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• Advent

  ● a season of waiting and preparation

  ● came from the Latin word “adventus”

  and Greek word “Parousia” both means

  “coming/arrival”

  ● It is the first season that we celebrate in

  our liturgical calendar as Catholics
• The first candle is color purple and is called the "Prophet’s Candle."
• The second candle is also color purple and it is called “Bethlehem’s Candle”
• The third candle is color rose and is called “Shepherd’s Candle”
• The fourth candle is color purple and is called “Angel’s candle”
• How will you show your preparation in this season of Advent?

  • Penance or asking for forgiveness - Praying - Attending mass
• Liturgical Calendar - It is the official calendar of the Church that have five major seasons of celebrations
• Gregorian calendar – usual calendar in our homes or offices
• 5 Major Seasons of Advent are: Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent, Easter
• Advent (December 3 – December 24)

  ● Time when we prepare ourselves for the first coming of the Messiah or the Nativity of Christ
• ● Advent wreath – we assemble this to mark the passage of this season
• Purple – color widely seen inside the church because it symbolizes the royalty of the coming of the King Jesus Christ and the penitential tone of advent.
• Christmas

  ● Time to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ
• This season includes the solemnity of Mary the Mother of God (Dec. 8), the Epiphany (Jan. 06), and the Feast of the Holy Family (Dec. 31)
• White and gold – colors seen in the vestments of the priest and ministers and in the mantles of the altars.
• First Period of the Ordinary Time

  ● Prepares us to the next season of celebrations

  ● Season of growth

  ● Starts during the week of baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river
• Green - symbolizing season of growth.
• Lent

  ● Season when we prepare for the commemoration of Jesus’s passion, death, and resurrection
• Ash Wednesday (Wednesday six and a half weeks before Easter; Feb. 22, 2023; Feb. 14, 2024) – beginning of Lent.
• Purple - symbolizing penitence
• Lent leads us to Paschal Triduum (three-day commemoration of Jesus’ passion) Triduum is done during Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Black Saturday
• Easter

  ● Starts on Easter Vigil (Mar. 30, 2024)
• Easter - Paschal candles are lighted during this season, which symbolizes Jesus as the light of the world
• Easter - Ends with Pentecost Sunday, Color red is used during this Sunday, which signifies the flame of the Holy Spirit
• Second Period of the Ordinary Time

  ● Longer period of Ordinary Time

  ● Color: green
• Solemnity of Christ the King – ending of the Ordinary Time and liturgical year. o Finale of the liturgical calendar because we acknowledge Christ as a king and savior
• Christ the King – before Advent; last Sunday of Ordinary Time (Nov. 26, 2023)
• Christmas – season after Advent

  Epiphany – season after Christmas
• Three of the candles are purple, which symbolizes time of prayer, penance, and sacrifice
• The wreath, which is made of various evergreens, signifies continuous life (green means hope)
• The circle of the wreath, which has no beginning or end, symbolizes eternity of God, the immortality of the soul, and the everlasting life we find in Christ.
• Men of Advent - Joseph and John
• Joseph

  ● Instrumental to the birth of Jesus
• John

  ● His selflessness brought many people to the path of reconciliation with God and to following Jesus