This will be a very short posting because today is Sunday. When we look at the Jewish Liturgical Year, at the Gospels, and at the Early Church Fathers, the Jewish Liturgical Year is seen as a foreshadowing of what Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself would do. And, thus, it was considered unnecessary to celebrate feasts of foreshadowing, when we can celebrate the reality of them. Which brings up the Christian Year. And, it also brings up a different concept.
Scott commented that Christmas, etc., had been fulfilled. But, is the only thing the Christian feasts do is to look backwards? Or do the Christian feasts also look forward, even Christmas itself. Let me give you one hint. St. Paul says that when we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, we celebrate the death of Our Lord Jesus Christ until he comes again. In other words, the weekly Sunday Celebration of the Divine Liturgy, the Eucharist, not only looks backwards, but also looks forward to the Second Coming of Christ. In other words, the Sunday Feast of the Resurrection has an eschatological component. But, what about the other Christian feasts? And what important fact has changed our view of history so that it led to a different conception of the Liturgical Year.
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