The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-06-29

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u.s. we are well into the stretch Sundays Trinity the
Advent This Pentecos Cycle much the longest lit
urgica season of the entire Church Year
Sundays after Pentecost are number from "a to 2
depending upon of Easter The Easter Feast
given place the calendar according to the ancient etnod
of determining the Jewish feast of Passover or Psc And naeeo
Pacb often used for the Christian EASTER ana We
speak of Paschatide or Pascha Time
Easter is always the Sunday which comes after the
full moon following the equinox This equinox occurs
about March 90 it may fall March 90 81, even 22 10
possible Easter early as March Is and as a.s
April Is Therefore there is play OF iour7ahuaaA
weeks during which Easter may occur.
When Easter comes early the Feass of Ascension ana
Pentecos come early too Ascension DO days after Easter
and Pentecost days after that In this the sretcn rom
Advent lenghened there are more SUNDAYS @
Pentecos late the number OF sundays
between Pentecost and Advent is diminished
Where do the extra Sundays come Why, from the
after Epiphany" season the Sundays after Pene
cost number those after Epiphany are more &
vice Msa lists six Sundays after Eppnans.
when Easter early one these Sundays cannot
be observed Septaugema Sunday cuts IN 10 Des Inc
Lenten Cycle The Sundays "aer Epiphany thus omlteu ~
entered away down end of the Church year. ney a
inserted Sunday after Pentecost ana are
in order as Sundays after Pentecost
The Mass and Office of the Sunday after Pentecost
bth This he bv actual numbering the a. 25 26 IT or 28
sdav is always that which Mssa calls the Twenyfourtn
and Last Sunday after have noticed the extra
"aer Epiphany" Sundays which are S msereu' arc "A"e'S
placed in order after the Twenythird Sunday
The penecosa Cycle covers "a to % weeks of the years
80 II is the long closing cycle the ecclesiastical year. the
last Sunday after the final Sunday the END OF ne
old year and Church Year begins with the next oun
day which the Advent Advent begins the year
and the Nativity or Christmas Cycle which extends through
the Epiphany Season follows the Lenten Cycle epus
gema through Holy Saturday, then the Easter cycle Wncn
reaches through Ascension to Pentecost.
is more this fashion than the Pentecost Cycle For
this solemn festivals those OF the Most
Holy Trinity Corpus Christi the Sacred Heart tne MOST
Precious Blood Many the Blessed Mothers great Feass
occur in this tme Queenshp of Mary the Assumption,
the Holy Mary, and the Immaculate Conception In
the Feast of All Saints and the comme
Grafton of All Souls.
is logical and right the Pentecosa Cycle should
about half the For this can be seen to py
the continuing time of uitfulness resulting from
Divine behalf which the other seasons call
mind Advent ypes the expectation of the Redeemer Christ
coming Lent porrays His Life and His PaSsion
recalls His Resurrection Our Lords rounding out of HIS
by ascending into heaven and sending the Holy
Ghost the Church shown in special Feasts And then
long Cycle Penteco shows the Church and her children
upon whom the ends of the world come in the
uninterrupted and blessed enjoyment of the Fruits of Re
demption
In another way the shorter Cycles suggest the mebound
spiritual life of the Christian They ypfy his birth in Bapism
his increasing the truths of Faith; his adj
the receiving and of Sacramen then the
long suggests established Christian life
on earth and its endless continuance in eternity
phase of the Churchof her constitution her
teaching her fa feasts ceremonesbut full of
blessing her thoughtful children Everything about
her unfang and most tender for
that Christ Our Lord has redeemed The
Blessed Savior devotion and challenge
loyalty the commemoration the Blessed Mother
Christ by the in which He
The Feass of the Saints to walk in the
way great brothers and sisters the household of the
faith And the very cycles Church Year fit
into pattern of Gods Providence and seek to
us to fidelity in the essential work put
on they remind they inspire they portray
for Realities they fill with abounding JOY in
meaningfu living they win saving and
ing hope.