The ecclesiastical year begins four Sundays before Christmas, when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. During the ecclesiastical or liturgical year, we share as believers in the most important moments of Jesus’ life. Attention is also devoted to a number of feast-days that honour Mary and other saints.
Sunday is the most important day of the week because Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday. Therefore we also call it the ‘day of the Lord’. On Sunday all the faithful are asked to come to church, if at all possible, so they can pray together and celebrate the Eucharist.
