Alive-O 7 Term 1: Lesson 12-14 Moment One, Day Four The Church Seasons

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Alive-O 7Term 1 Lesson 12-14Moment One, Day
FourThe Church Seasons
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Liturgical Calendar
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Seasons of the Year

• We usually think of a year as having the four
• seasons Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.
• The calendar year begins in January, the time
• when the sun begins to rise earlier bringing
• longer days and ends in December, when the
• days are at their shortest.

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The Church Year

• The Church year has seasons too.
• They follow the life, death and resurrection of
  Jesus.

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Advent

• The Church year begins with Advent, when we look
  forward to celebrating the birth of Jesus.
• The liturgical colour for Advent is violet
  (purple). We will see this colour in the
  vestments worn by the priest and in the candles
  in the Advent Wreath. Violet is the colour
  representing preparation and penance.
• The colour rose (pink) may be used on the third
  Sunday of Advent.

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The Season of Christmas

• The second season in the Church Year is
  Christmas, when we celebrate the birth of Jesus.
  This season begins on Christmas Day and ends with
  the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, on the
  first Sunday after January 6th, the Feast of the
  Epiphany.
• The liturgical colour for this season is white,
  the colour of celebration.
• The colour red will be worn on some days during
  the season when the feast day's of martyrs are
  celebrated.

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First Season of Ordinary Time

• The season which follows Christmas until Ash
  Wednesday is called Ordinary Time.
• This period of ordinary time is a season when we
  grow in our faith as a result of realising the
  great gift which Christs birth is to us.
• The liturgical colour for Ordinary Time is green,
  representing growth and new life.

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Lent

• The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and
  continues until Holy Thursday.
• This is the season during which we prepare to
  celebrate the life, death and resurrection of
  Jesus at Easter.
• The liturgical colour for Lent is violet,
  representing preparation and penance.

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The Triduum

• We approach Easter through the Triduum of
• Holy Thursday, beginning with the Lords
• Supper through the suffering of Jesus on Good
• Friday and Holy Saturday leading into the
• celebration of the resurrection on Easter Sunday.
• The liturgical colours on the days of the Triduum
  
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• Holy Thursday White
• Good Friday Red
• Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil) White

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Season of Easter

• The season of Easter begins from the Easter vigil
  (the eve of Easter Sunday) until Pentecost
  Sunday.
• The liturgical colour for the season of Easter is
  white.

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Second period of Ordinary Time

• The second period of Ordinary Time begins the
• day after Pentecost Sunday until the first Sunday
  
• of Advent.
• The colour for this time is green, representing
• our growing in our relationship with God
• through our celebration of and participation in
• Jesus life, death and resurrection during the
• Easter Season.

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Discussion

• See the Consider Points on page 90 in the
  Teachers manual.