What colour are Catholic priests wearing in Ordinary Time?

Answer 1

Green. The Catholic Church uses different colors for different seasons and occasions during the Liturgical year White (or Silver) represents light, innocence, purity, joy, triumph, and glory:

• Season of Christmas

• Season of Easter

• Feasts of the Lord, other than of His passion

• Feasts of Mary, the angels, and saints who were not martyrs

• All Saints (1 November)

• Feasts of the Apostles

• Nuptial Masses (Weddings)

• Masses for the dead (Requiem Masses) when the deceased is a baptized child who died before the age of reason Red represents the Passion, blood, fire, God's Love, martyrdom:

• Feasts of the Lord's passion, Blood, and Cross

• Feasts of the martyrs

• Palm Sunday

• Pentecost Green represents the Holy Ghost, life eternal, hope:

• Ordinary Time including

. • Time After Epiphany

. • Time After Pentecost Violet represents penance, humility, melancholy:

• Season of Advent

• Season of Lent

• Vigils except for Ascension and Pentecost

• Good Friday Black represents mourning and sorrow:

• All Souls Day

• Masses for the dead (Requiem Masses), except for baptized children who've died before the age of reason Rose represents joy:

• Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday of Advent)

• Laetare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent)

Answer 2

Catholic Answer

The color is "rose" and is optional; purple may still be worn.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Rose
. . . Rose-colored vestments may be used instead of purple on the third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday) and the fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday). The liturgy of these Sundays is joyful.

Answer 3

he wears the colour Green. hope this helps.

Answer 4

Roman Catholic AnswerThey wear Green on any day that is NOT a special Feast that would require some other color.

Answer 5

The priest wears a Purple robe on the 3rd Sunday of advent.

Answer 6

White is worn on the feast of Ascension. There is no season of Ascension.