Religion

In my Religion today I read about the Liturgical year.

The liturgical year is based on the three major feasts of the Church, the feasts are: Christmas, Easter and Pentecost. The year is also divided into 6 segments, which are similar to seasons.

The Liturgical year starts with Advent, which is four weeks before Christmas. Advent is a time of penance but with a dash of excited expectancy thrown in. Advent ends on the 24 of December at midnight Mass, it quickly gives way to Christmas.

Christmas is a time of joy for the Church as it celebrates the birth of Christ.

After Christmas there is a wedge of Ordinary Time before the beginning of Lent. Lent lasts for forty days which represents the forty days Jesus spent in the desert. Lent is also a time a time of penance like Advent but without the same expectancy; we fast and pray as we wait for Easter and the resurrection.

After Lent comes Easter, a joy-filled feast of the Church, which lasts for fifty days and ends on Pentecost.