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 Liturgical Year |
Vatican II: Constitution on the Liturgy See Chapter 5: The Liturgical Year Catholic Calendar for the Current Year Locate the liturgical event and texts for any day of the year The Catholic Calendar Page Keep up with the liturgical year day by day Daily Reflections We have asked people from around campus to reflect upon the daily readings each day Preparing for Sunday Each week's guide offers reflections on finding intimacy with God in the midst of our everyday, busy lives, throughout the week leading up to our Sunday celebration of God's love for us The Center for Liturgy at Saint Louis University The Center warmly invites ALL members of the assembly to prepare for Sunday Mass by using this site The Liturgy Planner Online Readings, reflections, quotes, music suggestions, and other material to help plan for the Sunday liturgy Planning for the Liturgical Year From Creighton University Daily Reflections on the Readings From "One Bread, One Body, Winter into Lent" by Father Al Lauer of Presentation Ministries On the Christian Year and the Use of the Lectionary By Scott David Foutz in Quodlibet Journal, August 1999 Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar This program calculates: Easter Sunday in both the Western (Catholic, Anglican, and Protestant) Christian, and in the Eastern (Orthodox) Christian traditions; the movable Feasts associated with Easter in the Western and Eastern traditions; many Feasts in the Catholic calendar. For years before 1583, only the dates of Christmas and Easter are calculated Readings and Psalms for the Month Courtesy of the American Bishops, using the New American Bible The Text This Week Revised Common Lectionary, Scripture Study and Worship Links and Resources for Students, Teachers and Preachers The Lectionary Pages The Revised Common Lectionary is used, with a few slight variations, by the Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic Churches. The texts presented here follow the Episcopalian (USA) variation. Most of the time, if you are a member of one of the other denominations, these will also be your lessons, but double check before you base a sermon on them Calendar Explorer Calendar Explorer is a 32-bit, Windows 95 and Windows NT program that allows you to explore the Western Church Year, including the Major and Minor Feasts; the date of both Eastern and Western Easter through the centuries, and the number days between dates The Feast of Christ the King 1925 encyclical (Quas Primas) by Pope Pius XI Catholic Homilies by Fr. Andrew Greeley From November 1995 to the present. Nice way to reflect on the changing seasons Liturgical Calendar of the Order of Preachers Peace Connections A series of Sunday reading reflections that correlate Sunday liturgy readings with issues of peace and justice Living in Time with the Rhythm of the Church's Year By Graham Kings, from The Times (Credo column) 11 October 2008 Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations Meditations written by Don Schwager on gospel passages following the daily church readings for the season Word-Sunday.com A lectionary resource for Catholics, by Larry Broding ADVENT/CHRISTMAS On the Meaning of Advent By Archbishop Fulton Sheen Prayers and Customs of Advent and Christmas By Passionist Father Victor Hoagland An Advent Narrative By Dominic Robinson SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, December 2008 Advent is the Time for Prophecy By Andrew Cameron-Mowat SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, December 2008 Mary and the Mystery of Christmas By Father Marie-Dominique Phillipe, O.P. A Baby Is Born By Dorothy Day Christmas Advent Christmas - The Jesus Story Starts By James O'Regan, Liturgy Consultant Theology for Advent and Christmas A solid article by Timothy F. Lull of the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Christmas Traditions Around the World The Christmas Cover-Up By Mike Daley in The Way, 2006 Christmas and the Confrontation of Empire By André Myre in The Way, 2005 The Xmas Story An article on the pagan origins of Christmas The Holy Spirit in the Mystery of Christmas By Mathias Augé in Tertium Millennium, 1997 What Was the First Christmas Like? By Nicholas King SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, December 2009 And so this is Christmas… Cathy Molloy introduces Karl Rahner's 'Understanding Christmas' in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, December 2008 A Christmas Gift By Bill MacCurtain SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, December 2008 LENT/EASTER Catholic Online Lenten Pages Meditations and Prayers for Lent and Easter By Passionist Father Victor Hoagland Ash Wednesday By James Akin The Lectionary for Ash Wednesday and The Sundays of Lent: Critique and Alternative Vision By J. Frank Henderson Rush to Resurrection By Donald X. Burt, OSA, in Reflections on Augustine's Spirituality, March 2007. Reflections for every day of Lent Homiletic and Pastoral Aids for Lenten and Holy Week Liturgies By Mary Travers in SIDIC Periodical, 1983 All About Lent By James Akin St. Leo the Great on Lent Lent: A Way Out of the Shadows By Andrew Cameron-Mowat SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, February 2008 Keeping the Lenten Fast: Thoughts from a Dialogue with Islam By Michael Barnes SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, February 2008 Lenten Reconciliation Rite By James O'Regan, Liturgy Consultant In the Belly of Lent: Jonah and Us By James Philipps in St. Anthony Messenger Re-visioning the Lectionary for Lent By J. Frank Henderson The Spirit of Lent By Ignatius Jesudasan in The Way, 2007 Holy Week Meditation and Study Guide By Fr. Andrew Demotses of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Three Holy Days: A Lenten Series on the Easter Triduum From Nativity Catholic Church, Longwood, Florida Critical Reflections on the Passion Narrative of the Good Friday Liturgy By J. Frank Henderson Translating and Excerpting the Johannine Passion Narrative for Liturgical Proclamation By Philip A. Cunningham in SIDIC Periodical, 2001-2002 Celebrating the Passion of the Lord By Peter Edmonds SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, April 2009 Critical Reflections on the Good Friday Liturgy: Paschal Character, Relationship to Passion Sunday, Soteriology, Christology, and the Preeminence of John By J. Frank Henderson Veneration of the Cross (Good Friday): Alternative Models By J. Frank Henderson The Holy Saturday Experience By Dermot Power in The Way, 1998 Re-visioning the Lectionary Readings from the Hebrew Scriptures for Lent, Good Friday and the Easter Season By J. Frank Henderson Computus Calculating the date upon which Easter Sunday falls Dating Pascha in the Orthodox Church By Dr. Lewis J. Patsavos, Professor of Canon Law Holy Cross School of Theology The Celebration of our Paschal Liberation By Anthony Cernera in The Way, 1984 The Lectionary for the Sundays of the Easter Season and Ascension: Critique and Alternative Vision By J. Frank Henderson Grave Matters: Take Away the Resurrection and the Center of Christianity Collapses By N. T. Wright in Christianity Today The Easter Story An article on the pagan origins of Easter The Twelve Voices of Easter Thoughts from all the participants in the original Easter event The Resurrection St. Athanasius The Pentecostal Spirit: Part one Nicholas Lash describes how a Jewish harvest feast gradually acquired new significance and changed over time to become Christian Pentecost, in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, May 2009 The Pentecostal Spirit: Part two Nicholas Lash explains that we cannot comprehend the sending of the Holy Spirit without recognising how it relates to the Easter event, in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, June 2009 Broken links?
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