- There are four seasons in the liturgical year.
- The new Church year begins on the first Sunday in Advent.
- Advent prepares us for the celebration of Jesus’ first coming.
- Purple is the color of Advent.
- Advent lasts for four weeks.
- Christmas Time follows Advent.
- Christmas Time begins with Christmas and lasts through Epiphany.
- Christmas Time lasts for eight weeks.
- White is the color of Christmas Time.
- This feast of the Epiphany is celebrated during Christmas Time.
- Ordinary Time follows Christmas Time and Easter Time and it is celebrated in two parts.
- Green is the color of Ordinary Time.
- During Lent, we try to become more like Jesus through prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
- Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
- Lent continues until Holy Saturday.
- Purple is the color of Lent.
- The three days of the Easter Triduum begins at sunset on Holy Thursday and ends at sunset on Easter Sunday and during this time we remember the death of Jesus and celebrate His resurrection.
- Easter celebrates the central mystery of Christ, his triumph over death and the cross and the resurrection.
- Pentecost Time begins on Easter Sunday evening and ends on Pentecost Sunday.
- Red is the color of Easter Time.
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