The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the First Sunday of Advent or on the evening before the First Sunday of Advent. When the blessing of the Advent Wreath is celebrated in the home ...

they sometimes add some decoration to the wreath in Advent colors, which are purple for penance and rose-pink for the third week, which begins with Gaudete Sunday, when flowers are permitted on ...

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Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas ... and anticipation of his second coming. A fifth white candle is sometimes placed and lit in the middle of the wreath on Christmas Day to ...