81 Paying homage to God by celebrating Our Lady and the saints Other solemnities celebrate the Virgin Mary: the Assumption (August 15), for instance, or the Immaculate Conception (December 8). Others celebrate great saints: St. Joseph (March 19), the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24), St. Peter and St. Paul (June 29)—and let us not forget All Saints’ Day, which honors them all. When we celebrate the Virgin or the saints, it is of course the Lord whom we honor through them, because they do not receive prayer for their own glory, but always to help us turn to God. They have lived their earthly lives in the service of God and help us to become servants and friends of Jesus. Gospel scenes In Ordinary Time, some feasts and solemnities celebrate significant events recounted in the Gospels: for example, the Presentation of the Lord (February 2), the Annunciation (March 25), the Transfiguration (August 6). Others were created to highlight a particular aspect of Jesus: his glory, his tenderness, his victory over death, or the love that unites him to his Father and to the Holy Spirit. This is the case for the Exaltation of the Cross (September 14), the Trinity, the Blessed Sacrament, the Sacred Heart, and Christ the King, to name a few. Stronger than Sundays Solemnities fall on weekdays or Sundays depending on the year. If it is Sunday, the Mass for the solemnity of the day (prayers, Bible readings) takes precedence over the Mass for that Sunday in Ordinary Time. in Ordinary Time
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