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    الأحد، 18 ديسمبر 2016

    Understanding The Roman Catholic Priest Calendar

    By James Carter


    Christianity and Christ being the big picture of the Catholic Church, there is a development of a liturgical calendar that the members of the church follow. The Roman Catholic Calendar tends to guide them throughout the year pointing out the holy days and seasons. As a result, the followers are well informed, and they are aware of all the Roman Catholic priest calendar schedules and information. This article endeavors to elaborate the liturgical almanac. The datebook emanates from the birth-date and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

    Advent is the first holy season in the liturgical datebook. The first Sunday of a liturgical year indicates the beginning of Advent in the Catholic Church. The conclusive day of the season is the day before Christmas which is on the twenty fourth of the twelfth month of a normal calendar.

    The other season after the Advent is Christmas. Christmas marks the birth of Jesus and it starts from the twenty fifth December. Normally, it is celebrated together with the feast of Epiphany which is up to the Sunday after the sixth of January. Epiphany is commonly celebrated as the feast of the three shrewd gentlemen.

    Ordinary times are the next in the almanac. The commencing of this season is normally the day after the celebration of Epiphany. In short, it is the day after the first Sunday following sixth January. The season will come to an end on the week of the crucifixion on the Fat Tuesday day. Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday.

    The other season or feast is known as Lent. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and is on until Thursday. In the calendar, Thursday is known as the Holy Thursday Mass and it can be translated as the last supper that Jesus had with His disciples. This Thursday is before the day Jesus was crucified or the Good Friday.

    The celebrations or the festivals rotate around resurrection and the birth. The next one is Easter Triduum which is a festival season of three days. In these three days, Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, he resurrected.

    The next feast is the Easter feast, and it starts from the last supper day through fifty days. Following the completion of the fifty days, there is a celebration known as the Pentecost. This festive is celebrated together with the liturgical Easter season.

    After the Easter season, there is a period which ends at the beginning of Advent. This period is known as the Ordinary time. It is a time that connects resurrection with the birth of Jesus Christ. Therefore, it starts after Pentecost and ends before the twenty fourth of December.

    In addition to the above feasts and seasons, the Catholic Church tends to celebrate their saints. That is. A specific date is assigned to the remembrance and the celebration of all saints. Take an example of St. Patrick who is always celebrated on the seventeenth of every March.

    As a Catholic Church member, you must ensure you understand all the seasons and festive. These are seasons that bring about unity, and the fundamentals are to strengthen faith. All of them rotate around the crucifixion and birth of Christ.




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