The Traditional Rite (EF) lovers were furious that the feast of Christ the King was moved to the last Sunday of the liturgical year (which is to say, the Sunday before Advent 1.) In the EF, that feast was celebrated on the last Sunday of October.
But having Christ King positioned like Janus, looking back to the Old Year and forward to the New, is--IMHO--an excellent placement.
If Christ the King celebrates the Second Coming, then it makes sense to have the feast on the last day of the (liturgical) year. Advent begins the new year, at least for the Church.
Before I understood the difference between Liturgical, calendar, and other years, I got terribly confused trying to get the adults to explain how Jesus aged 33 years between January 6 and the first day of Lent. :)
Too many Catholics — see this time of year as a part of the ‘Christmas Season,’ it isn’t; the Christmas season does not begin until the first Mass at Christmas Eve, and doesn’t end liturgically until the Octave of the Epiphany on January 14. It goes on in the spiritual sense until Candlemas on February 2, when all celebrations of Christ’s Childhood give way to Septuagesima and Lent.
“The mood of this season is one of somber spiritual preparation that increases in joy with each day, and the gaudy ‘Christmas’ commercialism that surrounds it in the Western world should be overcome as much as possible. The singing of Christmas carols (which comes earlier and earlier each year), the talk of ‘Christmas’ as a present reality, the decorated trees and the parties — these things are ‘out of season’ for Catholics; we should strive to keep the Seasons of Advent holy and penitential, always remembering, as they say, that ‘He is the reason for the Season.'”
You basically rob your self of advent, when you rush Christmas
Dad, I grew up in a Protestant denomination that views Christ the King Sunday as the culmination of the year, celebrating or honoring the promise of the Second Coming. Yes, it is a “corruption “ of the original Roman Catholic teaching.
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The Traditional Rite (EF) lovers were furious that the feast of Christ the King was moved to the last Sunday of the liturgical year (which is to say, the Sunday before Advent 1.) In the EF, that feast was celebrated on the last Sunday of October.
But having Christ King positioned like Janus, looking back to the Old Year and forward to the New, is--IMHO--an excellent placement.
If Christ the King celebrates the Second Coming, then it makes sense to have the feast on the last day of the (liturgical) year. Advent begins the new year, at least for the Church.
Before I understood the difference between Liturgical, calendar, and other years, I got terribly confused trying to get the adults to explain how Jesus aged 33 years between January 6 and the first day of Lent. :)
LittleRed1
If Christ the King celebrates the Second Coming...
It doesn't. The feast was instituted (1925) to counteract the rise of Communism, atheism, and secularization.
Also--pertinent to today--to counter the belief in "Government" as a savior.
how Jesus aged 33 years between January 6 and the first day of Lent.
He's God. He can do anything.
Too many Catholics — see this time of year as a part of the ‘Christmas Season,’ it isn’t; the Christmas season does not begin until the first Mass at Christmas Eve, and doesn’t end liturgically until the Octave of the Epiphany on January 14. It goes on in the spiritual sense until Candlemas on February 2, when all celebrations of Christ’s Childhood give way to Septuagesima and Lent.
“The mood of this season is one of somber spiritual preparation that increases in joy with each day, and the gaudy ‘Christmas’ commercialism that surrounds it in the Western world should be overcome as much as possible. The singing of Christmas carols (which comes earlier and earlier each year), the talk of ‘Christmas’ as a present reality, the decorated trees and the parties — these things are ‘out of season’ for Catholics; we should strive to keep the Seasons of Advent holy and penitential, always remembering, as they say, that ‘He is the reason for the Season.'”
You basically rob your self of advent, when you rush Christmas
I like putting up my tree Christmas eve.
https://www.fisheaters.com/customsadvent1.html
This link goes with the preceding paragraph... well worth the read
Greg
Dad, I grew up in a Protestant denomination that views Christ the King Sunday as the culmination of the year, celebrating or honoring the promise of the Second Coming. Yes, it is a “corruption “ of the original Roman Catholic teaching.
LittleRed1
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