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From the Liturgical Year by Dom Gueranger, O.S.B. “History of Septuagesima” At Holy Family Catholic Church: 338 W. University Blvd., Tucson January 31, A.D. 2021 VERITATEM FACIENTES IN CARITATE - LIVING THE TRUTH IN CHARITY From The Liturgical Year by Dom Gueranger, O.S.B. “History of Septuagesima” The Season of Septuagesima comprises the three weeks immediately preceding Lent. It forms one of the principal divisions of the Liturgical Year, and is itself divided into three parts, each part corresponding to a week: the first is called Septuagesima; the second, Sexagesima; the third, Quinquagesima. All three are named from their numerical reference to Lent, which, in the language of the Church, is called Quadragesima, - that is, Forty, - because the great Feast of Easter is prepared for by the holy exercises of Forty Days. The words Quinquagesima, Sexagesima, and Septuagesima, tell us of the same great Solemnity as looming in the distance, and as being the great object towards which the Church would have us now begin to turn all our thoughts, and desires, and devotion. Now, the Feast of Easter must be prepared for by a forty-days’ recollectedness and penance. Those forty-days are one of the principal Seasons of the Liturgical Year, and one of the most powerful means employed by the Church for exciting in the hearts of her children the spirit of their Christian vocation. It is of the utmost importance, that such a Season of penance should produce its work in our souls - the renovation of the whole spiritual life. The Church, therefore, has instituted a preparation for the holy time of Lent. She gives us the three weeks of Septuagesima, during which she withdraws us, as much as may be, from the noisy distrac- tions of the world, in order that our hearts may be the more readily impressed by the solemn warning she is to give us, at the commencement of Lent, by marking our foreheads with ashes. This prelude to the holy sea- son of Lent was not known in the early ages of Christianity: its institution would seem to have originated in the Greek Church. The practice of this Church being never to fast on Saturdays, the number of fasting-days in Lent, besides the six Sundays of Lent, (on which, by universal custom, the Faithful never fasted,) there were also the six Saturdays, which the Greeks would never allow to be observed as days of fasting: so that their Lent was short, by twelve days, of the Forty spent by our Savior in the Desert. To make up the deficiency, they were obliged to begin their Lent so many days earlier, as we will show in our next Volume. […] Thus was the present important period of the Liturgical Year, after various changes, established in the Cycle of the Church. It has been there upward of a thousand years. Its name, Septuagesima (Seventy), expresses, as we have already remarked, a numerical relation to Quadragesima (the Forty Days); although, in reality, there are not seventy but only sixty-three days from Septuagesima Sunday to Easter. We will speak of the mystery of the name in the following Chapter. The first Sunday of Lent being called Quadragesima (Forty), each of the three previous Sundays has a name expressive of an additional ten: the nearest to Lent being called Quinquagesima (Fifty); the middle one, Sexagesima (Sixty); the third, Septuagesima (Seventy). As the season of Septuagesima depends upon time of the Easter celebration, it comes sooner or later, ac- cording to the changes of that great Feast. The 18th of January and the 22nd of February called the Septuagesima Keys, because the Sunday, which is called Septuagesima, cannot be earlier in the year, than the first, nor later than the second, of these two days. Holy Family Parish Parish Staff Canon Jonathon Fehrenbacher, Parish Administrator Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, Mrs. Sylvia Cordova, Office Mgr & SEP Compliance Officer “English Mass” [email protected] Mail: 338 W. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85705 FOR DONATIONS, please make check out to Tel: (520)623-6773 Holy Family Parish and mail or drop into the collection Email: [email protected] Or donate securely online through the Diocese of Tucson: Office closed to Public (per Diocesan Protocol) www.cathfnd.org/hope Sat 1/23 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. † James G. Giblin Rev. Jim Shea, C.Ss.R. Sun 1/24 7:00 a.m. Parishioners Rev. Abram Dono, S.T. Sat 1/30 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. † Rev. Joseph Baker & †Rev. John Fahey Rev. Jim Shea, C.Ss.R. Sun 1/31 7:00 a.m. Parishioners Rev. Abram Dono, S.T. Saint Gianna Oratory Oratory Staff Canon Jonathon Fehrenbacher, Rector Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, Mrs. Teri Gauger, Oratory Secretary “Traditional Latin Mass” Mr. Matthew Lancaster, Music Director Mailing Address: Saint Gianna Oratory Website & Online Bulletin: saintgianna.net P.O. Box 87350, Tucson, AZ 85754 “Join our Flocknote” from our website to sign-up for Weekend Telephone: (520) 883-4360 Masses and receive email updates on other important information. Office Hours: Wed & Fri: 9am– 4pm FOR DONATIONS: 1) Please write check to Institute of Email: [email protected] Christ the King and mail or drop into the collection. 