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1.1.3.08 Celebration of the Christian Mystery
The Liturgical Year
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Religious Studies
9th Grade
12/07/2010

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Book of Ecclesiastes
Definition
A well-known passage from this book in the Hebrew Scriptures expresses wisdom about life's seasons, and it encourages us to be patient with all that comes our way in the course of time
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Sacred Time
Definition
God's "time," which is eternal and timeless
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Advent
Definition
The four weeks of preparation before Christmas; it literally means "coming"
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Christmas
Definition
This feast celebrates the Incarnation
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Creche
Definition
The Nativity scene
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Epiphany
Definition
This feast celebrates Jesus being revealed to the whole world, not just the Jews, through the wise men from the East who followed the star from Bethlehem 
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Lent
Definition
The period of preparation for Easter
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Ash Wednesday
Definition
Lent begins on this Day of Holy Obligation
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Holy Week
Definition
The last week of Lent
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Palm Sunday
Definition
It begins Holy Week; it is also known as Passion Sunday
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Triduum
Definition
It literally means "three days"
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Pentecost
Definition
This feast is celebrated fifty days after Easter Sunday
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