White or Gold in honour of the Holy Eucharist is worn and used on all feasts of the Lord (including Maundy Thursday and All Saints) and feasts of confessors and virgins as a symbol of purity.
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Within the setting of Christian liturgy, liturgical colours are specific colours used for vestments and hangings. Violet, white, green, red, gold, black, rose, and other colours have symbolic meanings that can be used to emphasise moods associated with a liturgical season or a special occasion.
During Advent and Lent, purple is used, however pink is used on the 3rd Sunday of Advent and Laetare Sunday, which falls just before Palm Sunday.
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The purple represents sorrow/suffering, both in anticipation of the Savior’s advent (ad + venire) and in commemoration of Christ’s 40 days in the desert (Lent).
Read about martyrs’ feast days (clearly, red Represents blood).
During the rest of the liturgical year, the colour green is used (green symbolising hope).
Funerals used to be held in black, but since Vatican II, they have been held in white (to symbolise life rather than mourning)
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