Days of Prayer, Annual Observances, Special Collections & Appeals Unfolding the Mysteries: Living the Church Year In 1969, Pope Paul VI began his introduction to the revised General Roman Calendar by noting the purpose of the Church’s approach to and experience of the Christian year: Through the yearly cycle the Church unfolds the entire mystery of Christ, venerates with a particular love blessed Mary, the Mother of God, and sets before faithful the memory of the martyrs and other saints. With the reforms of the rites, prayers, and calendar resulting from the Second Vatican Council more and more people have been drawn to the ‘unfolding in time’ of the Mystery of Christ in the liturgy....more General Resources for the Church Year: Click on the Liturgical Season, below, for which you are seeking resources: By Liturgical Season of the Church Year: Holy Communion