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CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 10. The Church’s Liturgical Year. The Church’s Liturgical Cycle. COLORS OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR WHAT EACH COLOR REPRESENTS. Green - Ordinary Time Violet - Advent & Lent Red - Passion, Holy Spirit, Martyrs, Pentecost, Confirmation

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CHAPTER 10

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  1. CHAPTER 10 The Church’s Liturgical Year

  2. The Church’s Liturgical Cycle

  3. COLORS OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR WHAT EACH COLOR REPRESENTS • Green - Ordinary Time • Violet - Advent & Lent • Red - Passion, Holy Spirit, Martyrs, Pentecost, Confirmation • White - Easter & Christmas, Feasts of Our Lord & non-martyrs, Funerals • Rose - 3rd Sunday of Advent and 4th Sunday of Lent • Black – Funerals, Masses for the Dead and All Souls • Green—renewal of living things and promise of new life • Violet—Royalty (Advent), Pain and suffering (Lent) • Red—represents Fire, therefore the presence of God • White—purity, holiness, and virtue, respect and reverence • Rose—joy and happiness • Black—death and mourning

  4. The Liturgical Year • 12 months of seasons and feasts that recall different aspects of Jesus’ life, death, and Resurrection, his return to the Father, and his sending of the Holy Spirit. • Celebrates feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which Scriptures are to be read. • Distinct colors appear in connection with different seasons. • We are transformed at the deepest levels of our being—heart and head, body, soul, and spirit.

  5. ADVENT • Begins the church’s liturgical year (Sunday, November 27, 2011) • Four weeks of preparation before Christmas • Color—Violet (meaning “royalty”) Christ the King is coming! • Advent means “the coming”—What or who is coming?? • Jesus in the past, present, and future… • Past—Jesus has already come in his birth in Bethlehem • Present—we can experience Jesus in the people we encounter, in our joys, in our struggles that we try to work through. • Future—look forward to the coming of Jesus at the end of time to bring God’s Regin over all the world.

  6. ADVENT WREATH • Candle 1. Hope (purple) • Candle 2. Peace (purple) • Candle 3. Joy (rose) • Candle 4. Love (purple) • Candle 5. Christ (white)

  7. ADVENT WREATH • The candles symbolize the light of Christ coming into the world. • The evergreen symbolizes renewal in Christ, the kind of renewal hoped for by those before Christ's first coming, and the ultimate renewal we long for in Christ's second coming. • The circular shape symbolizes the completeness of God. • The candle colors are derived from the traditional liturgical colors of Advent and Christmas, purple and white respectively. • The rose color likely is derived from an old Catholic custom of wearing rose colored vestments on the third Sunday in Advent (and fourth Sunday in Lent).

  8. CHRISTMAS • SEASON BEGINS: on December 25 • Color—White (holiness, reverence) Christ is born! • God has come into the world as a human, son of Mary • During the Christmas season, we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany (January 8, 2012) which celebrates Jesus’ being revealed to the whole world, not just the Jews. • SEASON ENDS: with The Baptism of the Lord (January 9, 2012)—Baptized by St. John in the Jordan River.

  9. ORDINARY TIME I • The periods outside the Advent-Christmas and Lent-Easter seasons are called Ordinary Time. • Portrays Jesus delivering his remarkable teachings and parables, and performing miracles • Altogether, Ordinary time covers about 60% of the church’s liturgical year. • In 2012, there is a SIX WEEK period of Ordinary Time after Christmas ends and Lent begins.

  10. LENT • Period of preparation for Easter • From the French word meaning “springtime,” a time of renewal. • Color—Violet (“pain and suffering”) represents the Paschal Mystery and the suffering Jesus experienced for us. • Focuses on the Paschal Mystery—Jesus’ passage through life to death. • Begins with Ash Wednesday (February 22, 2012) • Goes on for a period of 40 days (symbolism?)

  11. LENT • Throughout Lent, Catholics are challenged to renew themselves in these ways: • Fasting—eating small meals between meals on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday • Abstaining—eating no meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday plus ALL Fridays in Lent. • Being more Self-disciplined—cutting back on the usual distractions and pleasures that keep people from being attentive to deeper things. • Praying—more frequently and being more reflective • Giving alms—giving to those in need, whether it is material help, service, or companionship

  12. HOLY WEEK • The last week of Lent. • Begins with Palm Sunday (April 1, 2012) • Recalls Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem to the praises of an enthusiastic crowd that placed palm branches in his path (a custom used to welcome kings). • The last three days of Holy Week, which link together Lent and Easter, are called the Triduum (meaning “three days”): • Holy Thursday • Good Friday • Holy Saturday

  13. Holy Thursday • Commemorates the Last Supper and Jesus’ gift of himself in the Eucharist.

  14. Good Friday • Remembrance of Jesus’ death. • It is the only day of the year that Mass is not celebrated. • Instead a three-part liturgy takes place; • Jesus’ passion and death is proclaimed • Offering of prayers for the church and all people in the world • Congregation receives communion, using the Eucharist that was consecrated at Mass on Holy Thursday.

  15. Holy Saturday • The spirit of prayer and penance continues.

  16. Easter • Season continues for 50 days (starts on Easter Sunday-April 24, 2012) • 40 days after Easter, on Ascension Thursday (June 2, 2012), we remember how Jesus said farewell to his apostles, promising to send the Holy Spirit. • Ten days afterward comes Pentecost, the sending of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles. • Pentecost is the end of the Easter season.

  17. Easter Vigil • The Easter Vigil climax of the entire liturgical year. • Among its features: • Lighting of the Easter (Paschal) candle • Singing of the Easter Proclamation • An extended Liturgy of the Word • The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults • It is the heart of Christianity

  18. Ordinarytime II • Portrays Jesus delivering his remarkable teachings and parables, and performing miracles • In 2012, there is a 34 week period before Advent and the beginning of a new liturgical year.

  19. Sacred days throughout the year • Every Sunday (or Saturday evening) Catholics are required to keep holy that day and affirm their belonging to the Body of Christ.

  20. Holy days of obligation • November 1, 2011: All Saint’s Day • December 8, 2011: Immaculate Conception • December 25, 2011: Christmas • January 1, 2012: Mary, the Mother of God • June 2, 2012: Ascension Thursday • August 15, 2012: The Assumption of Mary

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