The Sundays with the name ending in "Gesima" are coming.
A Summary
by Rev. William Weedon
The "Gesima" days start on Septuagesima ~70 Days before Easter, Sunday, February 20: no more joyful Alleluias. Instead, the plaintive Tracts appear. Sexagesima ~60 Days, Sunday, February 27, Quinaqugesima, ~50 Days, Sunday March 6th.
It deepens on Ash Wednesday (March 9); no more Gloria in Excelsis.
It deepens further on Judica (The Fifth Sunday of Lent): no more Gloria Patris.
The silence of the praise grows deeper and more profound in stages throughout the days of Pre-Lent, Lent, and Passiontide, until we are reduced to silence before the marvel of the Cross on Palmarum (Palm Sunday) and throughout Holy Week. And having stood before the Supreme Sacrifice in silence on Good Friday, our praises burst forth with greater joy than can be imagined in uncounted alleluias and Glorias come in the great Paschal Feast.
