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LITURGICAL CALENDAR
2008
FOR THE DIOCESES OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Committee on the Liturgy
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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© 2007 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Introduction
Each year the Secretariat for the Liturgy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
publishes the Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America. This
calendar is used by authors of ordines and other liturgical aids published to foster the celebration
of the liturgy in our country.
The calendar is based upon the General Roman Calendar, promulgated by Pope Paul VI on
February 14, 1969, subsequently amended by Pope John Paul II, and the Particular Calendar for
the Dioceses of the United States of America, approved by the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops.1
The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 2002, reminds us that in the cycles of readings and
prayers proclaimed throughout the year in the sacred liturgy "the mysteries of redemption are
recalled in the Mass in such a way that they are in some way made present." Thus may each
celebration of the Holy Eucharist which is served by this calendar be for the Church in all the
dioceses of the United States of America " the high point of the action by which God sanctifies
the world in Christ and of the worship that the human race offers to the Father, adoring him
through Christ, the Son of God, in the Holy Spirit."2
Monsignor James P. Moroney
Executive Director
USCCB Secretariat for the Liturgy
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For the significance of the several grades or kinds of celebrations, the norms of the Roman
Calendar should be consulted (cf. Liturgy Documentary Series 6: Norms Governing Liturgical
Calendars, Washington, DC: USCC, 1984). For information concerning the choice of texts and
formularies, the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 2002, and the Introduction to the 1998
revised Lectionary for Mass (cf. Liturgy Documentary Series 1: Lectionary for Mass, Introduc-
tion, Washington, DC: NCCB, 1998) should be consulted.
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General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 2002, no. 16
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2008
First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2007
Ash Wednesday February 6, 2008
Easter Sunday March 23, 2008
The Ascension of the Lord [Thursday] May 1, 2008
Pentecost Sunday May 11, 2008
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ May 25, 2008
First Sunday of Advent November 30, 2008
CYCLES -- LECTIONARY FOR MASS
Sunday Cycle YEAR A December 2, 2007 to November 23, 2008
Weekday Cycle YEAR 2 January 14, 2008 to February 5, 2008
May 12, 2008 to November 29, 2008
Sunday Cycle YEAR B November 30, 2008 to November 22, 2009
The cycles given above have been used in the preparation of this calendar. The readings
from the Proper of Seasons and Proper of the Saints have been used for all solemnities
and all feasts since they must take the place of the weekday readings for those respective
days. The readings from the weekday cycle generally are to be used even on days on
which a memorial or optional memorial of a saint occurs. The exceptions to this rule are
the memorials or optional memorials which have "proper readings" (usually only the
Gospel) assigned to them in the Lectionary for Mass. These readings are marked with an
asterisk (*) and must be used on those days. Substitutions from the Sanctoral Proper or
from the Common of Saints may be made for the other readings suggested for those
memorials or optional memorials. The priest celebrant, however, should not omit too
often or without sufficient cause the readings assigned for each day in the weekday cycle.
(See the Introduction to the Lectionary for Mass, no. 83.) In this calendar, optional
memorials are designated by brackets.
The Scripture citations and Lectionary numbers for all readings, and the spellings of the
names of saints and the blesseds are from the second typical edition (1998) of the
Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America, which is
based on the editio typica altera (1981) of the Ordo Lectionum Missae.
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LITURGY OF THE HOURS
Dec. 2, 2007 Jan. 13, 2008 Advent, Christmas Vol. I
Jan. 14 Feb. 5, 2008 Weeks 1 to 4, Vol. III
Ordinary Time
Feb. 6 May 11, 2008 Lent, Triduum, Easter Vol. II
May 12 Aug. 2, 2008 Weeks 6 to 17, Vol. III
Ordinary Time
Aug. 3 Nov. 29, 2008 Weeks 18 to 34, Vol. IV
Ordinary Time
Nov. 30, 2008 - Jan. 11, 2009 Advent, Christmas Vol. I
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
1. The 2008 liturgical year begins on the First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2007.
2. Scripture citations are based on the New American Bible with the revised New
Testament and may differ slightly from the citations given in the Ordo Lectionum
Missae (1981) due to difference in versification.
3. In the preparation of diocesan and provincial calendars and ordines, the
dedication of diocesan cathedrals, the dedication of parish churches, and special
days of prayer (cf. General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 2002, no. 373)
should be added, along with other commemorations of saints and the blesseds
which are included in those particular calendars.
