The Liturgical Year

1. The Liturgical Year

2. Since Christ’s life and
sacrifice are such a
TREMENDOUS, INFINITE
REALITY, we cannot grasp
them all at once.

3. The CHURCH resents Christ's
life and sacrifice in PARTS,
so we can LIVE THEM OUT
EVENT by EVENT .

4. The Liturgical Year
 The
Way we RE LIVE
each of the great events
of Christ’s life.
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The Way the Church
each year TEACHES us
by LIVING THEM AGAIN,
through a cycle of
seasons and feasts.

5. The Liturgical year
 Begins
with the
First Sunday of
ADVENT – the
fourth Sunday
before Christmas
and ends with the
Feast of CHRIST
THE KING.

6. The Liturgical Year
Each Mass has an ordinary or
unchanging parts as a proper
or unchanging parts tat varies
to the liturgical year.

7. The Liturgical year
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We actually relive,
with Christ, the
events of His life,
death and
resurrectionhelps
us celebrate the
life, death and
resurrection of
Jesus.
This is called the
paschal mystery.

8. The Liturgical Cycle
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Paschal mystery is
celebrated through
specific seasons.
There are five
specific seasons
in the Church’s
calendar:
Advent,
Christmas,
Ordinary Time,
Lent and Easter.

9. CHRIST IS PRESENT IN EACH
MASS. We actually take part in the great
events of is Life. CHRIST is present in a
special way at each feast, communicating
something to us each time.

10. The Liturgical Year
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Throughout the liturgical year of the
Church brings before us God’s WORD –the
BIBLE.

11. The Liturgical Year
A
THREE YEAR cycle of
Sunday Scripture
readings brings before
us all the significant
parts of the Bible and
the most significant for
our salvation recur each
year.

12. The Liturgical Year

13. Liturgical Year
 The
Liturgical
year is the cycle
of events called
PROPER OF
THE SEASONS:
Two 92)
seasons built
around the are
CHRISTMAS
and EASTER.

14. The Liturgical Year
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The Scripture readings,
prayers are PROPER to
the season. Each feast
has a season of
preparation, the central
feast itself with its minor
feast, and a continuation
or prolongation of the
spirit of feast.
Each season has
different religious
practices, and
symbols .

15. The Liturgical Year

16. The Liturgical Year
ADVENT and CHRISTMAS SEASON

17. The Liturgical Year
Preparation during Advent : The Church
begins on late November or early
December with these four Sundays
before Christmas (PURPLE vestments).

18. The Liturgical Year
Through PRAYER, REFLECTION, and
SELF-DISCIPLINE we prepare ourselves
for the coming of Christ- the Scriptures
readings are mainly from the prophets
who foresaw the Messiah. We also look
forward to His Second coming-the
Scriptures continues this theme from
November.

19. The Liturgical Year
CELEBATION- Christmas December 25.
We rejoice that God has come among
us and we have been born with Him into
the new eternal life of grace (WHITE or
GOLD vestments)

20. The Liturgical Year
HOLY FAMILY Sunday
between Christmas and January 1

21. The Liturgical Year
Feast of Mary, Mother of God
January 1 Octave, a celebration
eight days after Christmas- a day to
pray for world peace.

22. The Liturgical Year
Feast of EPIPHANY on January 6
the Sunday between January 2 and
January 8 on which we celebrate the
cal of Gentiles to follow Christ.

23. The Liturgical Year
Continuation
- Sundays in
Ordinary Time
leading up to Lent
(GREEN vestments)

24. The Liturgical Year
Feast of BAPTISM of the LORD
the Sunday after January 6 – the
beginning of Christ ministry among us
with his first Miracle at Cana.

25.  During
the Sundays
in Ordinary Time we
go through the one of
the four gospels,
roughly in sequence
using the three year
cycle to bring before
us the words and
action of Jesus’ life
and ministry

26. The Liturgical Year
Cycle A- MATTHEW; Cycle B- MARK;
Cycle C- LUKE 9read in years divisible
by three, such 1998; john’s Gospel is
mostly reserved for the season of Lent
and Easter

27. The Liturgical Year
Cycle A- MATTHEW; Cycle B- MARK; Cycle
C- LUKE 9read in years divisible by three,
such 1998; John’s Gospel is mostly
reserved for the season of Lent and Easter

28. The Liturgical Year
EASTER SEASON

29. The Liturgical Year
Preparation during Lent –
begins Ash Wednesday until
Easter

30. The Liturgical Year
Through this time of special
prayer, fasting, and voluntary
self-discipline, we do penance
for our sins, trying to die to
selfishness, greed and
self-indulgence.

31. FORTY signifies a
sufficiently a long
period of time- In the
New Testament, Jesus
was tempted for 40
days and 40 nights
as Israel had wondered
in the desert for forty
days.

32. Before
Samson’s
deliverance,
Israel served
the Philistines
for 40 years
(Judges 13:1).

33. Goliath taunted
Saul’s army for 40
days before David
arrived to slay him
(1 Samuel 17:16).

34. When Elijah fled
from Jezebel, he
traveled 40 days
and 40 nights to
Mt. Horeb
(1 Kings 19:8).

35. Forty days
the period
the
was
from
Resurrection of
Jesus to
the Ascension of
Jesus.
(Acts 1:3).

36. The Gospel readings
focus on repentance
& rebirth.
For the ELECT the 3 rd ,
4 th & 5 th Sundays are
from Cycle A, they
center o baptismal
symbolism from
John’s Gospel.

37. The Liturgical Year
The last Sunday of lent is
Passion Sunday and we enter
the Holy Week, the most
important time of the year.
During the Holy week we
reenact in the Liturgy the

38. The Liturgical Year
Holy Thursday, Good Friday and
Holy Saturday eve-celebrates
the great events of our
salvation, with special services
each day. It is the climax of the
Church year and Human

39. The Liturgical Year
EASTER SEASON

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And as we prepare to RISE
a new commitment of our
life to Christ at Easter,
with those being baptized.

41. The Liturgical Year
ASCENCION of Christ
(WHITE or GOLD vestments)

42. The Liturgical Year
PENTECOST (RED vestments) 3 rd
great feast of the Church-the
coming of the Holy Spirit and
the birthday of the Church

43. The Liturgical Year
TRINITY SUNDAY celebrating
the mystery that is our
uniquely Christian belief about

44. The Liturgical Year
The Feast of the Body and
Blood celebrating is
Eucharistic Presence.

45. The Liturgical Year
Continuation
- Sundays in
Ordinary Time
leading up to
Advent (GREEN
vestments)

46. The Liturgical Year
Now we return to the weekly
cycle readings begun before
Lent. These are some 24 or 26
weeks through summer and fall.
During these months
we follow the words and actions
of Christ, seeking to grow In
love and faith.

47. The Liturgical Year
CHRIST the KING Sunday

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Thank you,
Kathy
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