liturgical year & church precepts 2014 - edwin lim sfx rcia

THE LITURGICAL YEAR& CHURCH PRECEPTS

- 30 November 2014 -

What is “Liturgy”?Liturgia (Gk)

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WORSHIPof the Church

wherethe People of God

participates in the work of

God.

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Communal

Official

What is a “Year”? A year is the orbital period of

the Earth moving around the Sun.

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What is a “Liturgical Year”?

Premise 1: “Liturgy” is the participation in

the work of God.

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Conclusion: “Liturgy” is the participation

in the lifeof Christ.

Premise 2:The life of Christ is the greatest

work of God.

What is a Liturgical Year?Previous Conclusion: “Liturgy” is the

participation in the life of Christ.

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Premise 1:“Year” is the orbiting period of the Earth moving around the

Sun.

Premise 2:Jesus is the Eternal Sun that

never sets

Conclusion: A “Liturgical Year” is the participation in the life of Christ as we move around the Son

throughout the year.

Why Liturgical Year?

The Liturgical Year celebrates God’s time,which is eternal and timeless.

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Present

In the present

We remember the past

We look into the future

But how?

The Liturgical Year is built aroundthe important historical events of Jesus…

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God of Now

Reminding us of God’s saving power

made real in the history

Celebrating that God is

saving us now

Look forward to the time when God’s plan of salvation will reach its ultimate fulfilment

in Christ’s future Parousia

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Genesis 1: 14

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There is a for everything,a time for every occupation under heaven:

a time for giving birth, a time for dying;a time for planting, a time for uprooting;a time for killing, a time for healing;a time for knocking down, a time for building.

A time for tears, a time for laughter;a time for mourning, a time for dancing.

A time for throwing stones away, a time for gathering them;a time for embracing, a time to refrain from embracing.

A time for searching, a time for losing;a time for keeping, a time for discarding.a time for tearing, a time for sewing;a time for keeping silent, a time for speaking.

A time for loving, a time for hating;a time for war, a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 on Seasons

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CCC 1164

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CCC 1163

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Marble tablet with liturgical calendar for Easter cycle for years 532-626.

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Purpose of ColoursThe purpose of a variety in the colour of the sacred vestments is to give effective expression even outwardly to the specific character of the mysteries of faith being celebrated and to a sense of Christian life’s passage through the course of the liturgical year(GIRM 345) Internal

COLOUR PURPLE WHITE RED GREEN

MEANING• Penance• Humility• Melancholy

• Light• Innocence• Purity• Joy• Triumph• Glory

• The Passion

• Blood• Fire• God's Love• Martyrdom

• Life Eternal• Hope• Spiritual

Growth

SEASONS ADVENT

LENTCHRISTMAS

EASTER PENTECOSTORDINARY

TIME

USE(based on

GIRM )

Masses for the Dead

* Pink is used on 3rd Sunday of Advent and 4th Sunday of

Lent

Feasts of the Lord (except

Passion)Feasts of Mary

and saints (who are not

martyrs)

Palm Sunday, The Lord’s

Passion, Feast Day of Martyrs

Which is

the greatestcelebration in the Liturgical

Calendar?

EASTERfollowed by Christmas

Adventus (Lat): “Coming” or “Arriving”

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Season of Advent

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Season of AdventAdventus (Lat) is translated from

Parousia (Gk) which also means the “Second Coming”.

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First Coming Second Coming

We are here30 Nov 2014

Season of Advent

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Advent Wreath with 4 candles, symbolizing the hopefulness of evergreens, the eternal love of God expressed

in the circle without

beginning or end.

The candle flames pushing

out the darkness to make way for Christ, the Light

of the world.

Purple symbolizes penance.

Rose/ pink symbolizes joy.

Season of Advent

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The crib reminds us ofwho we are waiting for…

Jesus the Christ

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Christmas (25-Dec)

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• Celebrating the Incarnation (the Word made flesh) and Emmanuel (God-with-us)

Preparation for Christmas

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Christmas (25-Dec)The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.