4. In several ecclesiastical provinces of the United States of America, the solemnity
of the Ascension of the Lord is transferred from May 1, 2008, to the following
Sunday, May 4, 2008. In those archdioceses and dioceses, on Thursday, May 1,
one may observe either the Easter Weekday or the optional memorial of St.
Joseph the Worker.
5. The solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, March 19, 2008 and the solemnity
of the Annunciation of the Lord, March 25, 2008 are transferred this year to
March 15 and March 31 respectively.
5. Outside the Advent, Christmas, Lenten, and Easter seasons, on Saturdays which
have no commemoration having the rank of obligatory memorial or higher, a
Mass in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated. This is indicated in
the calendar by "BVM." The readings and prayers may be selected from the
Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
6. In a decree dated March 23, 1992, the bishop of Honolulu designated Christmas
and the Immaculate Conception as the only two holy days of obligation for the
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State of Hawaii. This implements the indult received from the Congregation for
Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on May 26, 1990, and the
subsequent nihil obstat from the USCCB allowing Hawaii to legislate on this
matter in accord with the policies of the Conference of Bishops of the South
Pacific (CEPAC).
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YEAR A WEEKDAY 2
DECEMBER, 2007
2 SUN FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Is 2:1-5/Rom 13:11-14/Mt 24:37-44 (1) Pss I3
3 Mon Saint Francis Xavier, priest white
memorial
Is 4:2-6 (second choice)/Mt 8:5-11 (175)
4 Tue Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint John of Damascus, priest and doctor of the Church]
(optional memorials indicated by the use of italics within brackets)
Is 11:1-10/Lk 10:21-24 (176)
5 Wed Advent Weekday violet
Is 25:6-10a/Mt 15:29-37 (177)
6 Thu Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Nicholas, bishop]
Is 26:1-6/Mt 7:21, 24-27 (178)
7 Fri Saint Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church white
memorial
Is 29:17-24/Mt 9:27-31 (179)
8 Sat The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
solemnity [holy day of obligation]
Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 (689) Pss Prop
9 SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Is 11:1-10/Rom 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12 (4) Pss II
10 Mon Advent Weekday violet
Is 35:1-10/Lk 5:17-26 (181)
11 Tue Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Damasus I, pope]
Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14 (182)
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Citations indicating the proper week of the Psalter for the Liturgy of the Hours, or
proper psalms, when applicable, designated by Pss I, Pss II, etc., or Pss Prop respectively,
are included in this calendar.
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12 Wed Our Lady of Guadalupe white
feast
Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 (670A), or
any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lectionary for
Ritual Masses, vol. IV, nos. 707-712 Pss Prop
13 Thu Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr red
memorial
Is 41:13-20/Mt 11:11-15 (184)
14 Fri Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church white
memorial
Is 48:17-19/Mt 11:16-19 (185)
15 Sat Advent Weekday violet
Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 (186)
16 SUN THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet/rose
Is 35:1-6a, 10/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11 (7) Pss III
17 Mon Advent Weekday violet
Gn 49:2, 8-10/Mt 1:1-17 (193)
18 Tue Advent Weekday violet
Jer 23:5-8/Mt 1:18-25 (194)
19 Wed Advent Weekday violet
Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Lk 1:5-25 (195)
20 Thu Advent Weekday violet
Is 7:10-14/Lk 1:26-38 (196)
21 Fri Advent Weekday violet
[Saint Peter Canisius, priest and doctor of the Church]
Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/Lk 1:39-45 (197)
22 Sat Advent Weekday violet
1 Sm 1:24-28/Lk 1:46-56 (198)
23 SUN FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Is 7:10-14/Rom 1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24 (10) Pss IV
24 Mon Advent Weekday violet
Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Lk 1:67-79 (200)
