INDIVIDUAL WORK AND REVIEWER:

Define and give example for the following:

1. Liturgy – public work done in a religious community
2. Sacred Time – events in Jesus’s life that create a sacred order
3. Sacred Space – a place for gathering and for prayer
4. Liturgical Calendar – it is the official calendar of the church that contains the 5
major liturgical seasons
5. Holiday of obligation – masses that are required to be attended to celebrate
God’s greatness through Jesus, the Holy Family, and the saints.
6. Ember Days – quarterly periods for fasting and prayer

Ranking of liturgical days:

1. Solemnity – highest ranking of liturgical days that replaces Sunday celebrations
in order to celebrate the most significant days in the liturgical calendar
2. Feast – masses that commemorate significant people such as saints
3. Memorial
a. Obligatory Memorial – masses in memorial to saints
b. Optional Memorial – masses in memory of someone that is only attended
by selected people or by a specific community
4. Ferial Weekday - any weekday not celebrated on a Sunday or any saint’s feast

Votive Masses
What is meant by “votive mass”?
Mass celebrated for a special intention.
How are votive masses celebrated?
It can be celebrated in any weekday except for the Sundays of Advent, Lent, and
Easter Season, Ash Wednesday, and Holy Week.
What are the votive masses on the days of the week?
DAYS OF THE WEEK VOTIVE MASSES
Monday Charity
Tuesday Wisdom
Wednesday Holy Ghost
Thursday Angels
Friday Cross
Saturday Blessed Virgin Mary
Liturgical seasons:

SEASON AND PERIOD COVERED SIGNIFICANCE LITURGICAL

(What and why do we
DEFINITION BEGINS AT ENDS AT celebrate it?) COLOR
Preparation for
Advent the coming of
Advent Christmas Eve Purple
Sunday Jesus through
the Nativity.
The Nativity of Celebration of White and
Christmas Epiphany
Jesus Jesus’s birth. Gold
Preparation for
the
commemoration
Ash Maundy
Lent for the passion, Purple
Wednesday Thursday
death, and
resurrection of
Jesus.
Commemoratio
n for the entry of
Holy Saturday Jesus into
Holy Week Palm Sunday Purple
(Easter Vigil) Jerusalem,
passion, and
death of Jesus.
Celebration of
Pentecost the triumph of White and
Easter Easter Sunday
Sunday Christ in his Gold
resurrection.
Ash
(1) Epiphany To prepare for
Wednesday
Ordinary the next
Green
Time (2) Trinity seasons in the
Solemnity of
Sunday Liturgical year.
Christ the King

Liturgical colors:

LITURGICAL COLORS SIGNIFICANCE

(What is the meaning of this color?)

White Purity and honor

Gold Birth and Resurrection of Christ
Green Life, hope, and anticipation
Red Martyrdom
Purple (Violet) Penitence and preparation
Red Martyrdom
 Black Sorrow and death
Rose (Pink) Joy
Orange God through the Holy Spirit