(John 1: 14)

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Christmas (25-Dec)

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Christmas (25-Dec)??• People used to worship sun god because in winter

time, the day is gradually longer than night.• The Church in her wisdom, christianized the festive

mood and since then, we celebrate not the sun god but the Son God, Jesus Christ the Eternal Sun. 31

• During this season, we celebrate Jesus’ early childhood (as Jesus grew in spirit and wisdom).

Christmas Season

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• Liturgical colour: white (purity and holiness).

Christmas Season

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Ephiphany (Gk):

Manifestation(Jesus’

revelation of His Divinity to

the whole world.)

Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature,

and in favour with God and with man. (Luke 2: 52)

Ordinary Time

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Ordinary Time

• Ordinal: the counted days

• Begins on the day after the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord and ends on the day before Ash Wednesday.

• This period allows us to reflect on the mysteries of Christ and focuses on Christ’s earthy ministry

• Liturgical colour: green symbolizing growth of spiritual life. 36

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Season of Lent

• Meaning spring.

• Begins with Ash Wednesday and lasts for 40 days.

• Ends with Easter Triduum – the Feast of all feasts (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday) 38

Season of Lent• On Ash Wednesday, we

put ashes on our foreheads to signify our repentance and sorrow for sorrows for our sins.

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• Period of penance and purification, renewed repentance of our sins, turning towards God once again and to get ourselves ready for the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord.

Use of Ashes in Scripture

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Season of Lent

• During Lent, we perform more diligently acts of– Fasting, abstinence

and sacrifices– Prayers– Almsgiving

• To unite our suffering more closely with the suffering of Christ.

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Season of Lent & Holy Week

• Starts with Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday)

• Recalls Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection.

• The holiest week of the whole Liturgical Year.42

Season of Lent

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Holy Week

Holy Week

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Passion Sunday: Jesus Triumphant

Entry into Jerusalem

The Last Supper

(Institution of the Holy Eucharist

and Priesthood)

The Passion of Our Lord

The Resurrection of

Our Lord

Easter Triduum

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Easter

If Christ has not been raised,

our preaching is useless

and so is your faith.(1 Corinthians 15: 14)

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Easter

We look forward to the resurrection of the

body, and the life of the world to come.

(Nicene Creed)

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Season of Easter

• 40 days after the resurrection, we celebrate the Ascension.

• And Easter Season lasts for 50 days, ending with Pentecost.

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Ordinary Time• After Pentecost, we enter into the

Ordinary Time again.

• During this period, the mystery of Christ in all its fullness is celebrated and reflected upon.

• In this second period of the Ordinary Time, we celebrate many feasts e.g.– Holy Trinity Sunday– Corpus Christi– Solemnity of Christ the King 50

Liturgical Celebrations• Solemnities: Commemorating an event, person or

belief of the highest significance of the Salvation History e.g. Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Solemnity of Christ the King, Immaculate Conception of Mary.

• Feast Days: Commemorating the astonishing actions of God; giving thanks to God for His actions and teaching the new generations to conform their conduct to them e.g. Feast of the Holy Family, Baptism of Jesus, Birth of Mary.

• Memorials: Giving glory to God for the martyrs and saints, whose examples encourages the faithful on the pilgrim journey to the heavenly Father. E.g. St Francis Xavier (3 Dec, St Ignatius of Loyola (31-Jul). 51

Lectionary Cycle

• Lectionary is a book of Scripture reading used during Mass.

• Lectionary means “gathering or selection of reading”.

• Every day of the year, appropriate Scripture texts are prescribed according to the Seasons and Celebration of the Liturgical Calendar.

