Lent why purple

When it comes to faith, the colors we wear on the outside often reflect how we're feeling on the inside. Shutterstock The Church decided to keep the color violet as a symbol, not just of penance and mourning in anticipation of the crucifixion, and with reference to Jesus , but also as a reminder of the need to confront our own sins, to prepare ourselves spiritually, and to help our neighbors to draw closer to God and his kingdom conserving in this way the solemn character traditionally assigned to violet.

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