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25 Tue The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) white
solemnity [holy day of obligation]
Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 (13)
Midnight: Is 9:1-6/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 (14)
Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20 (15)
Day: Is 52:7-10/Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 (16) Pss Prop
26 Wed Saint Stephen, first martyr red
feast
Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22 (696) Pss Prop
27 Thu Saint John, apostle and evangelist white
feast
1 Jn 1:1-4/Jn 20:1a, 2-8 (697) Pss Prop
28 Fri The Holy Innocents, martyrs red
feast
1 Jn 1:5--2:2/Mt 2:13-18 (698) Pss Prop
29 Sat The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas white
[Saint Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr]
1 Jn 2:3-11/Lk 2:22-35 (202) Pss Prop
30 SUN THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH white
feast
Sir 3:2-7, 12-14/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 (17) Pss Prop/Pss I
31 Mon The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas white
[Saint Sylvester I, pope]
1 Jn 2:18-21/Jn 1:1-18 (204) Pss Prop
JANUARY 2008
1 Tue The Octave Day of Christmas white
The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
solemnity [holy day of obligation]
Nm 6:22-27/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 (18) Pss Prop
2 Wed Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory Nazianzen, white
bishops and doctors of the Church
memorial
1 Jn 2:22-28/Jn 1:19-28 (205)
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3 Thu Christmas Weekday white/white
[The Most Holy Name of Jesus]
1 Jn 2:29--3:6/Jn 1:29-34 (206)
4 Fri Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious white
memorial
1 Jn 3:7-10/Jn 1:35-42 (207)
5 Sat Saint John Neumann, bishop white
memorial
1 Jn 3:11-21/Jn 1:43-51 (208)
6 SUN THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD white
solemnity
Is 60:1-6/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12 (20) Pss Prop
7 Mon Christmas Weekday white/white
[Saint Raymond of Peñafort, priest]
1 Jn 3:22--4:6/Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 (212) Pss II
8 Tue Christmas Weekday white
1 Jn 4:7-10/Mk 6:34-44 (213)
9 Wed Christmas Weekday white
1 Jn 4:11-18/Mk 6:45-52 (214)
10 Thu Christmas Weekday white
1 Jn 4:19--5:4/Lk 4:14-22a (215)
11 Fri Christmas Weekday white
1 Jn 5:5-13/Lk 5:12-16 (216)
12 Sat Christmas Weekday white
1 Jn 5:14-21/Jn 3:22-30 (217)
13 SUN THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD white
feast
Is 42:1-4, 6-7/Acts 10:34-38/Mt 3:13-17 (21) Pss Prop
14 Mon Weekday (First Week in Ordinary Time) green
1 Sm 1:1-8/Mk 1:14-20 (305) Pss I
15 Tue Weekday green
1 Sm 1:9-20/Mk 1:21-28 (306)
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16 Wed Weekday green
1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20/Mk 1:29-39 (307)
17 Thu Saint Anthony, abbot white
memorial
1 Sm 4:1-11/Mk 1:40-45 (308)
18 Fri Weekday green
1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a/Mk 2:1-12 (309)
19 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a/Mk 2:13-17 (310)
20 SUN SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 49:3, 5-6/1 Cor 1:1-3/Jn 1:29-34 (64) Pss II
21 Mon Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr red
memorial
1 Sm 15:16-23/Mk 2:18-22 (311)
22 Tue Weekday green/red/Mass:violet
[Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr]
[Day of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts
of abortion, and of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to
life. The Mass "For Peace and Justice" (no. 22 of the "Masses for Various Needs and
Occasions") should be celebrated with violet vestments (see "General Instruction of the
Roman Missal," no. 373)]
1 Sm 16:1-13/Mk 2:23-28 (312)
23 Wed Weekday green
1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51/Mk 3:1-6 (313)
24 Thu Saint Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church white
memorial
1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7/Mk 3:7-12 (314)
25 Fri The Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle white
feast
Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22/Mk 16:15-18 (519) Pss Prop
26 Sat Saint Timothy and Saint Titus, bishops white
memorial
2 Tm 1:1-8* or Ti 1:1-5* (520)/Mk 3:20-21 (316)
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27 SUN THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 8:23--9:3/1 Cor 1:10-13, 17/Mt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17 (67) Pss III
