
500
An act of reverence toward an object that has deep symbolic meaning, such as the altar.
What is bow (make a profound bow)?
500
The three days between Lent and Easter. It begins with Mass on Holy Thursday evening and continues through the Easter Vigil.