St. Paul's Sanctuary Wedding
White Liturgical Color

Blue Stained Glass
from Pixabay

+ BLUE +
signifying Truth and Eternity
during
Advent (rarely).

Brown Stained Glass
from Pixabay

+ BROWN +
(unbleached linen)
signifying Sacrifice
during
first four weeks of Lent
(sometimes).

St. Paul's Sanctuary Lenten Violet, 2024
Violet Liturgical Color
from Altar Guild Member Claudia Stein

+ VIOLET +
signifying Penitence and Mourning
during
Advent, Septuagesima to Lent, Ash Wednesday,
Lent, Palm Sunday, Passion or Holy Week,
Holy Innocents Day, Funerals, Rogation Days,
Ember Days, and Vigils.

Violet Stained Glass
from Pixabay

St. Paul's Sanctuary Pentecost Red
Red Liturgical Color
from Altar Guild Member Claudia Stein

+ RED +
(Rose)
The color of the Holy Spirit.
signifying Blood, Fire, Martyrdom and Love for God
during
Ordination and Confirmation,
Palm Sunday, Passion or Holy Week,
Whitsunday, Pentecost and octave,
Feast of the Martyrs, and Holy Innocents Sunday
(Third Sunday in Advent and Mid-Lent Sunday).

Red Stained Glass
from Pixabay

Green Stained Glass
from Pixabay

+ GREEN +
signifying Life, Hope, Regeneration,
Peace, and Immortality
during
Sundays after Epiphany and Trinity.

St. Paul's Stripping of the Altar
March 28, 2024
Black Liturgical Color
from Altar Guild Member Renee Simon

+ BLACK +
signifying Death
during
Good Friday with black wrappings but bare altar,
and Funerals.

Black Stained Glass
from Pixabay

In God's Presence
by Rev. Phillips S. Gilman
Morehouse-Gorham Co.
1953

The Illustrated Bible and Church Handbook
edited by Stanley I. Stuber
Associated Press
1966

An Altar Guild Manual
by Edith Weir Perry
Moorhouse Publishing
1989

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Seven Colors of Faith

St. Paul's Episcopal Church Watercolor
by
Patricia Grafton Thomas, 1993

Yellow represents the perfect
+ LIGHT +
of God.

White represents the
+ CLEANSING +
of Our Sins.

Blue represents the
+ BAPTISM +
indentifing us with Jesus.

Purple represents the
+ CROWN +
of Life promised
to those Loving God.

Red represents the
+ BLOOD +
Jesus shed for us.

Green represents the New
+ LIFE +
we have in Jesus.

Black represents Our
+ SINS +.

Purple Church
from Pixabay

'Colors of Faith'
Sayings Bracelets
Greeting Card
by Holystuff
Designs by
'Jesus and G'

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PALL

(Chalice linen cover)
upon this the...

VEIL

(Chalice covering)
upon this the...

BURSE

(Thin case containing the corporal or linen square,
the second corporal or post Communion veil, if used,
and a purificator)

An Altar Guild Manual
by Edith Weir Perry
Moorhouse Publishing
1989

Altar Guild Manual
page 29
The Episcopal Parish of
St. John the Evangelist
Hingham, Massachusetts
2023

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Seven Woes of the Unrighteous Pharisees

Fire
from Pixabay

Denying Themselves Access to the Kingdom of Heaven,
As Well as to Others Seeking the Kingdom of Heaven.

Making Long Public Prayers,
While Cheating Vulnerable Widows.

Taking Great Effort to Make Converts,
Then Making Them Worse Than Themselves.

Saying an Oath on the Altar May Not Be Binding,
While an Oath on a Gift for the Altar Must Be Binding.

Tithing and Following the Details of the Law,
While Neglecting the Basis of the Law: Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness.

Outwardly Appearing Righteous,
While Inwardly Being Full of Greed and Self Indulgence.

Decorating the Graves of Godly People Killed by Their Ancestors,
While Falsely Saying They Would Not Have Killed Godly People Themselves.

Matthew 23:13-31

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Seven Days of Creation

Big Bang
from Pixabay

In the Beginning,
When God created Heavens and Earth,
Earth was a formless Void,
And Darkness covered all.
(Beginning Dark Void)

God said, Let there be Light of Day
Against Darkness of Night.
There was evening and there was morning,
The FIRST Day.
(Light created first.)

God said, Let there be a dome of Sky
Separating what is above, from Waters below.
There was evening and there was morning,
The SECOND Day.
(Sky and Waters created second.)

God said, Let Waters gather in Seas
Leaving dry land Earth.
And let Earth put forth Plants yielding seed.
There was evening and there was morning,
The THIRD Day.
(Dry Land and Plants created third.)

God said, Let there be Lights in the dome of Sky.
One greater Light to separate and rule Day,
Lesser Lights to rule Night.
There was evening and there was morning,
The FOURTH Day.
(Heavenly Bodies created fourth.)

God said, Let Waters bring forth
Swarms of Living Creatures who multiply.
Let Birds fly across the Sky, and multiply.
There was evening and there was morning,
The FIFTH Day.
(Water Creatures and Birds created fifth.)

God said, Let Earth bring forth its Living Creatures
And let us create Humankind in our Godly image
To have dominion over Living Creatures.
There was evening and there was morning,
The SIXTH Day.
(Land Creatures and Humans created sixth.)

Heavens and Earth were Finished.
God rested from the work of Creation.
God blessed that day of Rest,
The SEVENTH Day.
(Finally God Rested.)

Genesis
from Pixabay

Genesis 1:all and 2:1-4

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Seven Colors of the Rainbow

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet

Genesis 9:12-17
(God's Promise)

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Seven Petitions of the Lord's Prayer

Lord's Prayer
from Pixabay

Our Father,
who art in heaven
+ HALLOWED BE +
thy name;

Thy kingdom
+ COME +;

Thy will
+ BE DONE +
on earth
as it is in heaven.

+ GIVE US +
this day
our daily bread

And
+ FORGIVE US +
our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;

And
+ LEAD US +
not into temptation,

But
+ DELIVER US +
from evil.

Catechism of the Catholic Church - 2803-2854

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Trinity Cathedral Altar


Trinity Cathedral
Episcopal Church
Diocese of Ohio

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This page last updated on 12-24-2023.