they sometimes add some decoration to the wreath in Advent colors, which are purple for penance and rose-pink for the third week, which begins with Gaudete Sunday, when flowers are permitted on ...

Just as the evergreen wreath symbolizes eternity and fidelity ... Eve is taken up with these preparations, so on the Third Sunday of Advent, they choose to put up the family tree.

You are unable to view this content as it is hosted by a third-party. In order to watch ... Today, on Gaudete Sunday, we just begin to inch out of the half-light of Advent slightly closer towards the ...

Visual resources librarian Bridget Retzloff shares the curiously titled "Cherry Tree Carol" and pairs it with one of the Marian Library’s largest Nativity scenes — the "Courtyard Nativity." ...

The three purple candles will be lit on the first, second and fourth Sunday of Advent. The pink candle will be lit on the third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete means ‘to ...