Advent

Ordinary Christmas
Time

Ordinary
Easter
Time

Lent
 Organizational tool
 Celebrates the Mystery of Christ
 Liturgical year celebrations
 Proper of Seasons
 Solemnities and Feasts
 Story of Redemption
 Incarnation
 Second Coming
 Advent
 Christmas
 Lent
 Easter
 Ordinary Time
 White (or Gold)
 Joy, Triumph, Glory, Light, Innocence, Purity
 Christmas, Easter, Feast Days of Saints
 Red
 Blood
 Passion of Jesus, Pentecost, Martyrdom, Apostles
 Green
 Creation, life
 Ordinary Time
 Violet (Purple)
 Penance, humility
 Advent, Lent
 Rose
 Joy (replaces Violet 3rd Sunday of Advent; 4th Sunday of Lent)
 Black
 Mourning, sorrow
 Traditional use on All Souls Day
 Holy Days of Obligation
 Sunday (eighth day)
 Immaculate Conception of Mary
 Christmas
 Solemnity of Mary
 Ascension
 Assumption
 All Saints
 Cycle of Sunday Readings
 Year A: Matthew
 Year B: Mark
 Year C: Luke
 John throughout each year
 Daily Readings
 Year 1 or 2
 Over the course of the 3 year cycle, we will
have proclaimed a vast majority of Scripture
 Sundays and Feast Days
 Four readings
▪ Old Testament: Corresponds with Gospel of the Day
▪ Psalm: Reflection
▪ Apostolic letter: Semi-continuous reading
▪ Gospel
 Weekdays
 Three readings
▪ Old Testament or Apostolic letter: Semi-continuous reading
▪ Psalm
▪ Gospel
 Begins the  Closest Sunday to Nov 30
Church year  November 29, 2015
 About 4 weeks long
 Ends Christmas Eve
 Violet
 First appeared in 380 AD
 Begins at the time we began to celebrate the
FEAST of Christmas
 In 1180 Pope Gregory VII standardized to 4
weeks before Christmas
 Prepare to celebrate the anniversary of the
Incarnation
 Prepare our souls to be fitting abodes for the
Redeemer
 Prepare ourselves to be ready for the 2nd
coming
 Theme of anticipation
 Stay awake!
 Be prepared!
 Theme of repentance
 John the Baptist
 Prepare through repentance
 Visibly change our lives
 Theme is rejoicing and patience
 Kingdom of heaven revealed in the works of Christ
 Expectation
 Rejoice in the Lord always, the Lord is near!
 Theme of Emmanuel, “God With Us”
 Prophecy is fulfilled
 Incarnation via Holy Spirit
 Mary is blessed among women
 Immaculate Conception
 December 8
 Celebrates Mary’s immaculate soul
 Holy Day of Obligation
 Our Lady of Guadalupe
 December 12
 Celebrates Mary as Patroness of the Americas
 A time of preparation for the coming of Jesus
 A penitential and joyous aspect

 Not to be confused with our culture’s

interpretation as a time to shop
 Christ’s birth and early  December 25
manifestations  Holy Family
 Solemnity of the
Blessed Virgin Mary,
the Mother of God
 Epiphany
 Baptism of Jesus
 White/Gold
 First appeared in the calendar of 354
 Pagan feasts of Winter Solstice
 December 25 in Rome
 January 6 in Egypt
 Christ is the Sun of Justice and Light of the
World
 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
 Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
 December 26
 Gospel of Matthew 2: 13-15, 19-23
 Childhood story
 Flight to Egypt
 Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the
Mother of God
 Octave day of Christmas
 January 1
 Celebrates Mary as the Virgin Mother of God
 Celebrates the giving of the name of Jesus
 Epiphany
 Celebrates Christ’s manifestation
 Matthew 2: 1-12
 January 6 or the Sunday between January 2 and
January 8
▪ January 2

 Baptism of the Lord

 Matthew 3: 13-17
 Sunday after January 6
▪ January 9
 Ideal Christian Sunday  34 Sundays
 Begins Monday
following January 6
 Pauses during Lent and
Easter seasons
 Begins again Monday
following Pentecost
Sunday
 Finishes before the
First Sunday of Advent
 Green
 Gospels presented in semi continuous
reading
 Present Jesus’ life and preaching
 Old Testament readings chosen to
correspond to Gospel
 Reading from the Apostles are semi
continuous letters from Paul and James
 Preparation for the  Begins on Ash
Celebration of Easter Wednesday
 Moveable date
 Ends at the Mass of the
Lord’s Supper
 Holy Thursday
 6 Sundays
 Passion or Palm Sunday
 Violet/Purple
 First Sunday
 Temptation
 Second Sunday
 Transfiguration
 Third Sunday
 Samaritan woman
 Fourth Sunday
 Man born blind
 Fifth Sunday
 Raising of Lazarus
 Old Testament presents the History of
Salvation
 Letters of the Apostles selected to provide a
connection between Old Testament and
Gospel
 Two Gospel readings
 Christ’s solemn entry into Jerusalem
 Account of the Passion
 Marks the beginning of Holy Week
 Red
 Holy Thursday
 Mass of the Lord’s Supper (White)
 Good Friday
 Lord’s Passion (Red)
 Holy Saturday
 Easter Vigil (White)
 One Great Sunday  50 Sacred Days
 Easter Sunday
 Ascension
 Pentecost
 7 Sundays
 Divine Mercy Sunday
 White
 Major themes
 Presence of the risen Christ
 Transforming power of the Paschal Mystery
 Gifts of the Holy Spirit
 40 Days after Easter
 Transferred to the 7th Sunday of Easter
 Celebrates Christ’s ascending into Heaven
 First reading from the Acts of the Apostles 1:
1-11
 An account of the Ascension
 Second reading from Ephesians 1: 17-23
 Gospel of Luke 24:46-53
 Promise of Pentecost (power of the Holy Spirit)
 Week of weeks (7x7+1 festival day)
 Jewish celebration of God’s covenants
 Birthday of the Church
 First reading from Acts of the Apostles 2: 1-11
 Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles
 Second reading from 1Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13
 Gifts of the Holy Spirit
 Gospel of John 20: 19-23
 “Receive the Holy Spirit”
 Red
 Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
 Sunday following Pentecost Sunday
 Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood
of Christ (Corpus Christi)
 2nd Sunday following Pentecost
 Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
 Friday following Corpus Christi Sunday
 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
 August 15
 All Saints
 November 1
 All Souls
 November 2
 Christ the King
 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 Theme of repentance
 First reading from Isaiah 11:1-10
 Kingdom of peace and harmony
 Second reading from Romans 15: 4-9
 Hope and encouragement
 Gospel of Matthew 3: 1-12
 John the Baptist
 Prepare through repentance
 Visibly change our lives
 Where is your “desert spot” where you can
quiet your inner noise to listen to God?
 When I hear John’s harsh language, my first
inclination is to ……
 What “good fruit” is ripening in you?