Why Wasn't the Feast of the Sacred Heart Transferred to a Sunday

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

Hesychios, sure, but which one?

Name your irony.

Merriam-Webster irony:

1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning —called also Socratic irony

2
a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony
c : an ironic expression or utterance

3 a
(1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result
(2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity

3 b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play —called also dramatic irony, tragic irony

I thought irony was the way well water tastes.

 

[Bran_Stark]

I was shocked to discover that modern-day Catholics transfer the Epiphany to a Sunday. The whole point of the feast is that it’s January 6, 12 days after Christmas.

Granted, my own church has an “Epiphany Sunday” instead of a service on the actual date. But that’s because (except for Christmas, of course) we basically never have weekday services. You Catholics don’t have that excuse.

 

[Evan]

I was shocked to discover that modern-day Catholics transfer the Epiphany to a Sunday. The whole point of the feast is that it’s January 6, 12 days after Christmas.

Granted, my own church has an “Epiphany Sunday” instead of a service on the actual date. But that’s because (except for Christmas, of course) we basically never have weekday services. You Catholics don’t have that excuse.

This is a bit off topic for this thread, but it seems to have morphed in to the topic of moving feasts. Perhaps a new thread would be better.

That said. The feast of the Epiphany has not been a day of obligation in the US Church. So moving it to Sunday allowed a more widespread observation of the important points of the Epiphany. I would say the major points of the feast are

1. 
   *]the incarnation is for all people, not just the house of israel
   *]The Lord was persued from his birth by those in authority who would oppose his message
   *]the comming of the saviour is anticipated by nature (the stars in this case)
   
   The 12 days after Christmas, is a point, but more of a numerallogical nature: 12 represents the fullness of God: 12 tribes, 12 apostles, etc.

 

[JGMendes4049]

The 12 days after Christmas, is a point, but more of a numerallogical nature: 12 represents the fullness of God: 12 tribes, 12 apostles, etc.

Twelve choirs of angels, twelve fruits of the Holy Ghost, twelve months, etc.

 

[Vico]

This is a bit off topic for this thread, but it seems to have morphed in to the topic of moving feasts. Perhaps a new thread would be better.

That said. The feast of the Epiphany has not been a day of obligation in the US Church. So moving it to Sunday allowed a more widespread observation of the important points of the Epiphany. I would say the major points of the feast are

1. 
   *]the incarnation is for all people, not just the house of israel
   *]The Lord was persued from his birth by those in authority who would oppose his message
   *]the comming of the saviour is anticipated by nature (the stars in this case)
   
   The 12 days after Christmas, is a point, but more of a numerallogical nature: 12 represents the fullness of God: 12 tribes, 12 apostles, etc.

1. 
   But also remember that the Nativity once was celebrated on January 6, in fact four celebrations have been on that date: Nativity, Magi visititation, Baptism, and Cana.
   
   Nativity was moved.