Tuesday, 1 January 2008

Feasts Days and Solemnities: what's the diff?

What’s the difference between a ‘Feast Day’ and a ‘Solemnity’?

A feast day is a day set aside for special honour God, Mother Mary, the Saints or even angels. A solemnity bears a slight difference, in that it is a festival of higher observance. In other words, a Solemnity is a ‘higher’ form of a feast.

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