Passover (paesach), Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Rosh HsShanah (Trumpets) the Day of Atonement Yom Kippur), Tabernacles (Sukkot), and Hannkkah. These are what the Book of Leviticus calls ‘the festivals of the LORD on which you shall proclaim a sacred assembly and offer sacrifices as prescribed for each day.’ (Lev 23: 1ff)
These seven feasts of Israel foreshadow the feasts of the new Covenant which mark the days of our liturgical year: Lent and Easter, Pentecost, Advent, Christmas and Epiphany and the time of the Year in which we find ourselves now.
For, as it is written, “Holy Church celebrates the saving work of Christ on particular days in the course of the year with sacred remembrance…In fact, throughout the course of the year the Church unfolds the entire mystery of Christ…” (Roman Missal, General Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar, no. 1)
So like our Jewish brothers and sisters, let us remember the mysteries of the Lord on each day of every year of our lives, for “his love is everlasting”
