Gaudete Sunday

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Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a joyful emphasis and the use of rose-colored vestments as a break from the season’s penitential tone.

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Generate an image of Gaudete Sunday (Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a joyful emphasis and the use of rose-colored vestments as a break from the season’s penitential tone.)

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Label Occurrences
Gaudete Sunday canonical 8
Sunday of Advent 1
Third Sunday of Advent 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast day ⓘ
liturgical observance ⓘ
alternativeName Third Sunday of Advent ⓘ
linked to: Gaudete Sunday
associatedCandleColor rose candle on the Advent wreath ⓘ
calendarType moveable feast ⓘ
category Advent Sunday ⓘ
linked to: Advent

Christian holy day ⓘ
Moveable Christian feast ⓘ
celebrates joy at the nearness of Christ’s coming ⓘ
contrastsWith penitential character of Advent ⓘ
focus encouragement amid Advent preparation ⓘ
follows Second Sunday of Advent ⓘ
historicalUse rose-colored vestments permitted as early as the Middle Ages ⓘ
introitSource Philippians 4:4–5 ⓘ
introitText "Gaudete in Domino semper" ⓘ
languageOfTitle Latin ⓘ
liturgicalColor rose ⓘ
violet ⓘ
liturgicalForm celebrated in both Ordinary Form and Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite ⓘ
liturgicalRankInRomanRite Sunday of Advent ⓘ
linked to: Gaudete Sunday
liturgicalSeasonTone mitigation of penitential tone ⓘ
musicEmphasis more festive music than other Advent Sundays ⓘ
nameComesFrom Introit "Gaudete in Domino semper" ⓘ
Latin word "gaudete" meaning "rejoice" ⓘ
notObservedIn Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar as such ⓘ
observanceIncludes Mass with special Advent prayers ⓘ
lighting of the third Advent wreath candle ⓘ
observedBy Western Christianity ⓘ
occursBefore Christmas ⓘ
occursBetween December 11 and December 17 ⓘ
occursIn December in most years ⓘ
partOf Advent ⓘ
positionInSequence third Sunday of Advent ⓘ
precedes Fourth Sunday of Advent ⓘ
linked to: Advent
readingsEmphasis joyful expectation of Christ ⓘ
relatedConcept Laetare Sunday ⓘ
scripturalBook Letter to the Philippians ⓘ
scripturalMotto "Rejoice in the Lord always" ⓘ
similarTo Laetare Sunday as a mid-season rejoicing ⓘ
theme joy ⓘ
rejoicing in the Lord ⓘ
typicalVestmentColor rose-colored vestments ⓘ
violet vestments when rose is unavailable ⓘ
usedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Christian liturgical calendar ⓘ
Lutheran churches ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

some other Western Christian denominations ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Advent → includes → Gaudete Sunday ⓘ
Gaudete Sunday → alternativeName → Third Sunday of Advent ⓘ
linked to: Gaudete Sunday
Gaudete Sunday → liturgicalRankInRomanRite → Sunday of Advent ⓘ
linked to: Gaudete Sunday
Laetare Sunday → isCounterpartOf → Gaudete Sunday ⓘ
Second Sunday of Advent → precedes → Gaudete Sunday ⓘ
Second Sunday of Advent → contrastedWith → Gaudete Sunday ⓘ
Rose Sunday → relatedTo → Gaudete Sunday ⓘ