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/ Date::Lectionary::Day

NAME

Date::Lectionary::Day - Determines the Day in the Christian Liturgical Year

VERSION

Version 1.20161223

SYNOPSIS

A helper object for Date::Lectionary to determine the liturgical name(s) and type for the given day according to a given lectionary.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS/ATTRIBUTES

ATTRIBUTES

date

The Time::Piece object date given at object construction.

lectionary

An optional attribute given at object creation time. Valid values are 'acna' for the Anglican Church of North America lectionary and 'rcl' for the Revised Common Lectionary. This attribute defaults to 'acna' if no value is given.

type

Stores the type of liturgical day. 'fixedFeast' is returned for non-moveable feast days such as Christmas Day. 'moveableFeast' is returned for moveable feast days. Moveable feasts move to a Monday when they occure on a Sunday. 'Sunday' is returned for non-fixed feast Sundays of the liturgical year. 'noLect' is returned for days with no feast day or Sunday readings.

name

The name of the day in the lectionary. For noLect days a String representation of the day is returned as the name.

alt

The alternative name --- if one is given --- of the day in the lectionary. If there is no alternative name for the day, then the empty string will be returned.

multiLect

Returns 'yes' if the day has multiple services with readings associated with it. (E.g. Christmas Day, Easter, etc.) Returns 'no' if the day is a normal lectioanry day with only one service and one set of readings.

subLects

An ArrayRef of the names of the multiple services that occur on a multiLect day.

BUILD

Constructor for the Date::Lectionary object. Takes a Time::Piect object, date, to create the object.

_determineMultiLect

Private method to determine if the day has multiple lectionary services and readings for the day.

_determineDisplayName

Private method to determine the unique display name for the day.

_determineAltName

Private method to determine if the day has any alternative names for the day.

_determineAdvent

Private method that takes a Time::Piece date object to returns a Date::Advent object containing the dates for Advent of the current liturgical year.

_determineEaster

Private method that takes a four-digit representation of a Common Era year and calculates the date for Easter as a Time::Piece object.

_determineFeasts

Private method that takes the Time::Piece date given at construction and determines if the date is one of many feasts in the liturgical calendar. Feasts are taken from the Anglican Church in North America's revision of the revised common lectionary.

_buildMoveableDays

Private method that takes the Time::Piece date given at construction and determines if the date is one of many moveable feasts in the liturgical calendar. Feasts are taken from the Anglican Church in North America's revision of the revised common lectionary.

_buildFixedDays

Private method that takes the Time::Piece date given at construction and determines if the date is one of many fixed (non-moveable) feasts in the liturgical calendar. Fixed feasts are taken from the Anglican Church in North America's revision of the revised common lectionary.

_determineAshWednesday

Private method that takes the Time::Piece date for Easter and determines the date for Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is the start of Lent. It occurs 46 days before Easter for the given year.

_determineAscension

Private method that takes the Time::Piece date for Easter and determines the date for Ascension. Ascension is forty days (inclusive) after Easter.

_determinePentecost

Private method the takes the Time::Piece date for Easter and determines the date for Pentecost. Pentecost is fifty days (inclusive) after Easter.

_determineHolyWeek

Private method used to return the names of various days within Holy Week. Takes the Time::Piece date given at construction and the Time::Piece date for Easter. Returns undef if the date given at construction is not found in Holy Week.

_determineEasterWeek

Private method used to return the names of various days within Easter Week. Takes the Time::Piece date given at construction and the Time::Piece date for Easter. Returns undef if the date given at construction is not found in Easter Week.

_determineChristmasEpiphany

Private method that matches the date given at construction against the Sundays in Christmastide and Epiphany. Returns a string representation of the name of the Sunday in the lectionary.

_determineLent

Private method that matches the date given at construction against the Sundays in Lent. Returns a string representation of the name of the Sunday in the lectionary.

_determineEasterSeason

Private method that matches the date given at construction against the Sundays in the Easter season. Returns a string representation of the name of the Sunday in the lectionary.

_determineOrdinary

Private method that matches the date given at construction against the Sundays in Ordinary time, e.g. Trinity Sunday and following Sundays. Returns a string representation of the name of the Sunday in the lectionary.

_determineDay

Private method that takes the Time::Piece data given at construction and, using other private methods, determines the name of the Feast Day or Sunday in the lectionary. If the date given at construction is a fixed feast, that day will be returned. If the date given is a special feast -- e.g. Easter, Ash Wednesday, etc. -- or a Sunday the name of that day will be returned. If the date isn't a special feast or a Sunday the date represented as a string will be returned as the name with no associated readings.

AUTHOR

Michael Wayne Arnold, <marmanold at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-date-lectionary at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Date-Lectionary-Day. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Date::Lectionary::Day

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many thanks to my beautiful wife, Jennifer, and my amazing daughter, Rosemary. But, above all, SOLI DEO GLORIA!

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2016 Michael Wayne Arnold.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.