Liturgical Seasons - 04 BCE Jesus was born in Bethlehem
- 1 True love refers to GOD
- follow the life of Jesus Christ from: - 2 turtle doves = old and new testament
birth, resurrection, ascension and second - 3 French hens = Faith, Hope, and
coming as KING. Charity
Epiphany/ 3 king’s revelation of God
1. ADVENT (VIOLET) incarnate as Jesus Christ
2. CHRISTMAS (WHITE) - 4 calling birds = 4 Gospels/evangelists:
3. ORDINARY TIME (GREEN) Luke, John, Matthew, Mark
4. LENT (VIOLET) - 5 Golden Rings = 5 books of old
*PALM SUNDAY (RED) testament
*GOOD FRIDAY (RED) - 6 geese = 6 days of creation
5. EASTER (WHITE) - 7 swans = 7 gifts of holy spirit, the
*PENTECOST (RED) sacraments
6. ORDINARY TIME (GREEN) - 8 maids = eight beatitudes
ADVENT SEASON (VIOLET)
- Advent means “the coming” or the
coming of Christ.
- The seasons of preparation for the birth
of the Lord.
- Symbol: Advent wreath
- Green leaves – life
- Circle – eternity - 9= 9 fruits of holy spirit
- Candles- Jesus Christ - 10 commandments
- 4 candles – 4 Sundays of advent - 11 faithful apostles
- Violet – waiting/ watchfulness and - 12 = points of doctrine in the apostles
preparation creed
- Pink- joy lit on third Sunday (Gaudete)= ORDINARY TIME (GREEN)
let us rejoice
- Icon: John the Baptist - Start Monday after Baptism of the lord
- Sent to announce the coming of the
Lent Season (Violet)
lord
- John is the voice , Jesus Christ = word The season of Lent lasts 40 days to represent
the amount of time Jesus spent in the desert,
CHRISTMAS SEASON fasting and preparing for his ministry
- To the Jews “Hannukah” - Start Ash Wednesday(Fasting and
- Dec. 25 is not the actual birth date of Abstinence)
Jesus but adapted from the Roman - End at Good Friday
pagan practice of SOL INVICTUS mean - Fasting – skipping one meal 1/3
Roman God Sun - Abstinence – abstain from eating a meal
- Ash on forehead expression of PASCHAL CANDLE – Resurrected Christ
sinfulness = intention to repent Baptismal water - Gift of new life
- 40 days = Cuaresma in Spanish means - Pentecost – Coming of the holy spirit &
Lent. Cuarenta/40 birth of the church
- May start on February or March
- Has 6 Sundays ORDINARY TIME (GREEN)
- 6th is Palm Sunday = the feast of olives; - START: MONDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Jesus would be our protector - END: FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
- Chrism Mass (Holy Thursday Morning) - Christo Rey means Christ the King
- Paschal Triduum (New Passover Feast) - Regina means queen
- 3 days: Passion, death and resurrection
- 3 days: Holy Thursday, good Friday and
Easter Vigil *Sunday after Christmas – Holy family
- HOLY WEEK: Jesus entered into
dedicated to each member of the Holy Family—
Jerusalem
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph—also exist, the Feast
- *Palm Sunday – Palm branches
of the Holy Family commemorates their life
- Chrism Mass – Holy Oils and Renewals
together, and the celebration focuses on
of the Priestly Vows
religious family life. Because of the flight of the
- Holy Thursday – washing of the feet and
Holy Family into Egypt, a feast for the Holy
Eucharistic vigil
Family has been observed by the Copts from
- Good Friday – Veneration of the Cross-
early times.
3 p.m
- Easter Vigil – Renew of baptismal vows *Dec. 28 Niños Inocentes
- Celebration: Institution of the
Sacraments Each December 28, Filipinos observes Ninos Inocentes, or the
Feast of the Holy Innocents. It recognizes the night when King
- Chrism Mass- Holy orders, Anointing of Herod of Judea, frightful of being ousted by the prophesized
the sick Messiah, requested the execution of every single male tyke in
- Holy Thursday – Eucharist Bethlehem. Obviously, the child Jesus and his family could
escape to Egypt, yet the silly forfeit of such huge numbers of
- Easter- Baptism and Reconciliation
innocents would not have been overlooked so easily.
- Pentecost – confirmation
- Holy Sunday – Salubong re-enactment Jan. 1 Motherhood of Mary
of the meeting of Jesus Christ and
The four dogmas of perpetual virginity, Mother of
Hismother, the Virgin Mary, after His God, Immaculate Conception and Assumption form
resurrection. Our Lady of Dolorosa the basis of Mariology.
EASTER SEASON (WHITE) Munificentissimus Deus: Nov.1 , 1950
the definition of the dogma that Mary, the
- START: EASTER SUNDAY
Virgin Mother of God, was assumed, body and
- END: 8TH SUNDAY, PENTECOST SUNDAY
soul, into the glory of heaven /
Pentecost Sunday – 50 days after
by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII.
resurrection
- SYMBOLS:
