Sexagesima

Sunday Sexagesima (Dominica in Sexagesima in Latin ) is the name for the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday . The name originates from the Latin sexagesimus (sixty). This refers to the fact that there are about sixty days between this Sunday and Easter .

In adapting the liturgical calendar after Vatican II, the three Sundays of Lent for ( Septuagesima , Sexagesima and Sunday before Lent ) derecognized and replaced by ordinary Sundays throughout the year.However, there are also Catholics that the Tridentine liturgy celebrate and follow the corresponding liturgical calendar.