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 Liturgical Year |
 General Advent/Christmas Lent/Easter |
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Vatican II: Constitution on the Liturgy See Chapter 5: The Liturgical Year Catholic Calendar for 2009 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 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 v1.86, lets you explore the Western Church Year 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 ADVENT/CHRISTMAS Theology for Advent and Christmas A solid article by Timothy F. Lull of the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary 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 Advent From Catholic Online 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 Mary and the Mystery of Christmas Article by Father Marie-Dominique Phillipe, O.P. LENT/EASTER 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 The Lectionary for Ash Wednesday and The Sundays of Lent: Critique and Alternative Vision A paper by J. Frank Henderson Critical Reflections on the Passion Narrative of the Good Friday Liturgy A paper by J. Frank Henderson Critical Reflections on the Good Friday Liturgy: Paschal Character, Relationship to Passion Sunday, Soteriology, Christology, and the Preeminence of John A paper by J. Frank Henderson Veneration of the Cross (Good Friday): Alternative Models A paper by J. Frank Henderson 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 Three Holy Days: A Lenten Series on the Easter Triduum From Nativity Catholic Church, Longwood, Florida Re-visioning the Lectionary Readings from the Hebrew Scriptures for Lent, Good Friday and the Easter Season A paper by J. Frank Henderson Re-visioning the Lectionary for Lent A paper by J. Frank Henderson The Lectionary for the Sundays of the Easter Season and Ascension: Critique and Alternative Vision 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 |
