Class Liturgical Year

The church liturgical year

The liturgical symbol

1. what are the common symbol we find
in the church?
The liturgical symbol

IDENTIFY THESE SYMBOL
2. Why church are using sign and symbol

3. Which symbol in the church is most
Meaningful for you? Why
Word of God
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for you are well aware in any case that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in
the night.
3 It is when people are saying, 'How quiet and peaceful it is' that sudden destruction falls on
them, as suddenly as labour pains come on a pregnant woman; and there is no escape.
4 But you, brothers, do not live in the dark, that the Day should take you unawares like a thi
ef.
5 No, you are all children of light and children of the day: we do not belong to the night or to
darkness,
6 so we should not go on sleeping, as everyone else does, but stay wide awake and sober.
7 Night is the time for sleepers to sleep and night the time for drunkards to be drunk,
8 but we belong to the day and we should be sober; let us put on faith and love for a breast
plate, and thehope of salvation for a helmet.
9 God destined us not for his retribution, but to win salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 who died for us so that, awake or asleep, we should still live united to him.
11 So give encouragement to each other, and keep strengthening one another, as you do al
ready.
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Advent
Advent is a period of preparation, extending over four Sundays, before Christmas The
word Advent comes from the Latin advenio, "to come to," and refers to the coming of
Christ. This refers, first of all, to our celebration of Christ's birth at Christmas; but second,
to the coming of Christ in our lives through grace and the Sacrament of Holy
Communion; and finally, to His Second Coming at the end of time.
Christmas
Christmas is one of the most important days of the Church year, second only to Easter itse
lf. It is the feast of the incarnation, the feast of God becoming flesh (the Latin "in carne" m
eans "enfleshment"). It is a uniquely Christian teaching, the Divine choosing to become on
e of us. Because of this belief,God is not only Transcendent, but also wholly Immanent, Em
manuel (God-with-us). While remaining Transcendent (meaning we must rise above our pr
esent condition to reach Him), He is at the same time Immanent (meaning He is with us a
s we rise toward Him). Every Eucharist is like Christmas where the bread and wine are tran
sformed into His flesh, His Body and Blood, and, in a sense, He is born anew on the altar.
The liturgical season of Christmas begins with the vigil Masses on Christmas Eve and concl
udes on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. During this season, we celebrate the birth o
f Christ into our world and into our hearts, and reflect on the gift of salvation that is born
with himincluding the fact that he was born to die for us.
The Christmas tree and the Nativity scene are popular symbols of the season and a traditi
on in many Christian homes. It is also traditional to exchange Christmas gifts with family a
nd friends as a way to honor God the Father's gift of his only son to the world. Having rec
eived the gift of Christ, we naturally want to pass that gift along to our loved ones.
Epiphany
Now after contemplating the staggering fact tha
t God has become a human child, we turn to loo
k at this mystery from the opposite angle and re
alize that this seemingly helpless Child is, in fact,
the omnipotent God, the King and Ruler of the
universe. The feast of Christ's divinity completes
the feast of His humanity. It fulfills all our Advent
longing for the King "who is come with great po
wer and majesty." We see that whereas Christma
s is the family feast of Christianity, Epiphany is th
e great "world feast of the Catholic Church."
Lent
In Lent, the baptized are called to renew their baptis
mal commitment as others prepare to be baptized t
hrough the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, a pe
riod of learning and discernment for individuals who
have declared their desire to become Catholics.
The key to fruitful observance of these practices is t
o recognize their link to baptismal renewal. We are c
alled not just to abstain from sin during Lent, but to
true conversion of our hearts and minds as followers
of Christ. We recall those waters in which we were b
aptized into Christ's death, died to sin and evil, and
began new life in Chr
Holy week
The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduumfrom the
evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Thoug
h chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfoldin
g for us the unity of Christ's Paschal Mystery.
The single celebration of the Triduum marks the end of the Lente
n season, and leads to the Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord a
t the Easter Vigil.
The liturgical services that take place during the Triduum are:
Mass of the Lord's Supper
Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord
Easter
The Easter Vigil is the "Mother of All Vigils."Easter Su
nday, then, is the greatest of all Sundays, and Easter
Time is the most important of all liturgical times.East
er is the celebration of the Lord's resurrection from t
he dead, culminating in his Ascension to the Father
and sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church.Ther
e are 50 days of Easter from the first Sunday to Pent
ecost.It is characterized, above all, by the joy of glori
fied life and the victory over death, expressed most f
ully in the great resounding cry of the Christian: All
eluia! All faith flows from faith in the resurrection:"If
Christ has not been raised, then empty is our preach
ing; empty, too, is your faith." (1 Cor 15:14)
Pentecost
Pentecost Sunday is one of the most anci
ent feasts of the Church, celebrated early
enough to be mentioned in the Acts of t
he Apostles (20:16) and St. Paul's First Le
tter to the Corinthians (16:8). It supplants
the Jewish feast of Pentecost, which took
place 50 days after the Passover and whi
ch celebrated the sealing of the Old Cov
enant on Mount Sinai.
Ordinary Time
The Sundays and weeks of Ordinary Time, on th
e other hand, take us through the life of Christ.
This is the time of conversion. This is living the li
fe of Christ.
Ordinary Time is a time for growth and maturati
on, a time in which the mystery of Christ is calle
d to penetrate ever more deeply into history unt
il all things are finally caught up in Christ. The g
oal, toward which all of history is directed, is rep
resented by the final Sunday in Ordinary Time, t
he Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of th
e Universe

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The church liturgical year

The liturgical symbol

The liturgical symbol

2. Why church are using sign and symbol

About times and dates, brothers, there is no need to write to you

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