Our Lady and Holy Days of Obligation

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How come there are more Holy Days of Obligation to Mary than to Jesus in the US? I can see one of my Protestant friends freaking out about that already…
 
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How come there are more Holy Days of Obligation to Mary than to Jesus in the US? I can see one of my Protestant friends freaking out about that already…
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There aren’t. For Mary there is the Assumption, Mary mother of God, and the Immaculate Conception. For Jesus there is the Assension, Easter(pretty much a Holy Day of Obligation), Christmas.

The Mary the Mother of God is really about Jesus. It declares Jesus to be God incarnate.
 
Please remember that every Sunday is a Holy Day of Obligation in commemoration of Christ’s Resurrection…
 
Also remember, that even those masses in honor of Mary, are the sacrifice of Christ. They are the same mass that is offered every sunday. They are offered to God, not to Mary.

There are also masses that are done in honor of the other saints. The Birth of John the Baptist is celebrated this month on the 24th. Th Death of John The Baptist is also honored on the 29th of August. This does not mean we worship John The Baptist. What it means is that there is great honor for him in the Church.
 
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How come there are more Holy Days of Obligation to Mary than to Jesus in the US? I can see one of my Protestant friends freaking out about that already…
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There are more for Christ then Mary when you consider that every Sunday is a Holy Day of Obligation. Sunday honors the crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ, it was called the “Little Easter” in the early Church.
 
It depends on which calendar you are using.

On MY calendar, there is January 1, the Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord, Jan 6 the Feast of the Baptisim of Lord in the Jordan, Feb 2 the Feast of the Presentation of Lord in the Temple, The Feasts of the Resurrection of Our Lord and the Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven, Aug 6 is the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, and Dec 25 the Nativity of Our Lord.

The Feasts of the Mother of God are March 25 the Feast of the Annunciation, Aug 15 the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Sept 8 the Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Oct 1 the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God, Nov 21 the Presentation of the Mother of God in the Temple, Dec 8 the Conception of Mother of God by St.Anne

These Feasts are Holy Days of Obligation.

In addition, there are several other Holy Days of Obligation for various saints:

Dec 6, the Feast of St. Nicholas, June 24 Nativity of St. John the Baptist, June 29 the Feast of Sts. Peter & Paul,
Aug 29 the Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Sept 14 the Feast of the Holy & Living Cross, Nov 8 the Feast of St.Michael & the Holy Angels.

Although not a Holy Day of Obligation, Nov 14 the Feast of St. Phillip is the beginning of the Fast for the Nativity of Our Lord (Advent)

Some of the Holy Days also have fast periods accompanying them as well.

Hope this helps…
 
Well Patchunky, if you want to go into historical Holy Days of Obligation, there are several more. However, the OP was asking about the current situation in the US.

According to the USCCB
In addition to Sunday, the days to be observed as holy days of obligation in the Latin Rite dioceses of the United States of America, in conformity with canon 1246, are as follows:
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January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God;
Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension;
August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
November 1, the solemnity of All Saints;
December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception;
December 25, the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
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So if we count only the extradominican (is that a real word? I just made it up) Days, we have a total of 6:
3 for Mary
2 for Jesus
1 for all the Saints.
Nitpickers may quibble about who gets the “points” for the Conception and Nativity.

So I think it was a good question. Likewise, the answers given have been good.
 
I believe Patchunky is referring to the current situation in the U.S., but I believe he he is describing the situation for Ruthenian Byzantine Catholics.

It’s just as current and just as Catholic. Of course I know the original message was probably referring to the Latin Rite Calendar. But it’s important to know about this too.

Thanks, Patchunky, for sharing your traditions.
 
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I believe Patchunky is referring to the current situation in the U.S., but I believe he he is describing the situation for Ruthenian Byzantine Catholics.
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Good point. :o Don’t know why that didn’t occur to me.
 
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How come there are more Holy Days of Obligation to Mary than to Jesus in the US? I can see one of my Protestant friends freaking out about that already…
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There is a mass at every second of everyday of every week of every month of every year somewhere on earth. There is a mass right now somewhere going on.

Every mass is for Jesus (and us too)! I suppose we could take a few days to honor His mother too? Is it so bad to honor those who gave so much as humans to help bring us our Faith today?

By the way, there is a Saint remembered everyday too:

americancatholic.org/Features/SaintofDay/
catholic.org/saints/sofd.php

Here in the US we have federal and state holidays too to honor others do we not?
 
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