28 Mon Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor of the Church white
memorial
2 Sm 5:1-7, 10/Mk 3:22-30 (317)
29 Tue Weekday green
2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19/Mk 3:31-35 (318)
30 Wed Weekday green
2 Sm 7:4-17/Mk 4:1-20 (319)
31 Thu Saint John Bosco, priest white
memorial
2 Sm 7:18-19, 24-29/Mk 4:21-25 (320)
FEBRUARY 2008
1 Fri Weekday green
2 Sm 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17/Mk 4:26-34 (321)
2 Sat The Presentation of the Lord white
feast
Mal 3:1-4/Heb 2:14-18/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32 (524) Pss Prop
3 SUN FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Zep 2:3; 3:12-13/1 Cor 1:26-31/Mt 5:1-12a (70) Pss IV
4 Mon Weekday green
2 Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13/Mk 5:1-20 (323)
5 Tue Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr red
memorial
2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30--19:3/Mk 5:21-43 (324)
6 Wed Ash Wednesday violet
Jl 2:12-18/2 Cor 5:20--6:2/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 (219) Pss IV
7 Thu Lenten Weekday [after Ash Wednesday] violet
Dt 30:15-20/Lk 9:22-25 (220)
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8 Fri Lenten Weekday [after Ash Wednesday] violet
[Saint Jerome Emiliani, priest; Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin]
Is 58:1-9a/ Mt 9:14-15 (221)
9 Sat Lenten Weekday [after Ash Wednesday] violet
Is 58:9b-14/ Lk 5:27-32 (222)
10 SUN FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT violet
Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7/Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19/Mt 4:1-11 (22) Pss I
11 Mon Lenten Weekday violet
[Our Lady of Lourdes]
Lv 19:1-2, 11-18/ Mt 25:31-46 (224)
12 Tue Lenten Weekday violet
Is 55:10-11/Mt 6:7-15 (225)
13 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
Jon 3:1-10/Lk 11:29-32 (226)
14 Thu Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Cyril, monk, and Saint Methodius, bishop]
Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25/Mt 7:7-12 (227)
15 Fri Lenten Weekday violet
Ez 18:21-28/Mt 5:20-26 (228)
16 Sat Lenten Weekday violet
Dt 26:16-19/Mt 5:43-48 (229)
17 SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT violet
Gn 12:1-4a/2 Tm 1:8b-10/Mt 17:1-9 (25) Pss II
18 Mon Lenten Weekday violet
Dn 9:4b-10/Lk 6:36-38 (230)
19 Tue Lenten Weekday violet
Is 1:10, 16-20/Mt 23:1-12 (231)
20 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
Jer 18:18-20/Mt 20:17-28 (232)
21 Thu Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Peter Damian, bishop and doctor of the Church]
Jer 17:5-10/Lk 16:19-31 (233)
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22 Fri The Chair of Saint Peter, apostle white
feast
1 Pt 5:1-4/Mt 16:13-19 (535) Pss Prop
23 Sat Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr]
Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 (235)
24 SUN THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT violet
Ex 17:3-7/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 (28) Pss III
25 Mon Lenten Weekday4 violet
2 Kgs 5:1-15b/Lk 4:24-30 (237)
26 Tue Lenten Weekday violet
Dn 3:25, 34-43/Mt 18:21-35 (238)
27 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
Dt 4:1, 5-9/Mt 5:17-19 (239)
28 Thu Lenten Weekday violet
Jer 7:23-28/Lk 11:14-23 (240)
29 Fri Lenten Weekday violet
Hos 14:2-10/Mk 12:28-34 (241)
MARCH 2008
1 Sat Lenten Weekday violet
Hos 6:1-6/Lk 18:9-14 (242)
2 SUN FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT violet/rose
1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a/Eph 5:8-14/Jn 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 (31) Pss IV
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The following readings may be used on any day this week, especially in years B and C
when the Gospel of the Samaritan woman is not read on the Third Sunday of Lent: Ex
17:1-7/Jn 4:5-42 (236)
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3 Mon Lenten Weekday5 violet
[Saint Katharine Drexel, virgin]
Is 65:17-21/Jn 4:43-54 (244)
4 Tue Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Casimir]
Ez 47:1-9, 12/Jn 5:1-16 (245)
5 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
Is 49:8-15/Jn 5:17-30 (246)
6 Thu Lenten Weekday violet
Ex 32:7-14/Jn 5:31-47 (247)
7 Fri Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicity, martyrs]
Wis 2:1a, 12-22/Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 (248)