Identify the date, significance and liturgical color of the following feasts and
events:
LITURGICAL RANKING
LITURGICAL
DAYS/ (Is it solemnity, DATE SIGNIFICANCE
feast, memorial, COLOR/S
EVENTS ferial?)
To recognize
that Jesus is
Christ the November
Solemnity Christ the King White
King 26, 2023
and Lord over
all creation
Celebration of
Mary as the
mother of Christ
Immaculate December 8,
Feast who was White
Conception 2023
conceived
without original
sin
A day of
solemnity to
Nativity of the
December celebrate the White and
Lord Solemnity
25, 2023 coming and Gold
(Christmas)
birth of Christ
as our Savior
Commemorates
how the three
January 6,
Epiphany Solemnity wise men (Magi) White
2023
were led by a
star to Jesus
Signifies the
end of the
Christmas
season and
Baptism of January 8,
Feast marks the White
the Lord 2023
beginning of
Jesus’ ministry
as the Son of
God
Ash Solemnity February 22, Marks the Purple
Wednesday 2023 beginning of
Lent wherein we
 are reminded of
our mortality
and
reconciliation
with God
Commemorates
the event
wherein Jesus
Palm Sunday Feast April 2, 2023 was greeted Red
with palms in
His entry into
Jerusalem
Commemorates
the passion,
death, and
April 5 –
Paschal resurrection of White and
Solemnity April 8, 2023
Triduum Jesus which Gold
(evening)
also marks as
the end of the
Lenten season
Commemorates
the Washing of
Maundy the Feet and the
Feast April 6, 2023 White
Thursday Last Supper of
Jesus with His
Apostles
Crucifixion of
Good Friday Feast April 7, 2023 Red
Christ
Commemorates
the final day of
Holy Saturday Feast April 8, 2023 Jesus Christ’s Black
death (Easter
Vigil)
Resurrection of
Easter Christ three
Feast April 9, 2023 White
Sunday days after His
crucifixion
Commemorates
the ascension of
Ascension Feast May 18, 2023 White
Jesus Christ
into heaven
Trinity Feast June 4, 2023 First Sunday White
Sunday after Pentecost
which
celebrates the
mystery of faith
 and the union of
the Holy Trinity
Celebrates the
Corpus
Feast June 8, 2023 presence of the White/Purple
Christi
body of Christ
Celebrates
June 16,
Sacred Heart Feast Jesus and His White/Red
2023
love for us
Dedication of
Ferial Dependent Red
a Church
Commemoration
of St. Benedict’s
July 11, 2023
St. Benedict death that is
Feast (March 21, White
of Nursia moved due to
547 AD)
the observance
of Lent
St. Joseph,
Husband of Feast White
Mary
St. Joseph the
Feast Red
Worker
Angel Gabriel
visits Mary to
March 25,
Annunciation Feast annunciate her White
2023
as the mother of
Christ
Honors the birth
Birth of John June 24,
Solemnity of John the White
the Baptist 2023
Baptist
The assumption
of the whole
August 15,
Assumption Solemnity body of the White
2023
Virgin Mary to
heaven
Crowning of
Mary as the
Queen of
Queenship of August 22,
Feast Heaven and White
Mary 2023
Earth as Mother
of the Savior
Jesus Christ
Commemoration
Beheading of
August 29, of John the
John the Memorial Red
2023 Baptist’s
Baptist
beheading
San Pedro Feast February 5, To celebrate his White
 life as well as
his dedication
Bautista 2023 for building up
the church in
the Philippines
Birth of
September 8, salvation as the
Birth of Mary Feast White
2023 future mother of
Christ
Commemorates
Pista ng
January 15, the Holy image
Santo Niño sa Feast White
2023 of the Child
San Beda
Jesus
Foundation Celebrate the
June 17
Day of San Ferial founding of the White
(1901)
Beda school
Celebrate the
Foundation
foundation of
Day of your Ferial Dependent White
the town/city of
town/ city
the people
Your own To thank God
Ferial Dependent White
birthday for the gift of life
A ceremony to
recognize the
Marriage Ferial Dependent White
union and rights
of two people
To celebrate
with God the
Wedding
Ferial Dependent continuous White
anniversary
union of two
people
To celebrate and
thank God for
Graduation
the
thanksgiving Ferial Dependent White
achievements of
mass
those
graduating
Celebration of
Philippine the
June 12,
Independence Ferial independence of White
2023
Day Filipinos from
Spaniards
Establishment
of new parish Ferial Dependent White
church
Reception of Ferial Dependent White
 dignitaries in
the church
building
Installation of
new parish Ferial Dependent
priest/ bishop
Birthday of
Thanking God
municipal/ Ferial Dependent
for the gift of life
city mayor
Commemorates
the fall of
April 9 – Araw Bataan to
Ferial April 9, 2023 White
ng Kagitingan Japanese troops
during World
War II
To
commemorate
Death
Memorial Dependent the death of a Black
Anniversay
beloved one’s
life
Week of
Prayer for
Ferial
Christian
Unity
National Bible
Ferial
Sunday