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Liturgical Calendar
Liturgical Year/Calendar Study Set
Question | Answer |
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Who is at the center of the liturgical year? | Jesus |
What does the liturgical year give us? | the story of Jesus's life, death, and Ressurection |
How many seasons does the liturgical year have? | 6 |
What are the seasons in the liturgical year? | Advent, Christmas Time, Ordinary Time, Lent, Easter Time, Ordinary Time |
What is the color for the Christmas and Easter seasons? | White |
What does the white color mean? (in the Catholic church) | Purity, life, Jesus |
What color tells us we are preparing for a season? | Purple |
What does purple mean? (in the Catholic church) | preparation, waiting, kings |
What is the name of the preparation time before Christmas? | Advent |
What does the word Advent mean? | coming |
What is the name of the preparation time before Easter? | Lent |
What does the word Lent mean? | preparation |
What is the name of the green areas of the calendar? | Ordinary Time |
What does Chronos mean? | our time (hours, minutes, seconds, etc.) |
What are the periods of the ordinary time for? | celebrating Christ's ministry |
What is the beginning of the liturgical year? | Advent |
What feast do we celebrate at the end of each liturgical year? | Christ the King |
How long does each season last? | Advent-4 weeks, Christmas Time-2 weeks, Ordinary Time-6 to 8 weeks, Lent- 6 weeks, Easter Time-8 weeks, Ordinary Time-23 to 26 weeks |
What are the days of the Triduum? | Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday |
What is the color of Ordinary Time? | green |
What is the color of Christmas Time and Easter Time? | white |
What is the color of Advent and Lent? | purple |
What is a solemnity? | Highest degree of celebration in the Catholic Church celebrating the most important mysteries in our faith (Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Christ the King, Assumption) |
What is a feast day? | Special days set apart (angels, apostles, Visitation, Presentation, Baptism of the Lord) |
What is a memorial? | obligatory-universal significance optional-no universal significance |
What is the Mass like on a solemnity? | Sunday Mass |
What is the Mass like on a feast day? | reflection of saint in homily, no creed, Gloria |
What is the Mass like on a optional memorial? | saint may or may not be mentioned, no Gloria |
What is the Mass like on a obligatory memorial? | saint mentioned in homily, no Gloria |
What are the letters representing the 3 cycles of weekend readings? | A,B,C |
What are the Roman numerals representing the cycle of Ordinary Time weekday readings? | I, II |