February 20, 2011
Before the calendar was revised to create Ordinary Time (What about the liturgical year is just ordinary?) the Sundays leading up to Lent had much more interesting names than "The Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time." Learn more about Septuagesima Sunday. http://www.aquinasandmore.com/catholic-articles/What-is-Septuagesima-Sunday-/article/344
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March 19, 2010
The Importance of Passion Sunday Eons ago, back before 1970, the season of Lent had a slightly different structure than it does now. If you happen to look at a missal from back then, you'll notice that there are only four Sundays of Lent, followed by Passion Sunday, followed by Palm Sunday. In a current [...]
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