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Traditional Catholic Church

"Traditional Catholic Church"

"The last shall be first and first last."

This Holy Sunday, the traditional Catholic Church celebrates the Mass of Septuagesima Sunday, which begins the Pre-Lenten season that comprises Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima Sundays. These next three weeks form a transition from the joy of Christmastide to the austerity of the Penitential Season of Lent. This is the Season when the Church most earnestly invites her children to prepare properly for the Feast of Christ's glorious Resurrection. She urges them to rise from and expiate their sins; to practice prayer and charity with greater zeal; to become indeed new men through God's grace.

From Septuagesima to Holy Saturday, the "Alleluia" as well as the "Gloria in excelsis" are omitted in "Masses of the Season." Purple vestments are used to signify penance.

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