What if... No Ordinary times & Nine (9) ADVENT Sundays?

 What if your liturgical calendar had 9 Advent Sundays and No Ordinary Sundays? Well,my faithful readers, it is your African - Mozarabe Girl! You see since prayerfully answering the call to deepen my faith journey by leaving the comfort of the Latin Roman Catholic to joining the Latin Mozarabic Catholic Rite (a rite that seems to be in extinction, but larger than life itself however), I have been jouneying from the Roman Rite liturgical calendar to the Hispano - Mozarabe liturgical calendar, meanwhile exploring the very roots of the Mozarabic tradition in Africa and in Asia; The Saints' calendar on my blog gives you a hint of that.

 It has also been the opportunity to release my thoughts over calendars.

I've been collecting for the past few years no longer with the mindset of just following the liturgical calendar, but allowing myself to think out visually.  WHo knows where it would lead me? Trusting in the Holy Spirit WAS a Free of Charge opportunity...

See I've always wondered why we call the Ordinary Seasons of the Church "Ordinary times" when the truth is it is not really ordinary. After the Christmas Season, we  would fall right back into Ordinary times, and I wondered what it would be like to have an Epiphany Season?

I had notice that some Catholic rites had instead Trinity Seasons, such as the Latin Ordinariate Catholic Rite (Anglican Communion). So I kept looking and searching into different liturgical calendars. At times, it was really overwhelming. Other times, it was sad because it literally caused me to envy certain rites. But there are moments that really made me perplexed because it either confirmed something I had in mind, or shed light on something I was not aware of. Such was the case when in my researches, I read that certain episcopalian traditions embraced an old tradition of the church while developing their own liturgical calendar. It does not have the Catholic Saints obviously, but the days after Easter are known as Pentecostide... (and not ordinary times). Research shows that the Pentecostide Season used to be known as well as Kingdomtide... 

Thus with a smile on my face because I was begin to find these answers very interesting, I carried on creating a skeleton, but I would always get stucked it got close to the Advent Season in the Hispano-Mozarabic Rite vs the Advent Season in the Latin Roman Catholic Rite. It even got worse when I noticed that in the Latin Extraordinary rite, there is no ordinary times after Easter, it continues with a Pentecost Season, but they also had a different feast of Christ the King (feast that seals the liturgical year and launches the Advent Season).  So I'd keep asking myself...

Lord, how were all these dates to honour your royal title chosen?  So obviously, I would celebrate it all, but on my lil' homemade calendar, I could not figure out which one to pick.  

And so I persevered again repeating the same process this year wondering how I would make further progress from last year, on a very blank secular (military to be exact) Canadian Calendar. It had no saints, just monetary prizes (and few worldwide religious celebrations), so there was no way I could be influenced by other rites. However, as I kept updating it, I felt this uneasiness again when came the time to add the feast of Christ the King. This time I had both dates (the date when the Latin Roman Extraordinary rite celebrate theirs (Oct 25, 2020) & the date known to all in the Latin Roman Ordinary Rite (Nov 22, 2020). Meanwhile I remembered the adoration I had offered for His Majesty, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, his family & his people had reached my goal the day before (October 18, 2020).

