| A | B |
|---|
| Advent | The first season of the Church year. |
| Christmas | Begins on Dec. 24th with the vigil Mass and ends with the Baptism of the Lord. |
| Advent/Lent | purple/violet |
| Christmas/Easter | white |
| Ordinary Time | green |
| Easter | The most important feast of the year and ends on Pentecost. |
| Lent | It is 40 days long and begins on Ash Wednesday. |
| Ordinary Time I | This occurs between Christmas and Lent. |
| Ordinary Time II | This starts after Pentecost and ends on the first Sunday of Advent. |
| Christ the King | The last Sunday of the Church year. |
