UNIT SIX
Liturgical Year
I. Liturgical Seasons
Advent
COLORS:
Purple and Pink
Purple- helps us prepare
Pink- we rejoice!
I. Liturgical Seasons
A.
Advent
PURPOSE:
Prepare for Jesus to come!
I. Liturgical Seasons
A.
Advent
WHEN:
December, the four weeks before
Christmas.
I. Liturgical Seasons
A.
Advent
WHAT ELSE?:
The beginning of the Church year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I. Liturgical Seasons
A.
Christmas
COLORS:
White and Gold!
Symbol of Joy!
I. Liturgical Seasons
B.
Christmas
PURPOSE:
Celebrate birth of Jesus, and know that
he is the Messiah!
I. Liturgical Seasons
B.
Christmas
WHEN:
December and January. The two
weeks after Christmas Day.
I. Liturgical Seasons
B.
Christmas
WHAT ELSE:
Christmas isn’t ONE DAY- it’s a couple of
weeks!
I. Liturgical Seasons
B.
Lent
COLORS:
Purple
Symbol of penance.
I. Liturgical Seasons
C.
Lent
PURPOSE:
Turn away from sin, and prepare for
Easter.
I. Liturgical Seasons
C.
Lent
WHEN:
February, March, and/or April. It lasts
about 40 days.
I. Liturgical Seasons
C.
Lent
WHAT ELSE?:
We pray, fast, and abstain from meat to prepare ourselves.
I. Liturgical Seasons
C.
Easter Triduum
COLORS:
White and red
White to celebrate. Red to remember Jesus’
death.
I. Liturgical Seasons
D.
Easter Triduum
PURPOSE:
3 Most important days! Celebrates Jesus’ Last
Supper, death, and resurrection
I. Liturgical Seasons
D.
Easter Triduum
WHEN:
3 days in March or April.
I. Liturgical Seasons
D.
Easter Triduum
WHAT ELSE:
THE MOST IMPORTANT SEASON!
I. Liturgical Seasons
D.
Easter
COLORS:
White and Gold!
CELEBRATE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST!
I. Liturgical Seasons
E.
Easter
PURPOSE:
CELEBRATE JESUS’ RESURRECTION!
I. Liturgical Seasons
E.
Easter
WHEN:
March, April, and/or May. It lasts 50 days after Easter Sunday.
I. Liturgical Seasons
E.
Easter
WHAT ELSE:
THIS IS THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION OF
THE YEAR!
I. Liturgical Seasons
E.
Ordinary Time
COLORS:
Green.
Reminds us of our hope in God.
I. Liturgical Seasons
F.
Ordinary Time
PURPOSE:
Remember that God is always a part of our
lives!
I. Liturgical Seasons
F.
Ordinary Time
WHEN:
Between Christmas and Lent, and between
Easter and Advent. IT’S A LONG TIME
I. Liturgical Seasons
F.
Ordinary Time
WHAT ELSE:
Called “Ordinary” because it’s numbered.
IT’S NOT BORING!
I. Liturgical Seasons
F.
II. Holy Days
Holy Days of Obligation
1. Immaculate Conception
•Mary was conceived without original sin
•December 8
•Occurs in Advent
II. Holy Days
A.
Holy Days of Obligation
2. Christmas•Jesus was born.
•December 25
•1st day of Christmas Season
II. Holy Days
A.
Holy Days of Obligation
3. Mary, Mother of God
•The Church named Mary the mother of God
•January 1
•Christmas Season
II. Holy Days
A.
Holy Days of Obligation
4. Assumption•Mary is taken into heaven, body
and soul, at the end of her life
•August 15
•Ordinary Time
II. Holy Days
A.
Holy Days of Obligation
5. All Saints’ Day•Celebrates all holy men and
women in the history of the Church
•November 1
•Ordinary Time
II. Holy Days
A.
Other Holy Days
1. Holy Family Sunday
•Celebrates the family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
•Sunday after Christmas
•Christmas Season
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
2. Epiphany•The three wise men visit Jesus
and bring gold, frankincense, and myrrh
•2nd Sunday after Christmas
•Christmas Season
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
3. Presentation of the Lord
•When Mary and Joseph present Jesus in the temple.
•February 2nd
•Ordinary Time
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
4. Ash Wednesday•Celebrates the beginning of Lent,
so we can turn away from sin
•Wednesday in February or March
•1st day of Lent
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
5. Palm Sunday•When everyone praised Jesus as
he rode into Jerusalem before he died.
•Last Sunday in Lent
•Lent
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
6. Holy Thursday•Jesus celebrates the Last Supper
and Eucharist (BIG CHEESE) with his disciples
•Thursday before Easter
•1st day of Easter Triduum
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
7. Good Friday•Jesus dies on the cross for us.
•Friday before Easter
•Easter Triduum
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
8. Easter Sunday•Jesus rose from the dead.
WOOHOO!
•Sunday in March or April
•Easter Triduum
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
9. Ascension Sunday•Jesus ascends into heaven in
front of his disciples.
•6 weeks after Easter Sunday
•Easter Season
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
10. Pentecost•The Holy Spirit comes to the 12
apostles and makes them BRAVE!
•7 weeks after Easter Sunday
•The last day of Easter Season
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
11. Trinity Sunday•Celebrates the mystery of how
God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
•1 week after the Pentecost.
•Ordinary Time
II. Holy Days
B.
Other Holy Days
12. All Souls’ Day•Celebrates those who have died,
especially in the past year.
•November 2nd
•Ordinary Time
II. Holy Days
B.