Liturgical Year


General
Advent/Christmas
Lent/Easter


Vatican II: Constitution on the Liturgy See Chapter 5: The Liturgical Year

Catholic Calendar for 2001 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

The Catholic Church: Liturgical Tables Includes: Calendar 1996-2000; Calendar 2001-2010; Gospel Readings; General Roman Calendar; Proper Calendar/United States of America

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

Journey to New Life All Commentaries on the readings for the Sundays and holy days. A wonderful page that comes to us from New Zealand

Scripture Readings for This Week's Liturgies All Readings are from the Revised Standard Version of Sacred Scripture

Daily Reflections on the Readings From "One Bread, One Body, Winter into Lent" by Father Al Lauer of Presentation Ministries

Roman Calendar of Seasons 1993-2010 listing of the dates of each Sunday of the liturgical year

General Roman Calendar of Solemnities, Feasts, Memorials The main solemnities, feasts, and memorials of each month of the year

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

A Scriptural and Liturgical Guide Based on the Coptic Orthodox Lectionary

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

Bulletin Bonanza Materials for Sunday bulletins that may be freely reproduced in any non-profit publication. Includes graphics and short texts



ADVENT/CHRISTMAS


Advent to Epiphany
Advent Feature from American Catholic Online


Theology for Advent and Christmas A solid article by Timothy F. Lull of the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Artz and Metaviolet Advent Calendar Each day a new piece of art is revealed. Click on the current date or any previous dates to reveal the art

A Holy Christmas Loads of Advent and Christmas links wonderfully collected and presented in an ecumenical spirit by Richard & Charlene Fairchild of the United Church in Canada

Celebrating Advent

Christmas - The Jesus Story Starts By James O’Regan, Liturgy Consultant

Christmas Traditions Around the World

A Baby Is Born An essay by Dorothy Day

Season of Darkness, Longing for Light An essay by Jerry Daoust, Winona Catholic Worker

The Xmas Story An article on the pagan origins of Christmas

Prayers and Customs of Advent and Christmas By Passionist Father Victor Hoagland

A Religious Christmas From St. John's Lutheran Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Come enjoy a cyberspace journey reflecting on the true meaning of Christmas. We have brought together wonderful materials from across the Internet which express the true meaning of Christmas. Start with the Biblical account of Christmas, of course, and then experience the joy of the Nativity through art, music, drama, sermons and essays, and more

Christmas! Christmas! Christmas! Luke 2. Java JukeBox. Santa Claus Links. Christmas Traditions. The Songs of the Season. Christmas Stories and Poems. Feasting for the Christmas Season. Lots of Christmas Fun in Cyberspace

A Search for the Meaning of Christmas Celebrations. Christmas Link Pages. Family Traditions. Literature & Poetry. Religious Traditions. Chanukah

Mary's Christmas Story Writen and Compliled by Donal Healy

Mary and the Mystery of Christmas Article by Father Marie-Dominique Phillipe, O.P.


LENT/EASTER


Lent
Lenten Feature from American Catholic Online


Catholic Online Lenten Pages

A Holy Easter Loads of Lenten and Easter links wonderfully collected and presented in an ecumenical spirit by Richard & Charlene Fairchild of the United Church in Canada

Meditations and Prayers for Lent and Easter By Passionist Father Victor Hoagland

James Akin: All About Lent

St. Leo the Great on Lent

Lenten Reconciliation Rite By James O'Regan, Liturgy Consultant

In the Belly of Lent: Jonah and Us Article by James Philipps in St. Anthony Messenger

James Akin: Ash Wednesday

Calculation of the Date of Easter This program allows you to calculation that date upon which Easter Sunday falls for any year between 1600 and 2500 in the Gregorian calendar

Planning and Preaching The Triduum A workshop prepared by Rev. Paul J. Wharton for the National Pastoral Musicians' Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana. July 1997

Re-visioning the Good Friday Liturgy A paper by J. Frank Henderson

Veneration of the Cross (Good Friday): Alternative Models A paper by J. Frank Henderson

Re-visioning the Lectionary for Lent A paper by J. Frank Henderson

Re-visioning the Lectionary for the Easter Season A paper by J. Frank Henderson

Grave Matters: Take Away the Resurrection and the Center of Christianity Collapses Article by N. T. Wright in Christianity Today

The Easter Page A wonderful Lutheran gift to us surfers

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


Easter Feature from American Catholic Online




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