Solemnities, Feasts and Days of Prayer
NLC ARTICLES
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This article expounds the distinctions and significance of solemnities, feasts, and memorials in the Church’s liturgical calendar.
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The lives of the saints are honoured in the liturgy through specific texts and celebrations known as the Proper of Saints.
DIOCESAN RESOURCES
Brisbane
A collection of liturgical texts for celebrating the feast of Saint Mary MacKillop in both the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours.
This music resource provides the responsorial psalm setting for use during liturgies celebrating Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop.
Sheet music for the hymn "Daughter of Australia" honours Saint Mary MacKillop, offering melody and accompaniment for liturgical use.
OTHER RESOURCES
Journal Articles
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When we venerate, imitate and invoke the Virgin Mary, our honour contributes to the adoration of the Trinity. As Sunday is the only day when the majority of parishioners gather for Eucharist, we need to explore options and possibilities for small group and family prayer that marks weekday feasts and fosters a recognition of the place of the Virgin Mary in the Christian life.
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Saints included in the General Roman Calendar are celebrated throughout the liturgical year, by way of solemnity, feast, memorial or optional memorial; however, the liturgical calendar includes only a small selection of the saints listed in the Roman Martyrology. Students can use saints to help them through intercessory prayer, and to be assured that the saints pray with us and for us to God who alone has the power to bring about positive change in our lives.
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The Church venerates saints and martyrs because they bear witness to the truth of Christ, and losing sight of the diversity of the saints and martyrs, and of their humanity, weakens this witness. Just as it is important that we underscore the full humanity of Jesus, who died for all, it is also important to underscore the full humanity of those who died for the Son of God.
