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Will Christmas Be Transferred to Sundays? (Bible prophecy right on schedule)
National Catholic Register ^ | 1/20/2023 | John Clark

Posted on 01/22/2023 4:22:18 AM PST by vespa300

According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law, Sundays are holy days of obligation. In addition, the Code lists 10 holy days of obligation in the Church

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I'm pretty sure there are some here who know where this is going.
1 posted on 01/22/2023 4:22:18 AM PST by vespa300
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To: vespa300

Please explain!


2 posted on 01/22/2023 4:43:16 AM PST by dasboot (Nuanced foreign relations is the germ of international misunderstanding. )
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To: vespa300

100%


3 posted on 01/22/2023 4:44:37 AM PST by Philsworld
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To: vespa300

What about New Year’s Day? It used to be the Feast of the Circumcision, but then during modern stupidity it was changed to World Peace Day, but I thought it was still a day of obligation.

And, could be wrong but don’t remember Epiphany being such a day, and I never heard of the feast of Sts. Peter & Paul.

This piece has raised more questions than answers for me.


4 posted on 01/22/2023 4:53:37 AM PST by jocon307 (Democrats delenda est.)
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To: dasboot

Well, this is probably not the place to start a theological war. But I can tell you that as we near the end you will see Sundays exalted more and more for a variety of reasons. From Climate change to catastrophic events and social breakdown. The world will turn to the church for help.


5 posted on 01/22/2023 4:56:26 AM PST by vespa300
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To: dasboot
It's about how some of the holy days of obligation are moved to the nearest Sunday (like federal holidays are put on Mondays). No one is actually talking about moving Christmas to Sunday.

I have found it interesting that Christmas is always December 25, but Easter is always Sunday but a very moveable date in March or April with long calculations to get it to match Passover.

6 posted on 01/22/2023 5:05:43 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Soon the January 6 protesters will be held (without trial or bail) longer than Jefferson Davis was.)
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To: KarlInOhio

I believe Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 21.


7 posted on 01/22/2023 5:11:18 AM PST by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: ZinGirl

Think NFL on Saturdays.


8 posted on 01/22/2023 5:25:06 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: KarlInOhio

Yes, exactly. The ominous “Bible prophecy right on schedule” is not part of the original title of the article and was added by the poster as his opinion (apparently without reading or understanding the article). The article is not talking at all about the Church moving Christmas to a Sunday; the author is bemoaning the the fact that some dioceses are doing this with other holy days of obligation or abrogating them altogether for convenience. In effect he’s saying, “What next? Christmas?” I share his frustration.


9 posted on 01/22/2023 7:15:11 AM PST by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: vespa300

Bishops’ Councils can also change the roster of Days of Obligation. So in Canada, The Birth of John the Baptist is one, and in Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is one.

What got me is when they started moving Ascension Thursday to the following Sunday. Hey folks, Ascension THURSDAY, as in 40 Days after Easter Sunday!

People worked longer and harder for less money in our great-grandparents’ time, and yet they found a way to make it to Mass on Holy Days of Obligation.


10 posted on 01/22/2023 7:20:16 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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To: vespa300

As long as they don’t change Black Friday to Tuesday.


11 posted on 01/22/2023 7:28:26 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: ZinGirl

“I believe Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 21.”

Yes, indeed. Pretty long an complicated calculation, eh?


12 posted on 01/22/2023 8:15:23 AM PST by paterfamilias
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To: jocon307

It still is a Holy Day. The only Holy Day of Obligation that I’m aware of that was moved to Sunday is the Feast of the Ascension.


13 posted on 01/22/2023 11:59:21 AM PST by murron
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