Advent Sunday is either the last Sunday in November or the first in December, therefore the season of Advent can vary in length from year to year. It covers the four Sundays before Christmas Day and all the weekdays between the first Sunday of Advent and Christmas Day. It is during this period that the Church prepares for the celebration of the Lord's birth at Christmas.

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This season is the celebration of the Birthday or First Coming of Jesus when He was born in Bethlehem, and the Son of God became man.

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This commemorates the revealing or ‘showing forth’ of the Divine Nature first to the Wise Men from the East. It is observed on January 6th. The Sunday after Epiphany celebrates the Baptism of Jesus. There are two to six Sundays after Epiphany and so this season again varies in length from year to year.

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This begins on the day following the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) which is celebrated on 2nd February, and continues until the Sunday next before Lent.

This is a solemn period of discipline, repentance and growth and lasts approximately forty days (not including Sundays). The period commemorates Jesus’ special preparation in the wilderness at the opening of His ministry. The fourth Sunday in Lent is often kept as Mothering Sunday. The fifth Sunday is called Passion Sunday. Next comes Palm Sunday, when Jesus entered into Jerusalem for the final week of teaching in the Temple and this week is known as Holy Week. Maundy Thursday is the day when Christ instituted the celebration of the Last Supper immediately before He went to the Garden of Gethsemane. Good Friday was when Jesus was crucified. During Holy Saturday there are no celebrations of the Eucharist and Holy Communion is not given in Church. Near to midnight the Easter Vigil takes place which celebrates the fact that Christ has risen and destroyed the power of sin and death.

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The Easter Season begins with the celebration of the Easter Vigil and continues until Pentecost some fifty days later. Easter Sunday was when Jesus rose from the grave on the first day of the week (Sunday) and Christians celebrate this great event on a weekly basis. There follows the great Forty Days, when Christ appeared to the disciples, and others, teaching and preparing them for the time when He would no longer be with them. Ascension Day is the fortieth day after Easter and always falls on a Thursday and commemorates the day when Christ ascended to the Father.

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This is resumed on the Monday following the Day of Pentecost and continues until 'Christ the King', the Sunday next before Advent. Trinity Sunday follows one week after Pentecost. Here the Church acknowledges the glory of the Eternal Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Corpus Christi, The Feast of the Body of Christ is celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday to solemnly commemorate the institution of the Holy Eucharist. For the remaining twenty five Sundays of the year the Church considers the great teachings and lessons of the faith.