1. Chapter 3 Section 4: Sacred Time Teaching Project
Christian Aguayo
Nicolas Carrillo
Brett Fullerton
Byron Martinez
2nd Period
10/8/18

2. Sacred Time Like Jews, sacred time is important to Christians
The life of a Christian is centered on the life, death, resurrection, and ministry of Jesus
The sacred times celebrated by Christians have the power to sanctify life
Sunday is a holy day for Christians
The sabbath
The “Lord’s Day”
Sunday is associated with Jesus’ resurrection
Can be referred to as a “little Easter”

3. Liturgical Year
All Christians celebrate festivities of the Church year
The year is separated into two cycles:
Christmas
Easter
The Christmas cycle includes:
Advent
Epiphany
The Easter Cycle includes:
Lent
Triduum
Pentecost
Ordinary Time separates these cycles

4. Christmas Cycle
The Christmas Cycle includes the 3 important events: Advent, Christmas, and the Epiphany.
The first day of the annual Christian Catholic Calendar begins with the first Sunday of Advent.
Christmas is the second holiest day in Christian year.
The Epiphany is the feast that coumarates the coming of the Magi.

5. Advent
Annual Catholic Christian calendar begins with the first Sunday of Advent.
Four Sundays before Christmas, also known as the season of preparation or the coming of Jesus.
Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholic churches celebrate the “Nativity Feast,” begins 40 days before Christmas on November 14th.
Advent also prepares Christians for Jesus coming into our hearts.
The Advent Wreath symbolizes light in the darkness, the wreath is decorated with a circle containing four candles. A candle is lit every Sunday before Christmas.

6. Christmas Advent season ends on Christmas.
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus (Second Holiest Day in the Christian year).
For most Christians, Christmas is on the 25th of December, but for some Orthodox churches it is on January 7th, the day after the Epiphany.
The actual DOB of Jesus is unknown. Christmas back in the 4th century was mainly to contrast the pagan winter solstice known as celebration of the Unconquered Son.
This was celebrated near December 25th.

7. Epiphany Epiphany means ”manifestation” or “revelation”.
The feast of the Epiphany happens 12 days after Christmas on the Gregorian Calendar.
In the early days of Christianity, Epiphany was associated with 3 moments in the life of Jesus.
1st: the birth of Jesus.
2nd: Jesus’ baptism.
3rd: Jesus’ first miracle at the marriage feast of Cana.
In the 4th century, the birth of Jesus overshadows the other moments of Jesus that is why there is a separate days in Catholicism while in Eastern Orthodox it is still maintained as one feast.

8. The Easter Cycle consists of Lent, Easter and Pentecost.
Easter is the holiest day for Christians
It takes place during spring after ordinary time.
Ash Wednesday begins the Lenten season.
Christians prepare for the great feast of Easter by praying, doing penance, almsgiving fasting, and abstaining from other pleasures.
The Easter cycle

9. Lent The word ”Lent” comes from an old English word for “Spring Time”
The forty days of Lent are in remembrance of Jesus spending forty days in the wilderness.
Lent begins the day after Ash Wednesday.
Holy Week is the last week of Lent
Begins with Palm Sunday
Holy Thursday remembers The Last Supper
Good Friday commemorates the Crucifixion
Holy Saturday remembers the day that Jesus died.
Lent

10. Easter celebrates Christ’s resurrection from the dead and His ascension into Heaven.
Most Christians celebrate it annually on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring.
Different denominations celebrate Easter differently
Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican churches have an Easter Vigil service on Holy Saturday evening.
Many Protestant churches have an Easter sunrise service that begins in darkness and continues as the sun rises, symbolizing that Jesus is the Son who rose from the dead.
Easter

11. Pentecost Means “Fiftieth day”
Pentecost is known as the ”Birthday of the church”
This extraordinary experience enabled the disciples to go out to the streets of Jerusalem and proclaim the good news of Jesus.
Thousands of Jews were converted on the first Pentecost.
Pentecost

12. Sacraments are defined as an “outward and effective sign of the Church given by Christ to give grace.”
Sacraments are signs authorized by Christ that transmit God’s grace to the participant.
There are seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.
Baptism is the only sacrament recognized by all Christians.
Baptism initiates the individual into the Christian community.
The Eucharist fulfills Jesus’ Last Supper command to break bread and share wine in his memory.
Sacraments

13. Prayer is… A sacred occasion for Christians.
A two-way conversation between God and an individual or group.
Prayer can be formal/informal, long/short, verbal/silent, and can involve singing.
Prayer can be done anywhere and at anytime.
The Bible contains a number of prayers. For example, The Book of Psalms is a prayer book within the Bible.
Prayer is…

14. Quiz! Sunday is associated with what other day?
The first day of the annual Christian Catholic calendar begins on what day?
What is the holiest day for Christians?
What is the only sacrament recognized by all Christians?
What is the name of the prayer book within the Bible?
Extra Credit: What does Pentecost mean?
Quiz!