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Three purple candles (1st, 2nd, and 4th sundays) and one pink candle. Purple represents waiting, and pink represents joy.

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Q: What are the colors for the Advent candle and what are their meanings?
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When do you light the fifth candle of advent?

The white candle in the center of the wreath is the 5th candle - that is lit on Christmas or Christmas eve at Mass.Roman Catholic AnswerTechnically the Advent wreath doesn't have a fifth candle. A fifth candle is making into something other than an Advent wreath. Advent has four weeks, and there is a candle for each week. The Advent wreath should be taken down before the Christmas midnight Mass begins. I think the "fifth candle" is some modern invention that makes no sense.


What is a simble of advent?

A Candle


Why is one candle different?

The third Advent Candle? or the big Tall Candle? the tall candle is the Easter candle signifying the resurrection of christ. the Advent Candle, I think the third Sunday of Advent is a specific sunday. so the pink may signify that, but I'm not sur. Me neither! I love School! <3


Why is advent candle love called that?

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When are the four candles in an Advent Wreath lit?

The first candle is lit on the first Sunday of Advent. Each succeeding Sunday an additional candle is lit until all four are lit on the forth Sunday of Advent.


What does the second advent candle mean?

The candle is lit one by one to represent the 4 days of advent.


What is the meaning of Advent candles?

The first purple candle means: waitingThe second purple candle means: hopeThe third purple candle means: joyThe pink candle means: peace.Catholic AnswerThe candles, and the Advent wreath itself, are NOT part of the liturgy officially, and are a common folk custom from northern Europe. The four candles were put on the wreath to signify the four Sundays of Advent. Three violet candles and one rose candle - for the color of the four Advent Sundays (purple and pink are NOT liturgical colors in the Catholic Church). The candles themselves have no meaning outside of what some have given them, they are not officially part of the church's liturgy and thus have no official meaning. Some people put a white candle in the middle to stand for Christmas, but this is wildly inappropriate as, thought not official, it is an ADVENT wreath, and Advent ends on the afternoon of Christmas eve.


Which of the Advent candle symbolise love?

None, the Advent candles symbolize the four weeks of Advent.


Does it matter if you light the rose candle at Advent and call it love?

Matter to whom? The four candles on an Advent wreath are there to represent the four Sundays of Advent, the third candle, which is the Rose candle, represents the third Sunday of Advent, which is Gaudete Sunday, meaning "rejoice". You may call it whatever you wish, but, officially, they just represent the First Sunday of Advent, the Second Sunday of Advent, etc.


What does lighting the candles represent on an Advent wreath?

Each candle on an Advent wreath represents one of the Sundays of Advent. A candle is lighted at the beginning of Mass on that Sunday. An Advent wreath in the home is lite for whatever reason that person has an Advent wreath. They are not an official liturgical thing.


What DOES THE PURPLE CANDLE in the advent wreath mean?

The purple candle in the advent wreath represents hope and expectation for the coming of Christ. It is typically lit on the first Sunday of Advent to mark the beginning of the season of awaiting the birth of Jesus.


What does the second candle in advent wreath represent?

The second candle in the Advent wreath represents peace. It is traditionally lit on the second Sunday of Advent to symbolize the peace that Jesus brought to the world through his birth.