Year of Grace 2021 (Notebook)
This year’s calendar for 2021 presents the lively art of
Laura James, inviting us to reflect on her illustrations of five Scripture
passages that offer inspiration and insights about the mystery of death and our
Christian hope in eternal life. At the centre, the heavenly scene from
Revelation 4 presents God enthroned, overseeing all, surrounded by twenty-four
elders and accompanied by the Lamb (Christ) and four winged beasts that came to
symbolize the four books of the Gospel. In the upper left corner of the
calendar, Michael the Archangel weighs the souls of those recently raised from
the dead. In the upper right, the shepherd from Psalm 23 leads the sheep beside
still waters and spreads a table before them. At the lower right we see
Isaiah’s prophecy (in chapter 25) of a great banquet on a holy mountain where
tears are wiped away and death is no more. Finally at the lower left, the
artist illustrates the metaphor from John 4 of a grain of wheat falling and
dying in order to produce much fruit—an image of the Paschal mystery—the
foundation of our hope in salvation. All of these scenes offer messages of
comfort, hope, and redemption. The liturgical year 2021 follows the Sunday Year
B cycle and the Weekday Year I cycle, beginning on November 29, 2020 (First Sunday
of Advent) and ending on Saturday, November 27, 2021.
LTP’s circular display of the liturgical year makes its key
features easily understandable. We can see at a glance the liturgical seasons
in their characteristic colours, Sundays on the outer rim, and the days and
weeks radiating from the centre.
Use the Year of Grace notebook version in many ways:
- Use as handouts for children and adults in classrooms or in
catechetical or formation sessions to teach about the liturgical year
- Give (or sell) laminated copies to households in the parish
and school to use as placemats.
- Along with the poster calendar, post one in every classroom,
meeting room, and in the church vestibule to teach about the liturgical year.
- Present to first communicants and Confirmation candidates in
preparation sessions.
Available:
Pack of 25 paper Sheets / Size 11 x 7
Single laminated Sheets / Size 11 x 7 - OUT OF STOCK
Click here to view all of the 2020-2021 LTP Annuals.