8 Sat Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint John of God, religious]
Jer 11:18-20/Jn 7:40-53 (249)
9 SUN FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT violet
Ez 37:12-14/Rom 8:8-11/Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 (34) Pss I
10 Mon Lenten Weekday6 violet
Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62/Jn 8:1-11 (251)
11 Tue Lenten Weekday violet
Nm 21:4-9/Jn 8:21-30 (252)
12 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Jn 8:31-42 (253)
13 Thu Lenten Weekday violet
Gn 17:3-9/Jn 8:51-59 (254)
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The following readings may be used on any day this week, especially in years B and C
when the Gospel of the man born blind is not read on the Fourth Sunday of Lent: Mi 7:7-
9/Jn 9:1-41 (243)
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The following readings may be used on any day this week, especially in years B and C
when the Gospel of Lazarus is not read on the Fifth Sunday of Lent: 2 Kgs 4:18b-21, 32-
37/Jn 11:1-45 (250)
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14 Fri Lenten Weekday violet
Jer 20:10-13/Jn 10:31-42 (255)
15 Sat Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
solemnity
2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16/Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22/Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a (543)
Pss Prop
16 SUN PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION red
Mt 21:1-11 (37)/ Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/Mt 26:14--27:66 or 27:11-54 (38) Pss II
17 Mon Monday of Holy Week violet
Is 42:1-7/Jn 12:1-11 (257)
18 Tue Tuesday of Holy Week violet
Is 49:1-6/Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 (258)
19 Wed Wednesday of Holy Week violet
Is 50:4-9a/Mt 26:14-25 (259)
20 Thu Holy Thursday7 violet/Mass:white
Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9/Rv 1:5-8/Lk 4:16-21 (260)
Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn 13:1-15 (39)
21 Fri Good Friday of the Lord's Passion red
Is 52:13--53:12/Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9/Jn 18:1--19:42 (40) Pss Prop
22 Sat Holy Saturday8 violet/Vigil: white
Vigil: Gn 1:1--2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Ex 14:15--
15:1/Is 54:5-14/Is 55:1-11/Bar 3:9-15, 32--4:4/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/Rom 6:3-11/ Mt
28:1-10 (41) Pss Prop
23 SUN EASTER SUNDAY: THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD white
solemnity
Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 (42) or Mt 28:1-10 (41)
or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Lk 24:13-35 (46) Pss Prop
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If necessary, the Chrism Mass may be celebrated on a suitable day before Holy
Thursday.
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Nine readings are assigned to the Easter Vigil: seven from the Old Testament and two
from the New. If circumstances demand in individual cases, the number of prescribed
readings may be reduced. Three selections from the Old Testament, however, should be
read before the epistle and Gospel, although when necessary, two may be read. In any
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case, the reading from Exodus about the escape through the Red Sea (reading 3) should
never be omitted.
24 Mon Monday in the Octave of Easter white
solemnity
Acts 2:14, 22-33/Mt 28:8-15 (261) Pss Prop
25 Tue Tuesday in the Octave of Easter white
solemnity
Acts 2:36-41/Jn 20:11-18 (262) Pss Prop
26 Wed Wednesday in the Octave of Easter white
solemnity
Acts 3:1-10/Lk 24:13-35 (263) Pss Prop
27 Thu Thursday in the Octave of Easter white
solemnity
Acts 3:11-26/Lk 24:35-48 (264) Pss Prop
28 Fri Friday in the Octave of Easter white
solemnity
Acts 4:1-12/Jn 21:1-14 (265) Pss Prop
29 Sat Saturday in the Octave of Easter white
solemnity
Acts 4:13-21/Mk 16:9-15 (266) Pss Prop
30 SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER OR white
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
solemnity
Acts 2:42-47/1 Pt 1:3-9/Jn 20:19-31 (43) Pss Prop
31 Mon The Annunciation of the Lord white
solemnity
Is 7:10-14; 8:10/Heb 10:4-10/Lk 1:26-38 (545) Pss Prop
APRIL 2008
1 Tue Easter Weekday white
Acts 4:32-37/Jn 3:7b-15 (268) Pss II
2 Wed Easter Weekday white/white
[Saint Francis of Paola, hermit]
Acts 5:17-26/Jn 3:16-21 (269) Pss II
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3 Thu Easter Weekday white
