Liturgical Seasons - Just One of Many Reasons I Love Being Catholic

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It occurred to me that having liturgical seasons really draws our attention in deeply to the events in salvation history that we believe in and celebrate. It’s not just over quickly and forgotten.

With that in mind, I wish everyone a blessed Triduum!
 
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It occurred to me that having liturgical seasons really draws our attention in deeply to the events in salvation history that we believe in and celebrate. It’s not just over quickly and forgotten.

With that in mind, I wish everyone a blessed Triduum!
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I agree with you regarding the liturgical seasons; well said.

Wishing you a blessed Triduum as well.

Mary.
 
Not meant as a slam to Protestants but it would seem difficult to not have these seasons and feast days, especially with such crowding out of the spiritual side of life as we experience in our secularized world. It’s hard enough to stay focused as a Catholic! I do notice more Protestant churches that can are having events for more than just Easter. A good trend! 🙂
 
To be fair, some other groups such as Anglicans also observe liturgical seasons in a similar way.
 
Yes, I should’ve made that more clear but I was in a hurry and couldn’t think how to word it. Now I have a bit more time so let me have another go.

Churches which are considered “Protestant” but are more “high church” and do follow a liturgical calendar, and have sacraments, they would have more of the experience that we as Catholics have.

Other Protestant denominations may regard those things as “traditions of man” and tend to shy away from them. And there has been, from what I understand, some resurgence of the liturgical, use of a common lectionary, and so on, by denominations which previously had avoided them.

I’m just glad we have them as Catholics, and that some of our friends of other Christian traditions share in some of them as well. Secular society has made inroads on Christian celebration to such an extent - even among my fellow Catholics I sometimes sense an attitude of “Well, that’s over! Moving right along . . .” 😦 We have such richness in the season of Advent followed by the 12 Days of Christmas, Lent followed by the Triduum then by the Octave of Easter and the Easter Season till Pentecost . . . so many ways to live it - it’s up to us to take advantage of those gifts! :yup:
 
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