The Feasts : how the church year forms us as Catholics / Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Mike Aquilina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wuerl, Donald W., author.

Aquilina, Mike, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fasts and feasts--Catholic Church--History.

Fasts and feasts.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Customs and practices.

Fasts and feasts--Catholic Church.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Image, [2014]

Summary:

"Every day is a holiday in the Catholic Church. In their latest collaboration, Cardinal Wuerl and Mike Aquilina examine the history and traditions behind both favorite and forgotten holidays, from Christmas to Easter, from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity to the Feast of the Holy Angels."--Publisher's web site

Contents:

1 Where the Feasts Begin 7

2 Reasons to Feast 18

3 The Feasts That Jesus Kept 25

4 A Brief History of Time: On the Development of the Calendar and Its Books 35

5 Terms of the Times 43

6 Sunday 52

7 The Solemnity of Easter 62

8 The Solemnity of Christmas 73

9 The Solemnity of Pentecost 85

10 The Solemnity of Epiphany and the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord 93

11 The Solemnity of the Ascension 100

12 The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ 105

13 The Solemnity of Christ the King and Other Feasts of Jesus 112

14 The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 122

15 The Solemnity of Divine Mercy 128

16 Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary 132

17 The Solemnity of All Saints-and Other Saints and Souls 140

18 The Holy Angels 147

19 Feasts of Churches 153

20 The Season of Advent 158

21 The Fasts 163

22 The Sacred Paschal Triduum 169

23 Today 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ([187]-189).

ISBN:

9780804139922

080413992X

OCLC:

866931251