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''Mysterii Paschalis'' is the incipit of an apostolic letter issued ''motu proprio'' (that is, "of his own accord") by Pope Paul VI on 14 February 1969. It reorganized the liturgical year of the Roman Rite and revised the liturgical celebrations of Jesus Christ and the saints in the General Roman Calendar. The designation "motu proprio" indicates that the validity of the document is independent of the validity of whatever reasons may have been adduced in a request for its issuance.〔(Catholic Encyclopedia, s.v. Motu Proprio )〕 By this document, Pope Paul VI implemented the Second Vatican Council's norms for restoring the liturgical year and "approve() by Our apostolic authority ... the new Roman Universal Calendar ... and likewise the general norms concerning the arrangement of the liturgical year"; On 21 March of the same year the Congregation of Rites promulgated the revised norms on the liturgical year and the calendar by a decree signed by the Prefect Cardinal Benno Gut and the Secretary Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli. The motu proprio and the decree were included, with an unofficial commentary by the Council for the Proper Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, in the book ''Calendarium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969). The new norms became effective on 1 January 1970. == Liturgical year == The principles indicated in the document ''Universal Norms for the Liturgical Year'' were declared applicable both to the Roman Rite and to all other liturgical rites, while the practical norms were to be understood as intended for the Roman Rite alone except in so far as by their very nature they concerned other rites as well.〔Norm 2〕 A liturgical day is defined as running from midnight to midnight except for Sundays and solemnities, which begin on the previous evening.〔Norm 3〕 Sunday, as the day of the resurrection of Christ, is the primordial feast day and does not admit other celebrations of rank below that of a solemnity or a feast of the Lord. In Advent, Lent and Easter, Sundays outrank even solemnities. With a very few exceptions, other celebrations are as a rule not to be assigned so that they always fall on a Sunday. The exceptions are the The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Baptism of the Lord, Trinity Sunday, the Feast of Christ the King, and, where any of these is not a holy day of obligation, Epiphany, Ascension of the Lord, and the Body and Blood of Christ.〔Norms 4-7〕 A new ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite was established with regard to celebrations of saints. In accordance with the relative importance of the celebrations, they are ranked as solemnities, feasts, or memorials. The solemnities of the Nativity of the Lord and Easter each have an octave, and memorials can be either obligatory or optional.〔Norms 8-15〕 Saints of worldwide significance are to be celebrated everywhere, while others are to listed in the General Calendar as optional or are to be left to local or national calendars or those of religious institutes.〔Norm 9〕 Weekdays of special importance are Ash Wednesday and the days of Holy Week, which outrank all other celebrations, and also the Advent weekdays from 17 December to 24 December, and all the weekdays of Lent.〔Norm 16〕 Special norms apply also to the Paschal Triduum, Eastertide, Lent, Christmastide, Advent, Ordinary Time, and Rogation and Ember days. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mysterii Paschalis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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