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Lectionary Cycle

• Sundays– Year A, B, C

– 3 readings• 1st OT,• Responsorial

Psalm• 2nd NT

• 3rd Gospel

• Weekdays– Year I, II

– 2 readings• 1st OT/ NT• Responsorial

Psalm• 2nd Gospel

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Liturgical Year Sunday Weekday

2 Dec 2012 - 30 Nov 2013(2012/2013)

Year C Year I

1 Dec 2013 - 29 Nov 2014(2013/2014) Year A Year II

30 Nov 2014 - 28 Nov 2015(2014/2015)

Year B Year I

29-Nov-2015 - 26 Nov 2015(2015/2016) Year ? Year ?

Lectionary Cycle

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Confused?

Laudate

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Every Liturgical Cycle will bring us closer to Christ

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To know Him more dearly

To love Him more

intensely

To follow Him more closely

To serve Him more

passionately

PRECEPTS OFTHE CATHOLIC CHURCH

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GOD

Me

Me Others

You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with your soul, and with your mind;

You must love your neighbour

as yourself.

(Matthew 22: 34-40)

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General Rules

Minimum Requirements

Commandments

Precepts of the Church

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Precepts of the Church

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Precepts of the Church

Each of the precepts of the Catholic Church is a requirement.

Together with the Ten Commandments, they represent the minimum level of moral living.

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First: You shall attend Mass on Sundays and on Holy Days of Obligation

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Holy Days of Obligation?

• Sunday as the Day of the Resurrection

• Additional Holy Days of Obligation:– Ascension of Our Lord

(Thursday, 40 days after Resurrection)

– Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (15 August)

– All Saints’ Day (1-Nov)

– Christmas (25-Dec)

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Second: You shall observe the prescribed days of fast and abstinence.

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Third: You shall confess your sins at least once a year

• Confession or Reconciliation prepares us to receive Jesus in the Mass (Holy Eucharist).

• This sacrament “continues the Baptism’s work of conversion and forgiveness.” 70

Fourth: You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season.

• Holy Communion is the receiving of the Body of Christ.

• The precept stresses the minimum reception of the Body of Christ in connection with the Paschal feast, the origin and centre of the Christian faith. 71

Fourth: You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season.

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Fifth: You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church.

We have the duty of providing forthe material needs of the Church,

each according to his abilities.

(CCC 1351)

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Fifth: You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church.

You cannot have God for your Father if you do not have the

Church for your mother

(St Cyprian, ~300AD)

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Fifth: You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church.

The Church is an old woman with many

wrinkles and furrows.

But she is my mother. And no one strikes my mother.

(Fr. Karl Rahner, SJ)

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I believe inone, holy, catholic and apostolic church.

(Nicene Creed)

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The Catholic Church

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The Catholic Church

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Deposit of Faith = Word of God =Jesus Christ

John 20: 30-31

There are many other signs that Jesus worked in the sight of the disciples, but they are not recorded in this book.

These are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing this you ay have life through his name.

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What does Jesus say about the Church?

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The Church governs, teaches and sanctifies.

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You are Peterand on this rock

I will buildmy community.And the gates

of the underworldcan never

over power it.(Matthew 16: 18)

“God’s household, the Church of the living Godis the pillar and support of the truth”.

(1 Timothy 3: 15)

The Church continues Christ’s mission

• The Church continues to transmit and communicate to the whole world, the person of Jesus Christ.

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Sacred Tradition

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joyWhose trust, ever childlike, no care could

destroy,Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,

Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane

and the lathe,Be there at our labours, and give us, we pray,

Your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day. 84

Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,Your hands swift to welcome,

your arms to embrace,Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,

Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.

Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,Whose voice is contentment,

whose presence is balm,Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,

Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

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Thank You

Good night and God bless

Before We BeginCome, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithfuland kindle in them the fire of Your love.

V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be createdR. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Amen.

Let us pray.O God, Who taught the hearts of the faithfulby the light of the Holy Spirit,grant that, by the gift of the same Spirit,we may be always truly wise,and ever rejoice in His consolation.Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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