![]() ![]() Observing the Ascension on the seventh Sunday of Easter allows for heightened celebration and an increased opportunity to educate people about the meaning of the feast.Īssumption of the Blessed Mother, August 15 The Vatican, at the request of the bishops of the United States, granted permission for the date change, giving ecclesiastical provinces in the United States the authority to make the transfer. In March 2000, the Catholic bishops of the Wisconsin province transferred the Feast of the Ascension to the seventh Sunday of Easter, one week before Pentecost Sunday. It is narrated in Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and in the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. This feast is celebrated the fortieth day after Easter Sunday and commemorates the elevation of Jesus into heaven by his own power in the presence of his disciples. The celebration of Christ’s Resurrection continues for a period of 50 days, that is, from Easter Sunday to the Solemnity of Pentecost.Īscension of Christ, 40 days after Easter It is considered the greatest of all Christian feasts and holds a central place in the liturgical year. The Resurrection of the LordThis Solemnity, celebrated each year, is a commemoration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ form the dead (see Mark 16:1-7). bishops decided, with Vatican approval given July 4, 1992, that when the solemnities of Mary, the Mother of God (January 1), the Assumption (August 15) or All Saints (November 1) fall on a Saturday or Monday, it is not an obligation to attend Mass for these feasts.Īlthough the obligation to attend when these three holy days fall on a Saturday or Monday is abolished, parishes are to continue to observe these Holy Days by scheduling one or more Masses at a convenient time so that people who wish to participate are able to do so. Prior to this, this feast celebrated on January 1 was the circumcision of Jesus.Īs a conference, the U.S. Liturgical reform initiated by Vatican II placed it on January 1 in 1969. Mary’s Divine Maternity became a universal feast in 1931. This feast, closely connected to the feast of Christmas, is the most important and oldest of the major feasts of Mary. ![]()
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