Mary
Part 4 Mary and the Liturgy
Chapter 41 The Life of Mary in the Liturgy
Preliminary QuestionsBibliographyLiturgical Overview |
Jesus: Event FeastsJesus: Idea FeastsMary: Event Feasts |
Mary: Idea FeastsTo Think About |
Preliminary Questions
Bibliography
Liturgical Overview
Jesus: Event Feasts
Conception March 25
Birth December 25 [Note: one of the three feasts of "light" : star, star, candle.]
Circumcision and Naming January 1 [January 2 former Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus]
Presentation February 2 (40 days after Christmas 7+31+2=40) [Note: one of the three feasts of "light" : star, star, candle.]
Epiphany January 6 [Note: one of the three feasts of "light" : star, star, candle.] (Epiphany: 3 kings, baptism, Cana)
Baptism January 6 (Epiphany: 3 kings, baptism, Cana)
First Sign (Miracle) at Cana January 6 (Epiphany: 3 kings, baptism, Cana)
Transfiguration August 6(40 days before September 14) (An ancient tradition held that Jesus was transfigured 40 days before he was crucified. August 6 is 40 days before September 14, the Triumph of the Cross.)
Entry into Jerusalem Palm Sunday
Last Supper and Betrayal Holy Thursday
Death Good Friday
Burial Holy Saturday
Resurrection Easter
Ascension 40 days after Easter [according to Luke]
Pentecost (Jesus sends the Holy Spirit) [Easter day according to John; 50 days later according to Luke]
Jesus: Idea Feasts
Holy Trinity Sunday after Pentecost (From the year 1334.)
[Holy Name of Jesus] Second Sunday after Christmas (From the year 1721.)
Corpus Christi Thursday (Sunday) after Trinity (From the year 1264.)
[Precious Blood] contained in celebration of Corpus Christi. (From the year 1849. Pius XI instituted the feast in gratitude for his return to Rome after the victory of 1848.)
Sacred Heart Friday after Corpus Christi
Holy Family Sunday in octave of Christmas (From the year 1921. Instituted to retard the breakdown of family living)
Christ the King Last Sunday of the Year (From the year 1925. Monarchy was loosing ground in Europe to Communism.)
Triumph of Cross September 14 (Hereclitus, King of Jerusalem returned the Holy Cross on September 14, 629, after the Persians had captured it in 614.)
Mary: Event Feasts
Conception (Solemnity) December 8
Birth (Feast) September 8
Motherhood (Solemnity) [January 1] [removed: October 11 Maternity of Mary]
Annunciation of the Lord [(Solemnity of the Lord) March 25 ]
Visitation (Feast) May 31
[Purification] (Feast of the Lord - Presentation in the Temple) February 2 Purification]
[Death] Assumption / Dormition (Solemnity) August 15
Apparition at Guadalupe, Mexico (USA Feast) December 12 [Apparition of] Our Lady of Guadalupe
Apparition at Lourdes, France (Optional Memorial) February 11 [Apparition of] Our Lady of Lourdes
Mary: Idea Feasts
January 1 Mother of God
August 2 Our Lady of the Angels of Portiuncula
August 22 Queenship
September 15 Our Lady of Sorrows
October 7 Holy Rosary
Sat after the Sacred Heart of Jesus The Immaculate Heart of Mary
July 16 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
August 5 Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of the Snows (Mary Major)
[xxxx Compassion of Mary]
[May 8 Mary Mediatrix of All Graces]
[September 12 Name of Mary]
[September 24 Our Lady of Ransom]
Theology
To Think About
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