8/10/2019 CCC Liturgical Feasts

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Following is an alphabetical list of the principal feasts and liturgical seasons from the Catechism:

Advent- The liturgical season of four weeks devoted to preparation for the coming of Christ atChristmas (524)

Annunciation! The visit of the angel "abriel to the #irgin $ar% to inform her that she was to bethe mother of the &avior 'fter giving her consent to "ods word $ar% became the mother of *esusb% the power of the +ol% &pirit (4,4 4-4)

Ascension! The entr% of *esus humanit% into divine glor% in "ods heavenl% domain fort% da%safter +is .esurrection (/5-//5)

Assumption-The dogma that recogni0es the 1lessed #irgin $ar%s singular participation in her&ons .esurrection b% which she was taken up bod% and soul into heavenl% glor% when the courseof her earthl% life was finished (224!5)

Christmas- The feast of the 3ativit% the birth of *esus ()

Easter- The greatest and oldest Christian feast which celebrates Christs .esurrection from thedead aster is the 6feast of feasts6 the solemnit% of solemnities the 6"reat &unda%6 Christiansprepare for it during 7ent and +ol% 8eek and catechumens usuall% receive the &acraments ofChristian 9nitiation (1aptism Confirmation ucharist) at the aster #igil (/- cf /4)

Epiphany! The feast that celebrates the manifestation to the world of the newborn Christ as$essiah &on of "od and &avior of the world The feast of piphan% celebrates the adoration of*esus b% the wise men (magi) from the east together with his baptism in the *ordan and thewedding feast of Cana in "alilee (52, cf 5;5)

Feast Days -The annual c%cle of liturgical celebrations commemorating the saving m%steries ofChrists life as a participation in the