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The liturgical year or church calendar helps Christians celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus through different seasons that mark important events. There are five main seasons: Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent, and Easter. Each season has a particular theme and liturgical color, and concentrates on different aspects of the Bible and parts of Christ's life, such as awaiting the Messiah in Advent or celebrating Christ's birth at Christmas. The liturgical year repeats in a cycle and uses different religious practices to mark the paschal mystery of Jesus.

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The Liturgical Year PowerPoint

The liturgical year or church calendar helps Christians celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus through different seasons that mark important events. There are five main seasons: Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent, and Easter. Each season has a particular theme and liturgical color, and concentrates on different aspects of the Bible and parts of Christ's life, such as awaiting the Messiah in Advent or celebrating Christ's birth at Christmas. The liturgical year repeats in a cycle and uses different religious practices to mark the paschal mystery of Jesus.

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What do I know about the Liturgical YEAR/Calendar?

What else do I want learn about Liturgical


Year/Calendar?
 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.
 Time has an
important place in our
spiritual life:
 It helps us reconnect
with God.

 There are two types


of time:
 Chronos and Kairos
 Chronos is the time
we measure.
 Ex: hours, days,
weeks, minutes
 Kairos is the Lord’s
time.
 It is God’s special
time.
 Kairos reveals his will
for our lives.
 The Liturgical year or
Church calendar helps
us celebrate the life,
death and
resurrection of Jesus.
 This is called the
paschal mystery.
 The Paschal mystery
is celebrated through
specific seasons.
 There are five
specific seasons in the
Church’s calendar:
 Advent, Christmas,
Ordinary Time, Lent
and Easter.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 Through the Liturgical
Calendar Christians
express their faith in
Christ their saviour.
 Each season of the
Liturgical year
celebrates an
important aspect of
Christ’s life.
 Each season in the  Each season has
Liturgical calendar different religious
has a particular practices, and
theme. symbols.
 Each season has a
particular
liturgical color.
 Each season
concentrates on
different parts of
the Bible.
 Advent Christmas Ordinary Lent Easter

Purple White Green Purple White


Advent Christmas Ordinary Lent Easter
Time

Awaiting for The The Repentance New Life


the Messiah
Preparing
Birth Public
Conversion Resurrection
for Of Christ Ministry
Christmas
Final Of Christ Penance Witnessing
The
Judgement
Incarnation
Advent Christmas Ordinary Lent Easter
Time

Reconciliation Discipleship Sharing


Prayer Prayer
following our faith
Good Acts of Jesus’
with
Kindness teaching in
deeds the routine of Fasting others
every day
Penance Peacemaking
life.
Almsgiving
What did I LEARN about the Liturgical YEAR?

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