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Catholicism does not have festivals in the way we normally understand the word to be. Instead we have Feasts or Solemnities, celebrations of major truths of the faith:
Truth of the Faith Celebration Traditional practices
1. Christ is God made flesh Christmas or Feast of 4 weeks of Advent
the Incarnation Midnight Mass
2. Christ died for us 5 Weeks of Lent Ash Wednesday
Good Friday celebration Good Friday Mass
Stations of the Cross
Fasting and Abstinence
3. Christ has Risen Easter/Resurrection Sunday Mass of the Catechumens
(most impt Sunday of the year) Vigil of Easter
Ascension Sunday Singing the Exultet – Announcing
the Resurrection of our Lord
4. Christ will come again 4 weeks of Advent Violet Liturgical color
Feast of Christ the King The last Sunday of the liturgical
Year
5. The Real Presence in the Feast of Corpus Christi Adoration of the Blessed
Eucharist Sacrament
Holy Thursday Commemoration of the Last
Supper
6. The Holy Spirit Feast of Pentecost
7. The Trinity Trinity Sunday
8. role of Mary in Salvation Feast of the Annunciation
history Solemnity of the Immaculate
Conception
9. The communion of saints Various feasts of saints
All Saints Day
All Souls Day
These are just some of our celebrations. The Holy Mass or Holy Eucharist is our most precious traditional practice. Religious customs are usually cultural and vary from place to place. These are not prescribed by the church but are treated as devotional practices of the people, obviously too many to be enumerated here. The life of Christ is also celebrated the whole year round in a series of celebrations included in the liturgical calendar which consists of 5 seasons: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and the ferial season. Scriptural reading during these seasons reflect relevant accounts from the Bible. The ferial season – the daily life or public ministry of our Lord has for scriptural readings the miracles of our Lord, His words as recorded in the gospels and counterpart readings from the Old Testament. Thus, all throughout the year the Catholic Church reflects on life and message of our Lord Jesus Christ, thus, in a way, the Catholic year is a following of Christ’s footsteps.
Hope this leads to better understanding among all Christian bodies.
The principle feast days are Easter and Christmas, the Resurrection and birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Naturally there are many traditions and customs as one would expect in a Church 2,000 years old.
References :
Sacraments
Christmas
Easter
Holy days
Feast days
Solemnities
Pentacost
All Saints Day
Sundays
Mass
Funeral rites(After death-Not extreme unction that’s a sacrament)
Lent
Advent
The Rosary
A Pope
Priests, Monks, Friars, Nuns, Sisters
Missionaries
It would take forever to explain each one you would get almost all Catholic Catechism if I did that
References :
Catholicism does not have festivals in the way we normally understand the word to be. Instead we have Feasts or Solemnities, celebrations of major truths of the faith:
Truth of the Faith Celebration Traditional practices
1. Christ is God made flesh Christmas or Feast of 4 weeks of Advent
the Incarnation Midnight Mass
2. Christ died for us 5 Weeks of Lent Ash Wednesday
Good Friday celebration Good Friday Mass
Stations of the Cross
Fasting and Abstinence
3. Christ has Risen Easter/Resurrection Sunday Mass of the Catechumens
(most impt Sunday of the year) Vigil of Easter
Ascension Sunday Singing the Exultet – Announcing
the Resurrection of our Lord
4. Christ will come again 4 weeks of Advent Violet Liturgical color
Feast of Christ the King The last Sunday of the liturgical
Year
5. The Real Presence in the Feast of Corpus Christi Adoration of the Blessed
Eucharist Sacrament
Holy Thursday Commemoration of the Last
Supper
6. The Holy Spirit Feast of Pentecost
7. The Trinity Trinity Sunday
8. role of Mary in Salvation Feast of the Annunciation
history Solemnity of the Immaculate
Conception
9. The communion of saints Various feasts of saints
All Saints Day
All Souls Day
These are just some of our celebrations. The Holy Mass or Holy Eucharist is our most precious traditional practice. Religious customs are usually cultural and vary from place to place. These are not prescribed by the church but are treated as devotional practices of the people, obviously too many to be enumerated here. The life of Christ is also celebrated the whole year round in a series of celebrations included in the liturgical calendar which consists of 5 seasons: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and the ferial season. Scriptural reading during these seasons reflect relevant accounts from the Bible. The ferial season – the daily life or public ministry of our Lord has for scriptural readings the miracles of our Lord, His words as recorded in the gospels and counterpart readings from the Old Testament. Thus, all throughout the year the Catholic Church reflects on life and message of our Lord Jesus Christ, thus, in a way, the Catholic year is a following of Christ’s footsteps.
Hope this leads to better understanding among all Christian bodies.
References :