Colour | Season | Symbolism (Positive associations) |
Green | Masses in Ordinary time | Hope, everlasting life, fidelity, growth, fertility |
White | Christmas, Easter, Feasts and memorials of the Lord other than His Passion. The conversion of Paul, Feasts of Blessed Virgin Mary, Birth of John the Baptist, Of Saints and Virgins, All Saints (Nov 1st) *Funerals (Optional) (* asterisk), The Chair of Peter | Joy, exuberance, celebration resurrection, victory, purity, innocence |
Gold and Silver | for Most Solemn Feasts | Same as white |
Red | Pentecost, Good Friday, Palm Sunday (Passion Sunday), Feast of Martyrs, Birthday feasts of the Apostles and Evangelists and celebrations of Martyrs | Holy spirit, suffering of the lord, of the apostles and for martyrdom |