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LIVING THE LITURGICAL YEAR
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THE COLORS CHANGE THOUGHOUT THE LITURGICAL
YEAR• As we gather for Eucharist each Sunday we notice the
color of the priest’s and deacon’s vestment change throughout the liturgical year. • We may see green,
• white ,
• purple (or violet)
• or red.
• Hymns and readings also change.
• All of these changing elements help us to recognize the feast or season of the liturgical year we are celebrating.
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LITURGICAL SEASONS ARE OUR JOURNEY TO GOD AND TRANSFORMATION OF OUR LIVES
• THE LITURGICAL YEAR is the cycle of season and great feasts that make up the Church’s year of worship.
• The main seasons of the Church year are • Advent, Christmas,
• Lent, Easter Triduum,
• and Ordinary Time.
• All of the liturgical seasons are about a) our journey to God
b) and the transformation of our lives.
• THE LITURGICAL YEAR provides us with an opportunity to embrace sacred time.
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ADVENT SEASONTIME FOR PREPARATION
TIME OF WAITING
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ADVENT SEASON• THE ADVENT begins on the eve of 4th
Sunday, before Christmas until Christmas Eve.
• During ADVENT, the church celebrates God’s coming among us. • It is a time for preparation and time of waiting;
we prepared our hearts to receive Jesus.
• We get ready to remember Jesus’ birth on Christmas Day.
• We remember Jesus’ promise to come again.
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CHRISTMAS SEASONJESUS COMES & LIVES AMONG US
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CHRISTMAS SEASONCHRISTMAS SEASON begins on Christmas Eve,
• and continues until the feast of Baptism of the Lord.
• We remember and celebrate that the Son of God, Jesus the Savior, came and lives among us.
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CHRISTMAS EVE THROUGH THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
• CHRISTMAS SEASON runs
a) From Christmas Eve Evening,
b) through the day before the feast of the Baptism of the Lord,
c) which after the EPIPHANY.• The Baptism of the Lord: This
feast day moves, but it’s never before the Epiphany.
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ORDINARY TIME(PART 1)
LISTEN CHRIST
LIVING AS HIS FOLLOWERS
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ORDINARY TIME• The Roman Catholic church returns to
green vestments (Ordinary time), the day after the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
• We move back to Ordinary time after the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, which moves,
Ordinary Time(Part 2)
Ordinary Time(Part 1)
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ORDINARY TIME (PART 1)• ORDINARY TIME (Part I)
• begins the days after the feast of the Baptism of the Lord
• and continues until the day before Ash Wednesday.
• We listen to what Jesus said and did and learn way to live as his followers.
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LENT SEASONTIME OF PREPARATION
TIME FOR WAITING
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LENT SEASON• LENT begins on Ash Wednesday until
sundown On Holy Thursday.
• With the help of the Holy Spirit we strive to grow in our life in Christ.
• We support those preparing to be baptized at EASTER.
• We prepare to renew our baptismal promises.
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HOLY WEEK• HOLY WEEK: The week preceding Easter
Sunday, beginning with Palm Sunday,. • It marks the Church’s annual
celebration of the events of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection, culminating in the Pascal Mystery• PALM SUNDAY
• (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Triduum)
• TRIDUUM:
1. Holy Thursday,
2. Good Friday,
3. Pascal Mystery / Easter Eve
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TRIDUUM• PASCHAL OR EASTER
TRIDUUM begins at sundown on Holy Thursday and continues until sundown on Easter Sunday.
• These three-day celebration is at the heart and center of the liturgical year.• Holy Thursday
• Good Friday
• Pascal Mystery/Easter Eve
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EASTER SEASONTIME TO CELEBRATE
JESUS ROSE FROM DEATH
TIME OF VICTORY
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EASTER SEASON• EASTER SEASON
begins on Easter Sunday, and continues until Pentecost.
• For 50 days we joyfully reflect on the Resurrection,
• and our new life in Christ. 50 Days
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50 DAYS FROM EASTER TO PENTECOST
• For 50 days we joyfully reflect on • the Resurrection, • and our new life in
Christ.
• On the fiftieth day of the celebration,..
• we celebrate the feast of the Pentecost
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ORDINARY TIME (PART II)
LISTEN CHRIST
LIVING AS HIS FOLLOWERS
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ORDINARY TIME (PART II)• ORDINARY TIME (Part II)
A. begins the day after Pentecost
B. and continues until the day before Advent begins.
• We listen to what Jesus said, • and learn ways to live our lives as
his followers.
Ordinary Time(Part 2)
Ordinary Time(Part 1)
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• THE LITURGICAL COLORS ARE HIGHLY SYMBOLIC AND REFLECT THE MOOD OF THAT PARTICULAR SEASON.
• PURPLE/VIOLET:• FOR ADVENT THE COLOR PURPLE OR
VIOLET SYMBOLIZES • THE DARKNESS AND SIN • AND THE ROYALTY OF JESUS.