Acts 5:27-33/Jn 3:31-36 (270)
4 Fri Easter Weekday white/white
[Saint Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church]
Acts 5:34-42/Jn 6:1-15 (271)
5 Sat Easter Weekday white/white
[Saint Vincent Ferrer, priest]
Acts 6:1-7/Jn 6:16-21 (272)
6 SUN THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER white
Acts 2:14, 22-33/1 Pt 1:17-21/Lk 24:13-35 (46) Pss III
7 Mon Saint John Baptist de la Salle, priest white
memorial
Acts 6:8-15/Jn 6:22-29 (273)
8 Tue Easter Weekday white
Acts 7:51--8:1a/Jn 6:30-35 (274)
9 Wed Easter Weekday white
Acts 8:1b-8/Jn 6:35-40 (275)
10 Thu Easter Weekday white
Acts 8:26-40/Jn 6:44-51 (276)
11 Fri Saint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr red
memorial
Acts 9:1-20/Jn 6:52-59 (277)
12 Sat Easter Weekday white
Acts 9:31-42/Jn 6:60-69 (278)
13 SUN FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER white
Acts 2:14a, 36-41/1 Pt 2:20b-25/Jn 10:1-10 (49) Pss IV
14 Mon Easter Weekday white
Acts 11:1-18/Jn 10:11-18 (second choice) (279)
15 Tue Easter Weekday white
Acts 11:19-26/Jn 10:22-30 (280)
16 Wed Easter Weekday white
Acts 12:24--13:5a/Jn 12:44-50 (281)
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17 Thu Easter Weekday white
Acts 13:13-25/Jn 13:16-20 (282)
18 Fri Easter Weekday white
Acts 13:26-33/Jn 14:1-6 (283)
19 Sat Easter Weekday white
Acts 13:44-52/Jn 14:7-14 (284)
20 SUN FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER white
Acts 6:1-7/1 Pt 2:4-9/Jn 14:1-12 (52) Pss I
21 Mon Easter Weekday white/white
[Saint Anselm, bishop and doctor of the Church]
Acts 14:5-18/Jn 14:21-26 (285)
22 Tue Easter Weekday white
Acts 14:19-28/Jn 14:27-31a (286)
23 Wed Easter Weekday white/red/red
[Saint George, martyr; Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr]
Acts 15:1-6/Jn 15:1-8 (287)
24 Thu Easter Weekday white/red
[Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr]
Acts 15:7-21/Jn 15:9-11 (288)
25 Fri Saint Mark, evangelist red
feast
1 Pt 5:5b-14/Mk 16:15-20 (555) Pss Prop
26 Sat Easter Weekday white
Acts 16:1-10/Jn 15:18-21 (290)
27 SUN SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER9 white
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/1 Pt 3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21 (55) Pss II
28 Mon Easter Weekday white/red/white
[Saint Peter Chanel, priest and martyr; Saint Louis Mary de Montfort, priest]
Acts 16:11-15/Jn 15:26--16:4a (291)
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9
When the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated on the following Sunday, the second
reading and Gospel from the Seventh Sunday of Easter (see no. 59) may be read on the
Sixth Sunday of Easter.
29 Tue Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church white
memorial
Acts 16:22-34/Jn 16:5-11 (292)
30 Wed Easter Weekday white/white
[Saint Pius V, pope]
Acts 17:15, 22--18:1/Jn 16:12-15 (293)
MAY 2008
1 Thu The Ascension of the Lord10 white
solemnity [holy day of obligation]
Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20 (58) Pss Prop
2 Fri Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church white
memorial
Acts 18:9-18/Jn 16:20-23 (295)
3 Sat Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles red
feast
1 Cor 15:1-8/Jn 14:6-14 (561) Pss Prop
4 SUN SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER11 white
Acts 1:12-14/1 Pt 4:13-16/Jn 17:1-11a (59) Pss III
5 Mon Easter Weekday white
Acts 19:1-8/Jn 16:29-33 (297)
6 Tue Easter Weekday white
Acts 20:17-27/Jn 17:1-11a (298)
10
Regarding the Ascension of the Lord, the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford,
New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and the State of Nebraska have retained its celebration
on the proper Thursday, while all other provinces have transferred this solemnity to the
Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 4. If transferred, Thursday, May 1, is observed either as
an Easter Weekday or the optional memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker. The following
readings are used: Acts 18:1-8/Jn 16:16-20 (294); or, for the memorial: Gn 1:26--2:3 or
Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24/Mt 13:54-58* (559)
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11
In those places where the observance of the solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord has
been transferred to this day, the Mass and readings of the Ascension are used: Acts 1:1-
11/Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20 (58).
