The Epiphany Announcement 20+20

The Epiphany Announcement, A+D 2020

After the Reading of the Gospel, the Pastor of the parish makes the following announcement.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

The glory of the Lord has shone upon us, and shall ever manifest itself among us until the day of His return. Through the rhythms and changes of time let us call to mind and live the mysteries of salvation. The center of the whole liturgical year is the Paschal Triduum of the Lord, crucified, buried and risen, which will culminate in the solemn Vigil of Easter, during the holy night that will end with the dawn of the twelfth day of April. Every Sunday, as in a weekly Easter, Christ's holy Church around the world makes present that great and saving deed by which Christ has forever conquered sin and death. From Easter there comes forth and are reckoned all the days we keep holy: Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten spring, the twenty-sixth day of February; the Ascension of the Lord, the twenty-first day of May; and Pentecost, the thirty-first day of May; the first Sunday of Advent, the twenty-ninth day of November. Likewise in the feasts of Mary, of the Apostles, of all the Saints, and in the commemoration of the faithful departed, the pilgrim Church on earth proclaims the resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord. To Christ who was, who is, and who is to come, the Lord of time and history, be endless praise forever and ever!

C: Amen.

The Adoration of the Magi by Edward Burne-Jones, 1833-1898