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KEY READING & COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
KEY READING & COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Textbook pgs. 304-318
Textbook pgs. 304-318
Why is the calendrical ritual of Easter the most important ritual in Christianity ?
What significance do Christian calendrical rituals hold for their faith community?
Identify the nature and purpose of the organisation of the Liturgical Calendar
Analyse at least one Christian calendrical ritual by using the recognised theories of Arnold van Gennep, Victor Turner and Terence Lovat.
The Liturgical Calendar
The Liturgical Calendar
The Catholic “liturgical year” is made special by celebrations commemorating the lives of Jesus and His mother, the angels, and the legion of saints who lived their faith.
The Church year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, the season of awaiting Christ’s coming and continues until the feast of Christ the King.
To recognize this, the Christian Church marks the passage of time with a cycle of seasons and feast days that invites adherents, year after year, to deepen their relationship with Jesus.
Seasons of the Liturgical Year
Seasons of the Liturgical Year
From the time of the Apostles, Christians have gathered together on Sunday, the day of the Resurrection, to celebrate the Lord’s Supper. In the course of time, weeks were organized into two “seasons” which are Lent/ Easter and Advent/Christmas.
Between the seasons of Lent/Easter and Advent/ Christmas we have two periods of non-seasonal time, “Ordinary Time,” so named for the Latin ordo, “the order of things.”
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