7 Wed Easter Weekday white
Acts 20:28-38/Jn 17:11b-19 (299)
8 Thu Easter Weekday white
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Jn 17:20-26 (300)
9 Fri Easter Weekday white
Acts 25:13b-21/Jn 21:15-19 (301)
10 Sat Easter Weekday white/white
[Blessed Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka'i, priest]
Morning: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Jn 21:20-25 (302)
11 SUN PENTECOST SUNDAY red
solemnity
Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5/Rom 8:22-27/
Jn 7:37-39 (62)
Day: Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13/Jn 20:19-23 (63) Pss Prop
12 Mon Weekday (Sixth Week in Ordinary Time) green/red/red
[Saint Nereus and Saint Achilleus, martyrs; Saint Pancras, martyr]
Jas 1:1-11/Mk 8:11-13 (335) Pss II
13 Tue Weekday green/white
[Our Lady of Fatima]
Jas 1:12-18/Mk 8:14-21 (336)
14 Wed Saint Matthias, apostle red
feast
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26/Jn 15:9-17 (564) Pss Prop
15 Thu Weekday green/white
[Saint Isidore]
Jas 2:1-9/Mk 8:27-33 (338)
16 Fri Weekday green
Jas 2:14-24, 26/Mk 8:34--9:1 (339)
17 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Jas 3:1-10/Mk 9:2-13 (340)
18 SUN THE MOST HOLY TRINITY white
22
solemnity
Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9/2 Cor 13:11-13/Jn 3:16-18 (164) Pss Prop
19 Mon Weekday (Seventh Week in Ordinary Time) green
Jas 3:13-18/Mk 9:14-29 (341) Pss III
20 Tue Weekday green/white
[Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest]
Jas 4:1-10/Mk 9:30-37 (342)
21 Wed Weekday green/red
[Saint Christopher Magallanes, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs]
Jas 4:13-17/Mk 9:38-40 (343)
22 Thu Weekday green/white
[Saint Rita of Cascia, religious]
Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:41-50 (344)
23 Fri Weekday green
Jas 5:9-12/Mk 10:1-12 (345)
24 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Jas 5:13-20/Mk 10:13-16 (346)
25 SUN THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST white
solemnity
Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a/1 Cor 10:16-17/Jn 6:51-58 (167) Pss Prop
26 Mon Saint Philip Neri, priest (Eighth Week in Ordinary Time) white
memorial
1 Pt 1:3-9/Mk 10:17-27 (347) Pss IV
27 Tue Weekday green/white
[Saint Augustine of Canterbury, bishop]
1 Pt 1:10-16/Mk 10:28-31 (348)
28 Wed Weekday green
1 Pt 1:18-25/Mk 10:32-45 (349)
29 Thu Weekday green
1 Pt 2:2-5, 9-12/Mk 10:46-52 (350)
30 Fri The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus white
solemnity
Dt 7:6-11/1 Jn 4:7-16/Mt 11:25-30 (170) Pss Prop
23
31 Sat The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
feast
Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Lk 1:39-56 (572) Pss Prop
JUNE 2008
1 SUN NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Dt 11:18, 26-28, 32/Rom 3:21-25, 28/Mt 7:21-27 (85) Pss I
2 Mon Weekday green/red
[Saint Marcellinus and Saint Peter, martyrs]
2 Pt 1:2-7/Mk 12:1-12 (353)
3 Tue Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs red
memorial
2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18/Mk 12:13-17 (354)
4 Wed Weekday green
2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12/Mk 12:18-27 (355)
5 Thu Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr red
memorial
2 Tm 2:8-15/Mk 12:28-34 (356)
6 Fri Weekday green/white
[Saint Norbert, bishop]
2 Tm 3:10-17/Mk 12:35-37 (357)
7 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
2 Tm 4:1-8/Mk 12:38-44 (358)
8 SUN TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Hos 6:3-6/Rom 4:18-25/Mt 9:9-13 (88) Pss II
9 Mon Weekday green/white
[Saint Ephrem, deacon and doctor of the Church]
1 Kgs 17:1-6/Mt 5:1-12 (359)
10 Tue Weekday green
1 Kgs 17:7-16/Mt 5:13-16 (360)
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11 Wed Saint Barnabas, apostle red
memorial
Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3* (580)/Mt 5:17-19 (361)
12 Thu Weekday green
1 Kgs 18:41-46/Mt 5:20-26 (362)
13 Fri Saint Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor of the Church white
memorial
1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16/Mt 5:27-32 (363)
14 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
1 Kgs 19:19-21/Mt 5:33-37 (364)
15 SUN ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Ex 19:2-6a/Rom 5:6-11/Mt 9:36--10:8 (91) Pss III
16 Mon Weekday green
1 Kgs 21:1-16/Mt 5:38-42 (365)
17 Tue Weekday green
1 Kgs 21:17-29/Mt 5:43-48 (366)
18 Wed Weekday green
2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 (367)
19 Thu Weekday green/white
[Saint Romuald, abbot]
