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Having explored the origins of Lent in the first segment, this segment fast-forwards to the present day observance of the Church's greatest season. Why did the Second Vatican Council adjust the way in which the third, fourth, and fifth Sundays are celebrated? What is the significance of the three-year cycle?
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The next three segments, beginning in this one, will take up each day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum. For Fr. Baldovin, Holy Thursday behaves as an overture-highlighting or anticipating major themes to be revisited at a later time. At this point, the Gloria is sung for the first time since the inception of Lent.
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To help you understand the weekdays of Lent (including Ash Wednesday and Holy Thursday), this segment turns back to the stational system, which dictated to some extent which lectionary readings were chosen based on the location of the church in which they were celebrated.
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The second day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum is Good Friday. Along with Ash Wednesday, Good Friday is one of the most solemnly observed holidays-a day of penance carried out through fasting and abstinence. The liturgy begins in a dramatic manner: silent entrance, prostration, and the opening prayer without the customary "let us pray."
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Like every aspect of the church year, Lent has a history. This introductory lecture addresses that history, exploring clues found in the liturgies of Constantinople and Alexandria, the writings of the 4th century Church historian Eusebius, and later lectionaries from Jerusalem. Why 40 days? Why start on a Wednesday? Find out in this segment.
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Lent Holy Week Easter A Catholic's Guide volume 12
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One of the outstanding feasts to fall in the fifty days of rejoicing after Easter, the Ascension celebrates Jesus' ascent into Heaven. In the current United States tradition, it may be celebrated on either a Thursday or a Sunday. Pentecost originally marked the culmination of the feast. It corresponded to the Jewish Feast of Weeks, Shavuot, the beginning of the wheat harvest, which also celebrated the giving of the Law on Mt. Sinai.
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Lent in the reformed calendar has a dual purpose: preparation for initiation at Easter and penitential accompaniment. It is the most active season in the Church, and it is tied to concrete extra-liturgical customs. Thomas Merton put it very well when he wrote: "We are not converted only once in our lives, but many times; and this endless series of large and small conversions, inner revolutions, leads to our transformation in Christ."
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Customarily, the Vigil is the time for the baptism of adults. The Baptismal Liturgy is accompanied by a litany and by six images of anamnesis-three from the Old Testament, and three from the New. Fr. Baldovin takes care to explain the siginificance of the dismissal.
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Lent Holy Week Easter A Catholic's Guide volume 11
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Following Vatican II, serious efforts were made to reinstill the integrity of the fifty-day period after Easter. In the early Church, this period was one of festivity. Tertullian called it "the most joyful period." But the festivities are not without gravity. In this segment, Fr. Baldovin defines "Mystagogy" and reminds you of the significance of the octave.
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Lent Holy Week Easter A Catholic's Guide volume 10
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Perhaps the most well-attended mass of the year, Easter Sunday presents an excellent opportunity for evangelization. And just as the Pashal Vigil celebrates initiation, so Easter Sunday stresses the renewal of our baptismal vows. Renewal is the pervading theme. But why read from the Acts of the Apostles?
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Holy Saturday commemorates the Harrowing of Hell and features bells at noon. It also marks the beginning of the Great Vigil of Easter. This segment investigates the longstanding traditions of a) visually representing the Harrowing of Hell in Eastern art and b) of lamp-lighting.