Posted on 04/20/2006 7:55:14 AM PDT by Salvation
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The Triduum and 40 Days |
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04/20/06 |
Is the Triduum part of Lent? When I count the days from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, I find that it only turns out to be 40 if we count the Triduum and do not count the six Sundays during that period. I know that the date of Ash Wednesday was specifically selected to produce a 40-day Lent. So arent the three days of the Triduum really part of Lent? |
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From a strictly liturgical perspective (i.e. The Order of the Divine Office and the Proper Elements of the Mass), there exist official Latin terms to distinguish the "general" liturgical seasons and the "specific" seasons within them. So, in English, the term Lent can mean the entire 40 days as stated above, or it can be narrowed to mean the liturgical subset of days within the overall 40 days. The Latin has different terms to distinguish this which English does not. For example,
Tempus Quadragesimale = The Overall 40 Day Period known as Lent in English
Tempus Quadragesimae = The Period of Liturgical Time beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on the Saturday before Passion Sunday
Tempus Passionis = Passiontide (The Final Two Weeks of overall Lent). And then, within this is the subset of Holy Week, and within Holy Week is the subset of the Holy Triduum.
The same distinctions also apply during Easter Time.
Tempus Paschalis = The Entire 50 Day Period extending through to and inclusive of Pentecost.
Tempus Paschatis = The first 40 Days between Easter and the Ascension.
In English, Paschal Time can be used to refer to both.
At lot of churches do have a class following their adult baptisms. It's called a neophyte class. (A class for newly baptized.)
I'm a little confused what the Triduum is. Is it Holy Thurs,, Good Friday and Holy Sat? Or is it Holy Thurs, Good Friday and Easter Sunday?
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