Obligatory Memorial Day

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An optional memorial is in the current liturgical order of the Catholic Church a lower rank of the ceremony, between the hard and not offered Remembrance .

This classification was in the context of the liturgical reform with the reorganization of the church year and the Roman general calendar after the Second Vatican Council on February 14, 1969 by the Motu proprio Mysterii paschalis of Pope Paul VI. approved and entered into force on January 1, 1970. It replaced a differentiated hierarchy of liturgical celebrations that had been in effect since the 16th century.

The required day of remembrance is usually abbreviated with "G" in liturgical books or calendars and in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church is the name for the celebration of saints or events in Holy Mass and in the Liturgy of the Hours . In contrast to non-mandatory days of remembrance, consideration in the liturgy is mandatory. Remembrance days are suppressed in the respective year if they coincide with a Sunday , festival or solemn festival .

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  1. ↑ Adolf Adam : Art. Remembrance Day in: Lexicon for Theology and Church , 3rd edition, Bd. 4