Octave of easter code#

Octave of easter code#

( General Norms of the Liturgical Calendar)Īnd Friday in the Octave of Easter is not a day of abstinence, because it is a solemnity (see Canon 1251 from the 1983 Code of Canon Law).Īn octave is the eight-day period during which Easter or Christmas is celebrated, and includes the actual feast. The celebration of Easter and Christmas, the two greatest solemnities, continues for eight days, with each octave governed by its own rules. Some also have their own vigil Mass for use when Mass is celebrated in the evening of the preceding day. Solemnities are counted as the principal days in the calendar and their observance begins with Evening Prayer I of the preceding day. Solemnities are festive and exceptional days, the highest ranked feasts of the liturgical calendar marked with special characteristics: 11.

These are both solemnities and in the current liturgical calendar are the only feast days that have octaves attached (the 1962 Extraordinary Form calendar also has an Octave of Pentecost).

There are two principal feasts in the Liturgical Year: Easter and Christmas. As a companion piece to the Octave of Christmas, I thought I’d expand on the Easter Octave. Athanasius said “he fifty days from the Sunday of the Resurrection to Pentecost Sunday are celebrated in joy and exultation as one feast day, indeed as one ‘great Sunday’“ ( General Norms of the Liturgical Calendar), but the first eight days or octave specifically celebrate the solemnity of Easter every day. With the whole Church we rejoice at the resurrection of Christ! The Church celebrates the Easter season or Eastertide. This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it, alleluia! Shop: Roman Catholic 'RC' Brand Original White Logo Collection Premium Tee | Multiple colors and sizes available!