Liturgical Year Review

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•List the Liturgical year –Hint there are 7 parts

Liturgical Year• Advent • Christmas• Ordinary Time• Lent• Triduum• Easter • Ordinary Time

Liturgical Year

• Advent- Nov. 30th (or closest to it)to Dec. 24th

– The beginning of our church’s new year

–We celebrate & prepare that Jesus is coming

–Represents God’s eternity

Liturgical Year• Christmas-Dec. 24th to The Epiphany or until the Sunday

after Jan. 6th

– Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ• Feast of the Nativity

– Celebrate Jesus’ birth w/out Original Sin

– White or Gold are the colors represented

– Epiphany= Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ• Revelations of Christ to man

Liturgical Year• Ordinary Time- After the Epiphany to Ash

Wednesday– Falls outside of the Major seasons

–We live neither feasting or in severe penance

– Part of the year in which Christ walks among us & transforms our lives

Liturgical Year• Lent-Ash Wednesday & it last 40 days– Some include Good Friday & Holy Saturday

– 2016=Starts February 10th

–Renewing baptismal commitments we have made

–Repentant season of prayer, fasting/abstinence, & almsgiving

Liturgical Year• Triduum-Good Friday, Holy Saturday, & Easter

Sunday– Three-day period of prayer

– Recall the three days that Christ spent in the tomb

– Final three days of Lent & Holy Week

– Also known as the Paschal Triduum

– Starts w/Mass of the Lord’s Supper on the evening of Holy Thursday-to until Easter Vigil starts on Holy Saturday evening

Liturgical Year• Easter- The ascension of Jesus into Heaven

– End of 40 days of almsgiving, fasting, & prayer

– Greatest feast in Christian/Catholic calendar

– Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

– New life began-“Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.”

– First Communion is done w/in the Easter season- Shows our faith

– Ends w/Pentecost-Coming of the Holy Spirit on Jesus' followers • Church’s birthday

Liturgical Year

• Ordinary Time- After Easter to Advent– This is similar to the Ordinary time that takes place

before the Lenten season begins

– The time where we focus on various aspects of faith

– A sign of life & growth

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