What is the significance of purple during Lent?
Purple is the color used for the liturgical season of Lent. If your church observes Lent, you will probably notice that the vestments – – the cloths used on the altar, lectern, or pulpit – – will be purple. Your worship leaders will use purple stoles during this season. Lent’s color is purple because this color signifies penitence, mourning, and suffering. Purple is also the color of royalty, hinting at the coming resurrection of Jesus. Many churches will strip the worship space of color or will use the color black on Good Friday. Then on Easter, the colors switch to white for the Easter season.
