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CATHOLIC WORSHIP
AND THE
LITURGICAL YEAR
WORSHIP & LITURGY
Our fundamental duty as
people … is to direct the
whole of our life and
activity toward God as
Creator and Savior.
WORSHIP & LITURGY
The word 'liturgy' comes from
the Greek leitourgia, means
the work of the people.
It refers to the official public
worship of the Church.
LITURGY …
… is the public worship by the
Mystical Body of Christ, of both its
Head (Christ) and its members.
… it is always God-centered and
God directed. (focus about God
and for God)
… seeks to bring about an
encounter between worshippers
and the saving mystery.
IN LITURGY THE
PAST BECOMES PRESENT
• Although liturgy is concerned with past
events, the historical saving work of
Christ, it is not concerned with them as
past, but experienced as present.
• By the mystery of liturgy we are
making past events present so that the
saving power of Christ can be made
present to the worshipper in the here
and now.
LITURGY INCLUDES
…
… the spoken word,
music, gestures,
movements and
actions, and symbolic
and material things.
LITURGICAL CYCLE
• The readings used in Sunday liturgies follow
a 3 year rotation.
• Year A – Gospel of Matthew
• Year B - Gospel of Mark
• Year C - Gospel of Luke
Readings from the Gospel of John are
spread out in each year.
THE CHURCH YEAR
…
The Second Vatican Council
called us to recognize that
the saving work of Jesus
Christ is commemorated "on
certain days throughout the
course of the year."
THE CHURCH YEAR …
“Once each week … [the
Church] keeps the memory of
the Lord's resurrection. She also
celebrates it once a year,
together with his blessed passion,
at Easter, that most solemn of all
feasts.”
[SC, 102]
LITURGICAL
CALENDAR
ADVENT
• Marks the beginning of the
Church Year
• It is a time to remember the birth
of the Christ Child & the future
Second Coming of Christ as
Judge of the World.
ADVENT
Time Period: Starts counting back
four Sundays prior to December
25th
Liturgical Color: Purple & Pink
• Purple = renewal
• Pink = joy (3rd Sunday – Guadete
Sunday)
ADVENT
Signs & Symbols
- The Advent Wreath
- Advent Calendars
CHRISTMAS
SEASON
A celebration of God's gift of
himself/his Son to the world.
A joyful time of peace and
good will.
CHRISTMAS
SEASON
Time Period: From the Vigil Mass
of Christmas through the Mass
of the Baptism of the Lord. (Dec
24th – Mid Jan.)
Liturgical Color: White (Yellow,
Gold) = joy and victory
CHRISTMAS
SEASON
Signs & Symbols
•Nativity Scene
•Star of Bethlehem
ORDINARY TIME [FIRST
PART]
A neutral time, not of high
celebration, the
"counted" [ordinal]
Sundays separating
Christmas Time from Lent.
- Focuses on the teachings
of Jesus
ORDINARY TIME [FIRST
PART]
Time Period: Following the
Masses of the Baptism of the
Lord until Ash Wednesday.
(Mid Jan – End Feb/Early
March)
Liturgical Color: Green = life
and hope
LENT
40 days prior to Easter Sunday,
not counting Sundays.
-A time of penance for our
sins, fasting and charity in
preparation for the benefits
of Christ's death and
resurrection.
LENT
Time Period: Begins with Ash
Wednesday, and lasts until the
Mass of the Lord's Supper on
the evening of Holy Thursday.
(Feb/Mar. – Early April)
Liturgical Color: Violet/purple=
penance and renewal
TRIDUUM … “THE THREE
DAYS”
-Evening Mass on Holy Thursday
- Last Supper
-Good Friday
- Crucifixion
-Holy Saturday
- burial and Resurrection
TRIDUUM … “THE THREE
DAYS”
Time Period: From Holy Thursday
evening, through the Easter Vigil
Mass on the evening of Saturday.
(Usually April, sometimes end of
March)
Liturgical Color: White for Holy
Thursday and the Easter Vigil, and
red for Good Friday.
TRIDUUM … “THE THREE
DAYS”
Signs & Symbols
Cross, Crown of Thorns, tomb
EASTER SEASON
Easter Sunday to Pentecost
[the beginning of the
Church.] The Highest
celebration of the Church
Year. 50 days.
EASTER SEASON
Time Period: From the Sunday
morning Mass of Easter to
Pentecost. (April-May)
Liturgical Color: White, except
Pentecost which is red.
Symbol: Empty Tomb
ORDINARY TIME
[SECOND PART]
A neutral time, not of high
celebration., beginning after
Pentecost Sunday and lasting
until the new Church Year
begins with Advent.
- Focuses on the teachings of
Jesus
ORDINARY TIME
[SECOND PART]
Time Period: From the week
following Pentecost to the First
Sunday in Advent and the start
of a new Church Year.
(June – Nov.)
Liturgical Color: Green