Temporale


The temporale is one of the two main cycles that, running concurrently, comprise the Liturgical year in Roman Catholicism, defined by the General Roman Calendar. The term comes into English from medieval Latin temporāle.
The temporale consists of the movable feasts, most of them keyed to Easter, including Ascension, Pentecost, and so on. The sanctorale consists of the fixed feasts, celebrated on the very same date each year, including Christmas and all the saints' days.

The temporale is also known as the proper of time, with proper a noun in the sense 'that part of the Eucharist or liturgical offices which is varied according to the calendar or the particular occasion; an office or part of an office, as a psalm, lesson, etc., or portion of the Eucharist, appointed for a particular occasion or season'.
Because the events of sanctorale and the temporale do not occur in the same order every year, the two cycles are often written separately in liturgical books, specifically that section of the Missal known as the Breviary.
Prominent events in the temporale are: Lent ; the Paschal Triduum ; and Easter Time.