ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 1, 2024 / 04:30 am. With the first Sunday of Advent, a new liturgical year begins in the Catholic Church, with the readings corresponding to Cycle C of odd-numbered years.

Feb. 17 is the First Sunday of Lent (Liturgical Year C, Cycle I). Feb. 13 is Ash Wednesday, which is a day of mandatory fasting and abstinence from meat but is not a holy day of obligation, though ...

November is a month of transition, as we move from Liturgical Year C, which ends this Sunday, to Year A, which begins with Advent next Sunday.

Jan. 27 is the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Liturgical Year C, Cycle I). Catholics sometimes take the importance of Scripture for granted. We have a healthy understanding of the key role the ...

The year begins with the first Sunday of Advent – four weeks before Christmas. These four weeks are dedicated to preparing spiritually for the birth of Jesus into human existence as both God and man.

In the midst of this blog's focus on Advent, properly I might say, and the liturgical year in general, which is the focus of the Catholic Church's activities the year round, an interesting ...

WASHINGTON -- The earthly calendar is causing some conflicts in the liturgical calendar as 2010 heads to a close.The third Sunday of Advent falls this year on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. In addition to these, feast days are also celebrated throughout the year. By celebrating the liturgical year, a ...