WHAT IS THE LITURGICAL COLOR FOR REFORMATION DAY?
Red is the liturgical color for this day. Red reminds us of the Holy Spirit who descended on Christ’s followers in tongues of fire on Pentecost. It was by the power of the Holy Spirit that Martin Luther came to learn the gospel. The Holy Spirit moved him to post his Ninety-five Theses and inspired him and his colleagues to work toward the Reformation of the Christian church. The same Holy Spirit continues to come to Christians in the means of grace to forgive sins and strengthen faith. WHY IS REFORMATION DAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL? Martin Luther and his colleagues came to understand that if we sinners had to earn salvation by our own merits and good works, we would be lost and completely without hope. But through the working of the Holy Spirit, the reformers rediscovered the gospel — the wonderful news that Jesus Christ lived, died, and rose again to redeem and justify us. As Luther wrote in his explanation of the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed: I believe that Jesu
