Why is everything purple during Advent?

Historically, purple has been amongst the rarest of colors. In the ancient world, the only way to produce purple dye was through a specific type of snail in a small region of the Levant.

Thousands of these snails would be needed to produce even a small amount of purple dye.

This, of course, made purple cloth extremely expensive, so only royalty could afford it.

This is why the Romans dressed Jesus in a purple robe, to mock him as “King of the Jews”.

Purple, therefore, began not only to signify royalty, but suffering as well.

If an ancient Roman walked into a Catholic Church today and saw the purple vestments, candles, and cloth without any further context, they would think this place was prepared for a King. And so it is.

This Advent, we are called to likewise prepare our hearts for the coming of the King of Kings through repentance for our sins that caused such great suffering to Jesus Christ, our King.

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