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Liturgy of the Hours Liturgical Calendar
rules about celebrations through year -- easter is the date from which most of the Principle Celebrations are calculated -- ash wednesday is 46d before Easter -- ascension is 39d after Easter -- pentecost is 49d after Easter -- Holy Trinity is first sunday after Pentecost (Easter + 56d) -- corpus_christi is 63d after Easter (it is also the Thursday after Holy Trinity) -- Sacred Heart is Friday following Second Sunday after Pentecost (Easter + 49d + 14d + 5d) -- Immaculate Heart of Mary is the Saturday following the second sunday after Pentecost (Easter + 49d + 14d + 6d) -- last day of ordinary time before Lent is 47d before Easter -- first day of ordinary time after easter is 50d after Easter -- first sunday of advent is four sundays before December 25 -- Christ the King is on the last sunday in ordinary time (first sunday of advent - 7d) -- epiphany is on Jan 6 or the Sunday between Jan 2 and 8. In USA it is transferred to 1st Sunday after Jan 1. -- baptism of the lord is first Sunday after january 6 unless that day is Epiphany where this feast moves to Monday. -- Holy Family is Sunday within the Octave of Christmas or if there is no Sunday (because Christmas landed on Sunday) then on December 30
General Roman Calendar -- has celebrations attached to specific days of the year -- celebrations have a rank of Solemnity, Feast, Memorial, Optional Memorial, Commemoration -- optional memorials may have more then one saint celebrated on any given day
Other attributes -- Date,Season,Week,Day,Color,Rank,Description
major hours have this structure intro - specific to day and Hour invitation to pray hymn psalmody: ant1-front psalm1 psalm1-prayer (optional) ant1-end silence ant2-front psalm2 psalm2-prayer (optional) ant2-end silence ant3-front psalm3 psalm3-prayer (optional) ant3-end verse :or only reading1 response1 reading2 :or only response2 :or only silence gospel-canticle-ant :mp and :ep only gospel-canticle :mp and :ep only gospel-canticle-ant :mp and :ep only intercessions :mp and :ep only te-deum :or only and only on special days lords-prayer-invite :mp and :ep only lords-prayer :mp and :ep only concluding-prayer :mp and :ep are different then :or outro :mp and :ep are different then :or