Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation are always considered solemnities. Feasts are of secondary importance in our liturgical calendar and are celebrated on a particular day.
These feasts do not have a special evening prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours nor do they have their own special Vigil Mass the prior evening: an exception would be the feasts of the Lord which occur on Sundays in Ordinary Time and Sundays in the Christmas season.
For example, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord February 2 has its own first vespers. On these days, the Gloria is recited but not the Creed. Even though you did not ask, there is also another celebration called a memorial , which is either obligatory or optional. Memorials commemorate a saint or saints. Obligatory memorials must be observed whereas optional memorials do not have to be observed.
Obligatory memorials have to be observed whereas the optional memorials do not. Local churches, religious communities celebrate the Memorials of Saints of special significance to them.
The celebration of Memorials is also governed by the Liturgical season. Download Share. Question: What is the difference between a memorial and a feast on the Church calendar? The key says solemnities, feast days, and memorials are capitalized.
How do you know which are feasts and which are memorials and what is the difference? Memorials commemorate a saint or saints. Obligatory memorials must be observed whereas optional memorials do not have to be observed. For example, the memorial of St. John Bosco January 31 is obligatory while the memorial of St.
Blase February 3 is optional. The celebration of memorials is also governed by the liturgical season. For instance, obligatory memorials occurring in Lent are only celebrated as optional memorials.
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