• SIMILARLY IN LENT THESE COLORS REMIND US OF
• SIN ON ONE HAND • AND THE GREATNESS OF JESUS ON THE
OTHER HAND
LITURGICAL COLORS
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LITURGICAL COLORSWHITE & GOLD
• WHITE OR GOLD: • THE WHITE OR GOLD OF
CHRISTMAS SEASON SYMBOLIZES • THE JOY THAT JESUS BRINGS TO
OUR WORD AND TO OUR HEARTS.• FOR EASTER THESE COLORS
SYMBOLIZE • THE JOY AND VICTORY OF THE
RISEN LORD.
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LITURGICAL COLOR RED
• RED: A. RED IS USED ON PALM
SUNDAYB. AND GOOD FRIDAY,• REMINDING US OUR
FAITHFULNESS AN COURAGE. C. RED IS ALSO USED ON
PENTECOST, • REMINDING US OF THE LIFE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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THE LITURGICAL COLORSGREEN & ROSE
• GREEN: • THE GREEN OF ORDINARY TIME IS THE
UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF LIFE AND GROWTH.
• ROSE: THE COLOR ROSE IS USED TWO TIMES A YEAR:
1) AT THE MIDPOINT OF ADVENT 2) AND AT MIDPOINT OF LENT.
• THESE COLORS LIFTS THE PENITENTIAL SPIRIT OF BOTH SEASONS TO A SPIRIT OF JOY.
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THE PRINCIPAL FEASTS AND LITURGICAL SEASONS
1. Advent
2. Annunciation
3. Ascension
4. Assumption
5. Christmas
6. Easter
7. Epiphany
8. Feast days
9. Holy days of Obligations
10. Holy Week
11. Immaculate Conception
12. Pentecost
• Following is an alphabetical list of the principal and liturgical seasons from the Catechism
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LECTIONARY READINGS
• Vatican II expanded the cycle of Sunday readings from one year to three (Years A, B, and C)
• The 3 synoptic Gospels—Mathew, Mark, and Luke—were assigned for each year.
• In general Matthew, Mark and Luke provide a sequential narrative of the life and ministry of Jesus.
• The Gospel of John, which is very different in character and purpose from the synoptic gospels, fills in at certain times during Years A, B, and C and is primary reserved for the Easter season I all three cycles.
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• ADVENT: the liturgical season of four week devoted to preparation for the coming of Christ in Christmas. (524)
• ANNUCIATION: The visitation of the angel Gabriel to the virgin Mary to inform her that she was to be the mother of the Savior. • After giving her consent to God’s word, Mary became the
mother of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit (484, 494)
• ANCENSION: The entry of Jesus’ humanity into divine glory in God’s heavenly domain, 40 days after His Resurrection (659,665)
• ASSUMPTION: the dogma that recognizes the Blessed Virgin Mary’s singular participation in her Son’s Resurrection by which she was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, when the course of her earthly life was finished (2124-5)
• CHRISTMAS: The feast of the Nativity, the birth of Jesus (1171)
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• EASTER: The greatest and oldest Christian feast, which celebrates Christ’s Resurrection from the death. Easter is the “feast of feasts”, the solemnity of solemnities, the “Great Sunday”. Christians prepare for it during LENT and HOLY WEEK, and catechumens usually receive the Sacraments of Christian Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist) at the Easter Vigil (1169; cf. 647)
• EPIPHANY: The feast that celebrates the manifestation to the world of the newborn Christ the Messiah, Son of God, and Savior of the world. The feast of EPIPHANY celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the east, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast of Cana in Galilee (528; cf. 535).
• FEAST DAYS: The annual cycle of liturgical celebrations commemorating the saving mysteries of Christ’s life, as a participation in the Paschal Mystery, which is celebrated annually at Easter, the “feast of feast.”
• Feast Days commemorating Mary, the Mother of God, and the saints are also celebrated, providing the faithful with examples of those who have been glorified with Christ. (1169, 1173).
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• HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: Principal feast days on which, in addition to Sunday, Catholics are obligated by Church law to participated in the Eucharist; a precept on the Church (2043, 2180).
• HOLY WEEK: The week preceding Easter, beginning with Palm Sunday, called the “Great Week” in the liturgies of the Easter Churches. It marks the Church’s annual celebration of the events of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection, culminating in the Pascal Mystery (1169).
• IMMACULATE CONPCEPTION: The dogma proclaimed in Christian Tradition and defined in 1854, that from the first moment of her conception, Mary— by the singular grace of God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ— was preserved immune from original sin (421).
• PENTECOST: The 50th day a the end of the seven week following Passover (Easter in the Christian dispensation). At first Pentecost after the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus, the Holy Spirit was manifested, given and communicated as a divine Person to the Church, fulfilling the paschal mystery of Christ according to His Promise (726, 731; cf. 1287).
• Annually the Church celebrates the memory of the Pentecost event as the beginning of the new “age of the Church”, when Christ lives and acts in and with His Church (1076)
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