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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gaudete Sunday canonical 7
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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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