Passion Week is a name given to the week beginning at the Fifth Sunday in Lent, where this Sunday is or was known as
Passion SundayPassion Sunday is the name that was given to the fifth Sunday of Lent in pre-1960 General Roman Calendar. In 1960 Pope John XXIII changed the official name to "First Sunday in Passiontide" to fit with the name that his predecessor Pope Pius XII had given to Palm Sunday, calling it the "Second...
. It is the week immediately preceding
Holy WeekHoly Week in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter...
.
Although Holy Week, which more explicitly concerns the Passion of Christ, might seem to be an appropriate week to be called "Passion Week", it has never officially borne this name, although some did, for a short time, refer to it as the Second Week in Passiontide.
By decision of
Pope John XXIIIBlessed Pope John XXIII , born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli , known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, was elected as the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City on October 28, 1958.He called the Second Vatican Council but did not live to see it to completion,...
, what had been called "Passion Sunday" became in 1960 the "First Sunday in
PassiontidePassiontide is a name for the last two weeks of Lent, beginning on Passion Sunday and ending on Holy Saturday....
" and the week that followed it, previously known as Passion Week, became the First Week in Passiontide.
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Passion Week is a name given to the week beginning at the Fifth Sunday in Lent, where this Sunday is or was known as
Passion SundayPassion Sunday is the name that was given to the fifth Sunday of Lent in pre-1960 General Roman Calendar. In 1960 Pope John XXIII changed the official name to "First Sunday in Passiontide" to fit with the name that his predecessor Pope Pius XII had given to Palm Sunday, calling it the "Second...
. It is the week immediately preceding
Holy WeekHoly Week in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter...
.
Although Holy Week, which more explicitly concerns the Passion of Christ, might seem to be an appropriate week to be called "Passion Week", it has never officially borne this name, although some did, for a short time, refer to it as the Second Week in Passiontide.
By decision of
Pope John XXIIIBlessed Pope John XXIII , born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli , known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, was elected as the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City on October 28, 1958.He called the Second Vatican Council but did not live to see it to completion,...
, what had been called "Passion Sunday" became in 1960 the "First Sunday in
PassiontidePassiontide is a name for the last two weeks of Lent, beginning on Passion Sunday and ending on Holy Saturday....
" and the week that followed it, previously known as Passion Week, became the First Week in Passiontide. In 1969,
Pope Paul VIPope Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...
changed the name of the Sunday to "Fifth Sunday of Lent" and the week became known as the Fifth Week of Lent.
Most Roman Catholics who use the
Tridentine MassThe Tridentine Mass is a common name for the form of the Roman Rite Mass contained in the typical editions of the Roman Missal that were published from 1570 to 1962. In this time period, it was the most widely celebrated form of the Catholic liturgy in the world.The term "Tridentine" is derived...
employ the 1962
Roman MissalThe Roman Missal is the liturgical book that contains the texts and rubrics for the celebration of the Mass in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.-History:...
(as authorized by the motu proprio
Summorum PontificumSummorum Pontificum is an Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI, issued "motu proprio" . The document specified the rules, for the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, for celebrating Mass according to the "Missal promulgated by John XXIII in 1962" , and for administering most of the sacraments in...
). This Missal incorporates the changes made by Pope John XXIII in 1960.