1. The Liturgical Year
Learning Objective: To know why the Church has a Liturgical Year and why it is important.

2. The Liturgical year
The notion of time helps us celebrate life by marking and recalling the important dates and events in our lives.
Ex: Birthdays, anniversaries , graduations, etc.

3. The Liturgical Year Time has an important place in our spiritual life:
It helps us reconnect with God.
There are two types of time:
Chronos
Kairos

4. The Liturgical Year Chronos is the time we measure.
Ex: hours, days, weeks, minutes
Kairos is the Lord’s time.
It is God’s special time.
Kairos reveals his will for our lives.

5. The Liturgical year
The Liturgical year or Church calendar helps us celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
This is called the paschal mystery.

6. The Liturgical Cycle
The Paschal mystery is celebrated through specific seasons.
There are five specific seasons in the Church’s calendar:
Advent
Christmas
Ordinary Time
Lent
Easter.

7. The Liturgical Year
The Liturgical year is a cycle of seasons repeating itself at the end of each cycle.
The Church year or cycle begins with Advent and ends with ordinary time.

9. The Liturgical year
The Church calendar or Church year begins with the Holy season of Advent.
The Church year begins in late November or Early December.
Four weeks prior to December 25.

10. The Liturgical Year
The word liturgical comes from the Greek word liturgy.
Liturgy meant “Public Works”
In Church language liturgy is the public worship given to God.
i.e. Mass and sacraments.

11. Liturgical Year
Through the Liturgical Calendar Christians express their faith in Christ their saviour.
Each season of the Liturgical year celebrates an important aspect of Christ’s life.

12. The Liturgical Year
Each season in the Liturgical calendar has a particular theme.
Each season has a particular liturgical color.
Each season concentrates on different parts of the Bible.
Each season has different religious practices, and symbols.

13. Themes Advent Ordinary Time Lent Easter The Birth Of Christ The Public
Christmas
Ordinary Time
Lent
Easter
Awaiting for the Messiah
Preparing for Christmas
Final Judgement
The Birth
Of Christ
The Incarnation
The Public
Ministry
Repentance
Conversion
Penance
New Life
Resurrection
Witnessing

14. Colors of the Liturgical Year
Advent Christmas Ordinary Lent Easter
Purple
White
Green
Purple
White
Symbols
Advent wreath
Nativity
Chi-Ro
Ashes
Paschal Candle

15. "The liturgy isn't ‘something odd, over there, far away’ that has no bearing on one's everyday life. The church calls us to have and promote an authentic liturgical life so that there can be harmony between what the liturgy celebrates and what we live out with the aim of expressing in life what has been received in faith.” – Pope Francis