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Since the time of the early Church Fathers, this image of "the woman clothed with the sun" has had a threefold symbolism: the ancient people of Israel, the Church and Mary. [ 31 ] Many of the bishops cited Genesis 3:15 , in which God is addressing the serpent in the Garden of Eden , as the primary confirmation of Mary's assumption: [ 32 ]
Easter time is the period of 50 days, spanning from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. [ 13] It is celebrated as a single joyful feast, called the "great Lord's Day". [ 14] Each Sunday of the season is treated as a Sunday of Easter. In some traditions, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday of Eastertide and the following Sunday (Low Sunday) is the ...
In the Southern Hemisphere, where January is a vacation time, churches often find other days to celebrate the week of prayer, for example around Pentecost (as originally suggested by the Faith and Order movement in 1926, [8] and Pope Leo XIII in 1894), [5] which is also a symbolic date for the unity of the church. [citation needed]
Veni Sancte Spiritus. Veni Sancte Spiritus (“Come, Holy Spirit”), sometimes called the “ Golden Sequence ” ( Latin: Sequentia Aurea) is a sequence sung in honour of God the Holy Spirit, prescribed in the Roman Rite for the Masses of Pentecost Sunday. [ 1] It is usually attributed to either the 13th-century Pope Innocent III, or to the ...
Pentecost may also refer to the 50 days from Easter to Pentecost Sunday inclusive of both. [88] Because Easter itself has no fixed date, this makes Pentecost a moveable feast. [89] In the United Kingdom, traditionally the next day, Whit Monday, was until 1970 a public holiday. Since 1971, by statute, the last Monday in May has been a Bank Holiday.
The time of day for Terce is associated with the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles on the day of Pentecost "seeing it is but the third hour of the day" . [5] The Hour's general theme is therefore, the invocation of the Holy Spirit, and invokes the Holy Spirit for strength in dealing with the conflicts of the day.
Walpurgis Night (/ v æ l ˈ p ʊər ɡ ɪ s, v ɑː l-,-ˈ p ɜːr-/), [3] [4] an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German Sankt-Walpurgisnacht [zaŋkt valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaxt]), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve), is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia, and is celebrated on the night ...
His first published hymn was "Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist", a paraphrase of Veni Creator Spiritus, which appeared in the Erfurt Enchiridion in 1524. [3] Hymns in English include "Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire", a paraphrase of Veni Creator Spiritus by Bishop John Cosin, published in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer [4] [5] and used ...