It is true I pray the funniest prayers, and I do not apologize for that, because it seems the heavenly court enjoys it, because I often get answers to those prayers. See at the time I dedicated this adoration by Father Cesar Augusto Calderon Caicedo the exorcist who allows me to collaborate with him via Megalunei TV, there were not many subscribers. So I told the Lord I will let wait for as long as it takes for the number of views to be equivalent to the number of subscribers... and that in the process I would be attentive to what He, my Lord and God, might tell me through this man (this simple act of offering to Him for the King of Morocco's Coronation anniversary). So suddenly I was taken aback, and became very attentive to the Calendar. Was the Lord wanting me to celebrate / put the the Feast of Christ the King on that Sunday? or on the same day of those of the Extraordinary rite (Sunday after the 25)... Or before... So although I wrote the name of the feast down as you may see I began to hesitate...  I say *me* because it is just me having fun designing a liturgical calendar. I do not know who will join me in this or even how liturgical calendars get approved :-)... So to sort it out, I chose to believe that the Lord's answer was for the day Adoration was completed, although nothing had been posted and perpetual adoration continued... From there I was finally joyfull to start counting an Advent Season; This would give exactly nineteen (19) Pentecostide Sundays on my calendar. What a surprise suddenly! From the 20th Pentecostide Sunday being the Feast of Christ the King on my calendar Christmas (December 25th, 2020), I am getting exactly 9 Advent Sundays... Now tell me about an ADVENT NOVENA, and I am ready to salute the Holy Spirit... So this said, should you join me during this New Advent season of my life (with this skeleton of my ongoing design of a Liturgical Calendar till I post a full one...)

 ~~~ Advent 2020 with me ~~~

Advent Sunday I -----> October 25, 2020

Advent Sunday II ----> November 1, 2020 (All Saints' Day)

Advent Sunday III ---> November 8, 2020

Advent Sunday IV ---> November 15, 2020

Advent Sunday V ----> November 22, 2020

Advent Sunday VI ---> November 29, 2020

Advent Sunday VII --> December 6, 2020

Advent Sunday VIII -> December 13, 2020

Advent Sunday IX ---> December 20, 2020

  

Till I write to you next, thank you for your support and for journeying with me.
 

Have a Blessed Advent Season!!!

Fanny Magnificat, Your MoZaRaBe Girl

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Le symbolisme sur la Vision du Mouton

  Ainsi me fut accordee la grace d’apprendre un peu plus les nouvelles ayant cause le deces de la Soeur Franciscaine Patricia Arlette Eloise ACACHA du BENIN, fille de Padre Pio aupres de ma grande Soeur, Soeur Mireille de Jesus Amour. Les nouvelles recus de l’Internet a travers notre mere m’annoncait que la Soeur mourut “due a un accident  de voiture alors qu’elle se rendait a la messe matinale” il y a quelque jours le 5 Octobre 2020.

Aujourd’hui, je decouvre que le conducteur qui l’a cogne aurait confesse qu’ “il ne voyait pas une religieuse, mais vit un mouton avec un sac.” Cependant, il ne fut pas capable d’eviter la creature, et fut mortifie de savoir que c’est une religieuse qu’il a renverse avec sa voiture…

Voir Le MOUTON???

C’est une image tres forte. A premiere vue, cela peut paraitre effrayant. On peut se demander pourquoi le Seigneur montrerait une religieuse comme un mouton alors qu’elle se rend a l’eglise? On peut se demander est ce de la sorcellerie ou quoi?  Mais lorsque nous voyons cette tragedie a travers les YEUX de la FOI, le MOUTON a une signification tres profonde pour nous Catholiques. Parfois, nous ne le realisons parce que la celebration liturgique devient une routine. Mais en faisant tres attention, nous nous souvenons que Durant chaque celebration liturgique, avant de recevoir l’Eucharistie, nous chantons sous toute sorte de melodie 

l’AGNUS DEI “l’Agneau De Dieu” qui nous rappelle que le Christ est l’Agneau de Dieu qui enleve les peches du monde, et qui nous rappelle qu’en recevant le corps du Christ, nous aussi nous participons a ce sacrifice. Le Christ vit en nous, l’Agneau De Dieu. Comme le dit l’Apotre St Paul: “Ce n’est plus moi qui vit, c’est le Christ qui vit en moi.” Alors cette creature est l’un des symbols souvent minimize compare a la croix, mais un symbol tres fort.

Mais pourquoi le Seigneur des seigneurs montrerait – il qu’il est present en cette religieuse, la Soeur Patricia Arlette Acacha, sous forme d’Agneau au conducteur? Parce que depuis le debut des temps, Dieu pour nous conviver un message parle notre langue. Et voici, nous nous retrouvons sur un terrain ou elle nous ouvre la porte au dialogue interreligieux. Et le language spiritual de ce conducteur comme je l’ai decouverte, est la foi islamique. Pour le musulman, le mouton est un animal sacre sacrifie durant la fete de la Tabaski ou encore connue sur le nom de Eid – Al – Adha (comme je l’ai decouverte cette annee).

  Parmi toutes les fetes musulmanes, je referre souvent a la fete de la Tabaski comme la Paques Musulmane. Vous n'avez pas a etre d'accord avec moi. Cependant, cette celebration ou le mouton est sanctifie, sacrifie et partage a aussi pour les musulmans des racines qu’ils (ou elles) tracent a l’Ancient Testament. Le Seigneur des Seigneurs n’a pas utilise une croix, symbol avec lesquels les musulmans (es) sont familiers.

Alors comment interpretera le conducteur ce que Dieu tout puissant (Allah) a voulu lui dire a travers cette vision un fois qu’il se sera remit du choc?  Et nous Catholiques, comment vivrons nous le fait qu’au lieu de chanter l’Agneau De Dieu, le Seigneur a choisi de se fair voir en Agneau et d’etre immole en la Soeur Patricia qui lui a donne toute sa vie a travers cet accident.

Que son ame repose en paix et que Dieu lui accorde la lumiere eternelle. Qu’elle continue d’interceder pour nous et que sa vie qui fut un example reflectant l’appel de notre Seigneur Jesus d’etre “parfait comme notre pere qui est au cieux est parfait” nous inspire. Durant sa vie basee sur les temoignages, elle donnait des lecons, et meme sa mort nous laisse une lecon, un des mysteres divins interreligieux sur lesquels tout un chacun meditera. 

Soeur Patricia Arlette Eloise ACACHA, ORA PRO NOBIS... 

 Fanny Magnificat, MZRB