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anglicanorum coetibus, BSDW, Divine Worship, ordinariate, pre-lent, Saint Paul, septuagesima, sexagesima

Saint Paul (Italy, ca. 1575-1600), The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
The Second Sunday before Lent is also known as Sexagesima, marking as it does the sixty days that remain before the celebration of Easter. With the pre-Lent season introduced last week, this Sunday continues our preparations for the start of Lent. In the Latin Church this follows the pattern of liturgical penitence established at Septuagesima, articulated by the suppression of the Gloria in excelsis and the Alleluia, and by the use of violet vestments. In the East, this Sunday is known as Dominica Carnisprivii, or Meat Fare Sunday, introducing as it does the first level of abstinence for the faithful (in this case, meat) in preparation for Great Lent.