Liturgical Calendar
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AdventList Item 1
“When the Church celebrates the liturgy of Advent each year, she makes present this ancient expectancy of the Messiah.” (CCC 524)
Advent marks the beginning of the liturgical year. It is a season of joyful hope and preparation, as we look toward both Christ’s birth at Christmas and His second coming at the end of time.
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ChristmasList Item 2
“The Church never tires of singing the glory of this night: the Virgin today brings into the world the Eternal and the earth offers a cave to the Inaccessible. The angels and shepherds praise him and the magi advance with the star, for you are born for us, Little Child, God eternal!” (CCC 525)
Christmas is more than a single day — it is a season of joy beginning with the Nativity of the Lord and continuing through the Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord. In this season, we celebrate the Incarnation: God made flesh, dwelling among us.
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Ordinary Time
“In the course of the year, the Church unfolds the whole mystery of Christ, from his Incarnation and Nativity until the Ascension, the day of Pentecost, and the expectation of the blessed hope of the coming of the Lord.” (CCC 1163)
Ordinary Time is the season in which we walk with Christ in His public ministry, hearing His teaching and living as His disciples. It is punctuated by special feasts such as Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi, and the Solemnity of Christ the King, which closes the liturgical year.
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LentList Item 3
“By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert.” (CCC 540)
Lent is a season of forty days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, recalling the forty days Jesus spent in the desert. It is a time of repentance and renewal as the faithful prepare to celebrate the Paschal Mystery at Easter. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and continues until the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday.
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Triduum (or Holy Week)List Item 4
“Beginning with the Easter Triduum as its source of light, the new age of the Resurrection fills the whole liturgical year with its brilliance.” (CCC 1168)
The Triduum is the summit of the liturgical year. These three days — Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil — commemorate the Passion, death, and Resurrection of Christ. It is the holiest time of the year, drawing the faithful into the heart of salvation.
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Easter
“The Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ.” (CCC 638)
The Easter season celebrates Christ’s victory over sin and death. Beginning with the Easter Vigil, the season continues for fifty days until Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and sent the Church on mission.
