SUNDAYS ARE FEAST DAYS - DR. GIL HAAS - SAINT AUGUSUTINE OF CANTERBURY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

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Although all Sundays are Feasts of our Lord, some feasts fixed on a certain day take precedence.  These other Feasts of our Lord are: The Holy Name (January 1), Epiphany (January 6), The Presentation (February 2), The Transfiguration (August 6), All Saints‘ Day (November 1), and Christmas Day.  All other Feasts of Our Lord that are appointed on fixed calendar days, when they occur on a Sunday, are transferred to the first convenient day within the following week.  These feasts are the Annunciation (March 25), the Visitation (May 31), St. John the Baptist (June 24), and Holy Cross Day (September 14).  When desired, the Propers appointed for the transferred feast may be used on Sunday.  This substitution is not allowed from the Last Sunday after Pentecost through the First Sunday after Epiphany, nor from the Last Sunday after Epiphany through Trinity Sunday.  Other Major Feasts celebrating apostles or evangelists include St. Stephen (December 26), Holy Innocents (December 28), St. Joseph (March 19), St. Mary Magdalene (July 22), St. Mary the Virgin (August 15), St. Michael and All Angels (September 29), St. James of Jerusalem (October 23), Independence Day (July 4), and Thanksgiving Day (Book of Common Prayer, pp 16-17).
~Dr. Gil Haas, Saint Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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