Rose Sunday

Coming up this Sunday, December 13, is Gaudete Sunday, so called because it's the first word of the Introit in the Latin Mass:

"Gaudete"
The day takes its common name from the Latin word Gaudete ("Rejoice"), the first word of the introit of this day's Mass:

Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete. Modestia vestra nota sit omnibus hominibus: Dominus enim prope est. Nihil solliciti sitis: sed in omni oratione petitiones vestræ innotescant apud Deum. Benedixisti Domine terram tuam: avertisti captivitatem Jacob.

This may be translated as

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Let your forbearance be known to all, for the Lord is near at hand; have no anxiety about anything, but in all things, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God. Lord, you have blessed your land; you have turned away the captivity of Jacob.

— Philippians 4:4–6; Psalm 85 (84):1

We light a pink candle on this day because centuries ago the pope ruled that the traditional deeply penitential tone of Advent could be eased on the Third Sunday, rose pink vestments could be worn in place of deep purple; there could be organ music, and flowers on the Altar. The day has come to be called Rejoice Sunday and Rose Sunday. Also sometimes Refreshment Sunday as the old custom of fasting during Advent was lifted for the day.

Contrary to popular ignorance, pink has nothing to do with the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose Sunday is celebrated on the Fourth Sunday of Advent; and whose traditional color in any event is blue.

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Thanks to Wikipedia for the Introit, Latin and translation.