“Holy Church celebrates the saving work of Christ on prescribed days in the course of the year with sacred remembrance. Each week, on the day called the Lord’s Day, she commemorates the Resurrection of the Lord, which she also celebrates once a year in the great Paschal Solemnity, together with his blessed Passion. In fact, throughout the course of the year the Church unfolds the entire mystery of Christ and observes the birthdays of the Saints. . .”
- “Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year” from the General Instruction of the Roman Missal
Holy Trinity Parish places a high priority on our weekend celebration of the Eucharist, when the whole parish gathers prayerfully around the Lord’s Table to hear his Word and share in his sacred banquet. Nourished by his Body and Blood, we are sent forth into the world to go make a difference for Christ.
There are many opportunities for involvement in our various liturgical ministries! We invite you to consider sharing your gifts with the community in the ministry God is calling you to.
During the course of the liturgical year, the mystery of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection unfold before us as we celebrate the Eucharist on Sundays and Holy Days. The liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church is divided into six seasons:
Advent — the season of quiet joy and expectation in preparation for Christmas.
Christmas — the joyful celebration of the Incarnation, when the divine Son of God took on the flesh of our humanity
Lent — the season of prayer and repentance in preparation for the celebration of the Easter mysteries.
Palm Sunday is technically part of the Lenten season, but is distingushed from the previous Sundays of Lent as the beginning of Holy Week and preface to the Sacred Paschal Triduum — the central liturgical celebration of the Roman Catholic Church.
Easter — the 50-day celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ that ends at Pentecost.
Ordinary Time — the season that celebrates the words and deeds of Jesus as he proclaims the Kingdom of God to the people of Israel and, through them, to the world.
“He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.” –Matthew 4:12-23
Ordinary Time is a split season. It begins at the end of the Christmas season (after the Baptism of the Lord) and concludes on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It begins again on the Monday after Pentecost (late May or early June) and concludes with the Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (late November).