16 February 2020 Feasts, Fasts, and Ferias some penance for their sins, and that these acts of penance are both personal and corporeal. The Church historically observes the disciplines of fasting and In our previous discussion of the calendar of the abstinence at various times each year. Besides Lent, Church, we noted that the calendar is arranged first the other penitential times customarily accompanied by around the seasons and days commemorating the life fasting or abstinence include Advent, the Ember Days, of our Lord Jesus Christ, and then around the the Rogation Days, Fridays throughout the year, and commemorations of the various saints in the history of vigils of important feast days the Church. Today, let us examine the nature of those commemorations. There are three different modes, if you will, of The Church colloquially refers to penitential days and liturgical commemoration: feasts, fasts, and ferias. seasons overall as fasts, marking them out from the more celebratory feasts and more mundane ferias because of their emphasis on personal sacrificial FEASTS Feasts commemorate a particular moment in salvation disciplines. history or celebrate the life of a particular saint Note: While the history of the Roman Catholic [usually on the date of the saint’s death, as it is their Church shows many traditions of fasting assigned to birthday into Heaven]. In the Ordinary form of the various seasons and days, Ash Wednesday and Good Roman Rite, feast days are ranked (in descending Friday are nowadays the only mandatory days of order of importance) as solemnities, feasts, and fasting within the Church year. memorials (obligatory or optional).

• Solemnity—the highest ranking type of feast FERIAS day. It commemorates an event in the life of Jesus or Mary, or celebrates a saint important to the In the liturgy of the Catholic Church, a feria or ferial day is a weekday on which no special ecclesiastical whole Church or the local community. The Mass of a solemnity has proper readings and prayers, feast is to be celebrated. In recent official liturgical and the Gloria and Credo are recited. Outside texts in English, the term weekday is used instead of Advent, Lent, and Eastertide, a solemnity of feria. falling on a Sunday is celebrated in place of the Sunday. When a solemnity falls on a Friday, the Within the category of ferias, there are still obligation to abstain from meat or undertake some distinctions. obligatory penance as determined by the episcopal • First-class ferias, which outrank all feasts: Ash conference does not apply. Wednesday and all the weekdays of Holy Week; All holydays of obligation are solemnities, but not • Second-class ferias, which outrank local second- all solemnities are holydays of obligation. class feasts: ferias of Advent from 17 December to • Feast—the rank of secondary liturgical days 23 December, and Ember Days of Advent, Lent including lesser events in the life of Jesus, Mary and September; or an Apostle (theologically speaking) or for major • Third-class ferias: ferias in Lent from Thursday saints. The Gloria is recited but not the Credo, after Ash Wednesday to Saturday before Palm and there are proper readings and prayers for the Sunday (except Ember Days) and ferias in Advent feast. A Feast pertaining to the Lord (e.g. up to 16 December (except Ember Days); Transfiguration) falling on a Sunday during • Fourth-class ferias: all other ferias (weekday Ordinary Time replaces the Sunday Liturgy and liturgies). such will have the Credo recited at mass. • Memorial—the commemoration of a saint of lesser importance. Many memorials are optional or only observed in specific dioceses, regions, or nations.

FASTS For Catholics, fasting is the reduction of one's intake of food, while abstinence refers to refraining from meat (or another type of food). The Catholic Church teaches that all people are obliged by God to perform Remember in your Prayers Mass Intentions All who are suffering or sick and all caregivers who minister Saturday, 15 February to the sick: Mary Morehead and family, Curtis Bailey, Anticipated Mass for Sunday Leondre Massey, Sister Constance Ward, George Cochran, 4:30 pm Mary Morehead and family Mark Anthony Turner, Rachel Fisher, Patricia Ransom, Sunday, 16 February David Hoppe, Jacqueline Chancio, Victoria P.; M.M., R.M., Sexagesima [2nd Sunday before Lent] K.M., C.M., C.A., E.D., E.G., W.B., J.M., and J.G. 8 am Pro populo Please call or email the office to add a name to the prayer list. Be- 9:30 am special intention [Rosemary Coller] fore calling, please be sure you have spoken to the person [or a 11 am special intention [Susan White] member of his family] about adding the name—we do not want Monday, 17 February to inadvertently disregard someone’s desire for privacy. Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Names of those who are sick or suffering will be kept on the list for 9 am no public mass one month; to keep a name on the list for longer, you must email the parish office. Tuesday, 18 February Pre-Lenten Feria Mass Readings This Week 9 am Edith G. Hickey + [George F. Hickey Jr.] 16 February 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday, 19 February Pre-Lenten Feria Sirach 15: 15-20; Psalm 119: 1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34; 9 am Ellen Donovan + [Jane Slattery] 1 Corinthians 2: 6-10; Matthew 5: 17-37 Thursday, 20 February 17 February Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Pre-Lenten Feria James 1: 1-11; Psalm 119: 67-68, 71-72, 75-76; Mark 8: 11-13 9 am Rev. Onesime Renaudier, S. M. + 18 February Feria Friday, 21 February James 1: 12-18; Psalm 94: 12-15, 18-19; Mark 8: 14-21 Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 19 February Feria 9 am the needs and intentions of the Holy Father James 1: 19-27; Psalm 15: 2-5; Mark 8: 22-26 Saturday, 22 February 20 February Feria Anticipated Mass for Sunday James 2: 1-9; Psalm 34: 2-7; Mark 8: 27-33 4:30 pm for the unity of the Church 21 February Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Sunday, 23 February James 2: 14-24, 26; Psalm 112: 1-6; Mark 8: 34—9: 1 Roman Missal: 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 22 February The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle Divine Worship: The Chair of Saint Peter [transferred] 1 Peter 5: 1-4; Psalm 23: 1-6; Matthew 16: 13-19 8 am Pro populo 23 February 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:30 am Doris Friend [Jane Slattery] 11 am Joy and Jean Vidal + Leviticus 19: 1-2, 17-18; Psalm 103: 1-4, 8, 10, 12-13;

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