The Liturgical Year

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The Liturgical Year
Learning Objective To know why the Church has a
Liturgical Year and why it is important.
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What do I KNOW about the Liturgical YEAR? WHAT
would I like to know about the Liturgical YEAR?
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The Liturgical year

• The notion of time helps us celebrate life by
  marking and recalling the important dates and
  events in our lives.
• Ex Birthdays, anniversaries , graduations, etc.

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The Liturgical Year

• Time has an important place in our spiritual
  life
• It helps us reconnect with God.
• There are two types of time
• Chronos and Kairos

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The Liturgical Year

• Chronos is the time we measure.
• Ex hours, days, weeks, minutes
• Kairos is the Lords time.
• It is Gods special time.
• Kairos reveals his will for our lives.

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The Liturgical year

• The Liturgical year or Church calendar helps us
  celebrate the life, death and resurrection of
  Jesus.
• This is called the paschal mystery.

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The Liturgical Cycle

• The Paschal mystery is celebrated through
  specific seasons.
• There are five specific seasons in the Churchs
  calendar
• Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent and
  Easter.

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The Liturgical Year

• The Liturgical year is a cycle of seasons
  repeating itself at the end of each cycle.
• The Church year or cycle begins with Advent and
  ends with ordinary time.

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The Liturgical year

• The Church calendar or Church year begins with
  the Holy season of Advent.
• The Church year begins in late November or Early
  December.
• Four weeks prior to December 25.

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The Liturgical Year

• The word liturgical comes from the Greek word
  liturgy.
• Liturgy meant Public Works
• In Church language liturgy is the public worship
  given to God.
• I.E. Mass and sacraments.

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Liturgical Year

• Through the Liturgical Calendar Christians
  express their faith in Christ their saviour.
• Each season of the Liturgical year celebrates an
  important aspect of Christs life.

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The Liturgical Year

• Each season in the Liturgical calendar has a
  particular theme.
• Each season has a particular liturgical color.
• Each season concentrates on different parts of
  the Bible.

• Each season has different religious practices,
  and symbols.

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Colors of the Liturgical Year

• Advent Christmas Ordinary Lent Easter

Purple
White
Green
Purple
White
Symbols
Advent wreath
Nativity
Chi-Ro
Ashes
Paschal Candle
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Themes
Advent Christmas Ordinary Time Lent Easter
Awaiting for the Messiah Preparing for Christmas Final Judgement The Birth Of Christ The Incarnation The Public Ministry Of Christ Repentance Conversion Penance New Life Resurrection Witnessing
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The Liturgical YearWays to Celebrate these
seasons
Advent Christmas Ordinary Time Lent Easter
Prayer Good deeds Penance Reconciliation Acts of Kindness Peacemaking Discipleship following Jesus teaching in the routine of every day life. Prayer Fasting Almsgiving Sharing our faith with others

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What did I LEARN about the Liturgical YEAR?