By James Carter


Every year, the Roman Catholic has a liturgical calendar that they tend to follow. The emanation of the calendar is from the reflections of the birth and resurrection of Christ. Every year, there are feasts and festive seasons that are observed. Normally, two seasons become the peak of the calendar; the Christmas and the Easter festive. The two denote the birth and the resurrection of Christ respectively. This article tends to enlighten you more on the Roman Catholic Priest Calendar.

The first term of the festive, which you need to understand in the calendar is the Advent. Advent is commenced on the first Sunday of the liturgical year and will come to a halt on December twenty four. Normally, December 24 is just one day before the birth of Jesus.

The other season after the Advent is Christmas. Christmas marks the birth of Jesus and it starts from the twenty fifth December. Normally, it is celebrated together with the feast of Epiphany which is up to the Sunday after the sixth of January. Epiphany is commonly celebrated as the feast of the three shrewd gentlemen.

Ordinary times are the next in the almanac. The commencing of this season is normally the day after the celebration of Epiphany. In short, it is the day after the first Sunday following sixth January. The season will come to an end on the week of the crucifixion on the Fat Tuesday day. Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday.

Lent is the following season in the datebook which starts from Ash Wednesday and goes through Thursday. Normally, Thursday is termed as the Holy Thursday Mass of His Holiness. In explanation, it is a day that Jesus had His last supper with the disciples. Also, it is a day that comes before the crucifixion day or the Good Friday.

Another season is known as the Easter Triduum. This is a period of three days which begins after the last supper and will go up to Sunday. In other words, it is Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This Sunday is commonly known as the Easter Sunday.

The next feast is the Easter feast, and it starts from the last supper day through fifty days. Following the completion of the fifty days, there is a celebration known as the Pentecost. This festive is celebrated together with the liturgical Easter season.

The last but not the least is ordinary season. It is a season which comes after the Pentecost. The season will come to an end one day before the Advent. It is the season between the Easter holiday and the Christmas holiday. It is a time between the resurrection and the birth of Jesus Christ.

There are multiple celebrations or feasts throughout the year. Some are the celebration of saints where the celebrated saints have their particular day at the liturgical datebook. Take an example of the celebration of St. Patrick which is in the month of March the seventeenth.

As a Catholic Church member, you must ensure you understand all the seasons and festive. These are seasons that bring about unity, and the fundamentals are to strengthen faith. All of them rotate around the crucifixion and birth of Christ.




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