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The liturgical color for Lent is violet (purple), the color of penitence. However, the priest may wear rose-colored (pink) vestments on the fourth Sunday of Lent, called Laetare (Lay-tar-ay) Sunday. Pink or rose is a joyful color, used again on the third Sunday of Advent, also called "Gaudete Sunday".

Laetare Sunday has traditionally been viewed as a day of celebration and encouragement, on which the austerity of Lent is briefly lessened. The fourth Sunday of Lent signifies that we've passed the halfway point, and that Easter is in sight now. It's a time that we can relax a little bit; flowers can be used on the altar on this Sunday when they're otherwise forbidden, and there can be organ music on this day. But after Laetare Sunday, we return to our time of penance and the violet vestments are worn again until Easter.

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