Marking Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year

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Mark i ng T ime : Formi ng Sp i r i tua l i t y through the Chr i s t i an Year

dogmatic or doctrinal emphasis, and inordinate expan sion of saint days, holy days, feasts and fast days!

3. Note Webber’s “evangelical pattern”: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, and Pentecost celebrations.

4. No Christian in good conscience can be against the remembrance and reflection on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, celebrated in real time! This is an expression of true Christian freedom, the kind that the both edify the Church and enrich our spirituality together!