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Liturgical year consists of liturgical seasons which recall and celebrate various events in the
life of our Lord Jesus Christ and life of His followers.
Advent
❖ Latin “ad venire” means “to come to”
❖ Begins the Church’s liturgical year
❖ Composed of 4 Sundays and weekdays leading
up to the celebration of Christmas
❖ To reflect and direct our mind and heart to
Christ’s second coming
❖ Prepares us for the anniversary of the Lord’s
birth on Christmas
 Christmas
❖ commemorate the “feast day of
incarnation” or “feast of God
becoming a flesh”
❖ begins with the vigil masses on
Christmas eve and concludes with the
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
(Christmas eve to Epiphany)
❖ in Filipino Culture, it concludes on the
Feast day of Santo Niño
Lent
❖ starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy
Saturday
❖ covers approximately six weeks, includes Holy
Week
❖ preparation for Easter
❖ Catholics can also pray, do penance, go for
confession, practice almsgiving, and exercise
self-denial
❖ Visita Iglesia or Seven Churches Visitation – pray
the Station of the Cross, one of the devotions that
Catholic can participate in during Lent
 Lent
❖ Sacred Paschal Triduum
- Beginning from the evening of Holy
Thursday to Easter Sunday
- Considered liturgically as “one day” of
unfolding for us the unity of Christ’s
Paschal Mystery
Holy Thursday Good Friday Black Saturday
Mass of the Lord’s Celebration of Lord’s Easter Vigil Mass of
Supper Passion the Resurrection of
the Lord
Easter Time
❖ Easter – from Old English meaning “east”, signifies
the rising of the sun from the east
❖ reminds us of our light and our hope who is Jesus
Christ
❖ Celebration of the Lord’s resurrection from the
dead,
❖ Lord’s Ascension and sending of the Holy Spirit to
the Church
❖ 50 days of Easter to the Sunday of Pentecost
❖ Easter Sunday to the second Sunday of Easter is
called “Octave of Easter” or “eight days”
 Ordinary Time
❖ the Sundays and weeks of Ordinary Time
take us through the life of Christ (34 wks)
❖ inspired by the words and deeds of our
Lord and Savior and nourished by the
sacraments
❖ time of growing and deepening our faith
❖ includes the following solemnities and
feasts
Ordinary Time
Feasts and • Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Solemnities (February 2)
• Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John
the Baptist (June 24)
• Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
(June 29)
• Feast of the Transfiguration of the
Lord (August 6)
• Solemnity of All Saints (November 1)
• Commemoration of All Faithful
Departed Souls (November 2)
Ordinary Time
Feasts and • Solemnity of the Epiphany of the
Solemnities Lord (January 6)
• Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
(Sunday after Epiphany)
• Solemnity of the Most Holy
Trinity (Sunday after Pentecost)
• Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
the King of the Universe (Last
Sunday of Ordinary Time / Sunday
before Advent)
Ordinary Time
Feasts and
Solemnities • Feast of the Immaculate
Conception (December 8)
• Solemnity of Mary, Mother of
God (January 1)
• Annunciation of the Lord (March
25)
• Solemnity of the Assumption of
Mary (August 15)
Reference:
Del Castillo, C. Et al. (2016), Kenosis: Life –
Giving Sacrifice of Jesus, 16-20, SalesianaBOOKS
by DON BOSCO PRESS, INC.