2) or do- St. Gianna Office is not located at HFP nate securely to SGO using the DONATE button on our website Sun. 1/31 Septuagesima Sunday / 2nd class / Violet Jason C. Evers by Nancy Evers 8:45 am Low Mass Mass (Circumdederunt me): Comm. pro Papa, Credo, Pref. of Holy Trinity Litany of St. Peter Ethridge 11 am High Mass by Greg Schneider 4 pm Low Mass Joseph St. Gianna Oratory by Frederick Ratel Mon. 2/1 St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr / 3rd class / Red 5:00 pm Low Mass James Morgan Mass (Mihi autem): Gloria, Comm. pro Papa, Common Preface Litany of St. Joseph by Nancy Thornes Tue. 2/2 Presentation of O.L.J.C. & Purification of B.V.M / 2nd class / White 6:00 pm High Mass Gabriel Barnes Blessing of Candles and Candle Procession (Purple) by the Linley Family Candlemas (Suscepimus / White): Gloria, Comm. pro Papa, Credo, Pref. of Christmas Litany of St. Joseph Wed. 2/3 St. Blaise, Bishop & Martyr / 4th class / Red 5:00 pm Low Mass Intetntios of the Celebrant Mass (Sacerdotes Dei): Gloria, Comm. pro Papa, Common Preface Litany of St. By Paula Hernandez Joseph & Throat Blessing Thur. 2/4 1st Thursday of O.L.J.C. Sovereign and Eternal Priest / 3rd class / White 5:00 pm Low Mass † Leslie Allchorne Mass (Iuravit) : Gloria, Comm. pro Papa & St. Andrew Corsini , Preface of the By Angela Jamison Holy Cross Litany of St. Joseph Fri. 2/5 Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart / 3rd class / White 6:00 pm High Mass Emilie Mossburg *Abstinence Mass (Cogitationes): Gloria, Comm. pro Papa & St. Agatha, Pref. of the Sacred Heart by the Mossburg Family Litany of St. Joseph Sat. 2/6 First Saturday / 3rd class / White 8:00 am High Mass Our Godchildren Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Aug.22 - Adeamus): Gloria, Comm. pro By Steve & Teri Gauger Papa & St. Titus, Credo, Preface of B.V.M. Litany of St. Joseph Sun. 2/7 Sexagesima Sunday / 2nd class / Violet Church Cleaning Volunteers by Lourdes Orozco 8:45 am Low Mass Mass (Exsurge): Comm. pro Papa, Credo, Pref. of the Most Holy Trinity † Margaret Allchorne 11 am High Mass by Angela Jamison 4 pm Low Mass Litany of St. Joseph & Throat Blessing Monsignor Gilles Wach CONFESSION schedule: Beginning 30 minutes before all Latin Masses EXCEPT AFTER 5:00pm weekday Mass. Also available with visiting priest Sat 3:30pm-3:55pm. Bring out your Palms MANY THANKS!! by Feb 14th! to our terrific VOLUNTEERS who helped put away Christmas decorations! This year Ash Wednesday falls on Feb 17th. In preparation, from Jan. 30 - Feb 14th, Your help is greatly appreciated! you can place your old blessed palms in the designated God bless you for your generosity! basket at the back of church. On Feb 15th, the palms will be burned to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday. Memorare to (Palms brought in later will not be accepted.) St. Joseph Remember, O most pure Spouse of the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, my beloved patron, that never was it known that anyone who im- Tuesday, February 2nd @ 6pm plored thy help and sought thine aid were Blessing of Candles, Candlemas Procession, and High Mass left unassisted. Join in the Procession in honor of Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee Our Divine Infant King and Blessed Mother and fervently commend myself to as we close the greater Christmas season thee. Despise not, O Guardian of the in the same way we began: with a candlelit Mass. Redeemer, my humble supplication, but in The faithful are welcome to bring candles to be blessed. thy bounty, hear and answer me. They should be placed on the provided table at Amen. the front of church. Deceased: George Thurman, Clare Soto; Janice Hackert, “Carol”, Joseph Deitering: John Moore- house; Douglas Brunner; Josie Rivera; William Brown; Esther Vargas; Lucy Ahn; Rebecca Felix; Msgr. Todd O’Leary; Fr. Robert Tamminga; Yvonne Sturm; Gerard O’Hora; Marie Yappel; Fr. Raul Valencia; Fr. Evan Harkins; Liz Rafferty; Connie Urschel; Tomas Valdez; Dolores Gallegos; Bill Kelly; Bill Shillue; Agnes Pfeiffer; Mona Montez; Healing: Dr. Winston Ryan, Clint Awana, Berne and Jim Yee, Anne Forrestl, Sylvia Cordova, Blanca Zapata, Jackie Fehrenbacher, Barbara Mayerle, MJ; Mike & Debbie Silva; Albert Chambers; Nan Arena; Rich- ard Jamison; Arlene Gallardo; Kellee Smith; Rene’ Locke; George Hoge; Sue Williams; Ray Grillo; Michael Burdi; Sadie & Greg Schuller; Emily Valencia; Kenneth Snyder; Guadalupe de Vega; Noranita Arms; Patti Hill; Mickie Roudebush & family; Frankie Verdugo; Carol Wray; James Larson; ; Nancy Gorman; Bill Halstead; Josie Castillo; Nick Le- pore; Beverly Bolton; Margaret Bradbury; Christopher Thomas; Susan Hansen; Alfonso Ruiz; Thaddeus Stypa; Colleen Gallegos; Joseph Hann; Rosario Archer; Septuagesima Sunday GOSPEL: Mt.
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