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The Liturgical Year

The Liturgical Year. Learning Objective: To know why the Church has a Liturgical Year and why it is important. What do I KNOW about the Liturgical YEAR? WHAT would I like to know about the Liturgical YEAR?. The Liturgical year.

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The Liturgical Year

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  1. The Liturgical Year Learning Objective: To know why the Church has a Liturgical Year and why it is important.

  2. What do I KNOW about the Liturgical YEAR? WHAT would I like to know about the Liturgical YEAR?

  3. The Liturgical year • The notion of time helps us celebrate life by marking and recalling the important dates and events in our lives. • Ex: Birthdays, anniversaries , graduations, etc.

  4. The Liturgical Year • Time has an important place in our spiritual life: • It helps us reconnect with God. • There are two types of time: • Chronos and Kairos

  5. The Liturgical Year • Chronos is the time we measure. • Ex: hours, days, weeks, minutes • Kairos is the Lord’s time. • It is God’s special time. • Kairos reveals his will for our lives.

  6. The Liturgical year • The Liturgical year or Church calendar helps us celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. • This is called the paschal mystery.

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

  8. The Liturgical Year • The Liturgical year is a cycle of seasons repeating itself at the end of each cycle. • The Church year or cycle begins with Advent and ends with ordinary time.

  9. The Liturgical year • The Church calendar or Church year begins with the Holy season of Advent. • The Church year begins in late November or Early December. • Four weeks prior to December 25.

  10. The Liturgical Year • The word liturgical comes from the Greek word liturgy. • Liturgy meant “Public Works” • In Church language liturgy is the public worship given to God. • I.E. Mass and sacraments.

  11. Liturgical Year • Through the Liturgical Calendar Christiansexpress their faith in Christ their saviour. • Each season of the Liturgical year celebrates an important aspect of Christ’s life.

  12. The Liturgical Year • Each season in the Liturgical calendar has a particular theme. • Each season has a particular liturgical color. • Each season concentrates on different parts of the Bible. • Each season has different religious practices, and symbols.

  13. Colors of the Liturgical Year • Advent Christmas Ordinary Lent Easter White Green Purple White Purple Symbols Advent wreath Nativity Chi-Ro Ashes Paschal Candle

  14. Themes

  15. The Liturgical YearWays to Celebrate these seasons

  16. What did I LEARN about the Liturgical YEAR?

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