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The Catholic Liturgical Seasons
The Church measures the year not in months but in mysteries. From the watchful waiting of Advent to the fifty days of Easter joy, each liturgical season has its own color, its own disciplines, and its own way of drawing the soul deeper into the life of Christ. Here is how to keep each one — through confession, prayer, and devotion.
Advent
The four weeks of watchful preparation before Christmas — the wreath, the O Antiphons, and one of the two great seasons for confession.
Christmas
Not a single day but a whole season — the twelve days, Epiphany, and the celebration of God made man, through the Baptism of the Lord.
Lent
Forty days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving — the rules of fast and abstinence, the Easter duty, and the season of confession.
Easter & the Triduum
The Sacred Triduum and the fifty days of resurrection joy — from Good Friday to Pentecost, and the Easter duty.