Sir 48:1-14/Mt 6:7-15 (368)
20 Fri Weekday green
2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20/Mt 6:19-23 (369)
21 Sat Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious white
memorial
2 Chr 24:17-25/Mt 6:24-34 (370)
22 SUN TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Jer 20:10-13/Rom 5:12-15/Mt 10:26-33 (94) Pss IV
23 Mon Weekday green
2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18/Mt 7:1-5 (371)
25
24 Tue The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist white
solemnity
Vigil: Jer 1:4-10/1 Pt 1:8-12/Lk 1:5-17 (586)
Day: Is 49:1-6/Acts 13:22-26/Lk 1:57-66, 80 (587) Pss Prop
25 Wed Weekday green
2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3/Mt 7:15-20 (373)
26 Thu Weekday green
2 Kgs 24:8-17/Mt 7:21-29 (374)
27 Fri Weekday green/white
[Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor of the Church]
2 Kgs 25:1-12/Mt 8:1-4 (375)
28 Sat Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr red
memorial
Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19/Mt 8:5-17 (376)
29 SUN SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL, APOSTLES red
solemnity
Vigil: Acts 3:1-10/Gal 1:11-20/Jn 21:15-19 (590)
Day: Acts 12:1-11/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/Mt 16:13-19 (591) Pss Prop
30 Mon Weekday (Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time) green/red
[The First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church]
Am 2:6-10, 13-16/Mt 8:18-22 (377) Pss I
JULY 2008
1 Tue Weekday green/white
[Blessed Junípero Serra, priest]
Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12/Mt 8:23-27 (378)
2 Wed Weekday green
Am 5:14-15, 21-24/Mt 8:28-34 (379)
3 Thu Saint Thomas, apostle red
feast
Eph 2:19-22/Jn 20:24-29 (593) Pss Prop
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4 Fri Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Elizabeth of Portugal; Independence Day proper Mass]
Am 8:4-6, 9-12/Mt 9:9-13 (381) or, for Independence Day, any readings from the
Lectionary for Ritual Masses, vol. IV, the Mass "For Public Needs," nos. 882-886, or
"For Peace and Justice," nos. 887-891.
5 Sat Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest; BVM]
Am 9:11-15/Mt 9:14-17 (382)
6 SUN FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Zec 9:9-10/Rom 8:9, 11-13/Mt 11:25-30 (100) Pss II
7 Mon Weekday green
Hos 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22/Mt 9:18-26 (383)
8 Tue Weekday green
Hos 8:4-7, 11-13/Mt 9:32-38 (384)
9 Wed Weekday green/red
[Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs]
Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12/Mt 10:1-7 (385)
10 Thu Weekday green
Hos 11:1-4, 8c-9/Mt 10:7-15 (386)
11 Fri Saint Benedict, abbot white
memorial
Hos 14:2-10/Mt 10:16-23 (387)
12 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Is 6:1-8/Mt 10:24-33 (388)
13 SUN FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 55:10-11/Rom 8:18-23/Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9 (103) Pss III
14 Mon Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin white
memorial
Is 1:10-17/Mt 10:34--11:1 (389)
15 Tue Saint Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the Church white
memorial
Is 7:1-9/Mt 11:20-24 (390)
16 Wed Weekday green/white
27
[Our Lady of Mount Carmel]
Is 10:5-7, 13b-16/Mt 11:25-27 (391)
17 Thu Weekday green
Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19/Mt 11:28-30 (392)
18 Fri Weekday green/white
[Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest]
Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8/Mt 12:1-8 (393)
19 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Mi 2:1-5/Mt 12:14-21 (394)
20 SUN SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Wis 12:13, 16-19/Rom 8:26-27/Mt 13:24-43 or 13:24-30 (106) Pss IV
21 Mon Weekday green/white
[Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor of the Church]
Mi 6:1-4, 6-8/Mt 12:38-42 (395)
22 Tue Saint Mary Magdalene white
memorial
Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 (396)/Jn 20:1-2, 11-18* (603) Pss Prop
23 Wed Weekday green/white
[Saint Bridget of Sweden, religious]
Jer 1:1, 4-10/Mt 13:1-9 (397)
24 Thu Weekday green/white
[Saint Sharbel Makhluf, priest]
Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13/Mt 13:10-17 (398)
25 Fri Saint James, apostle red
feast
2 Cor 4:7-15/Mt 20:20-28 (605) Pss Prop
26 Sat Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed white
Virgin Mary
memorial
Jer 7:1-11/Mt 13:24-30 (400)
27 SUN SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12/Rom 8:28-30/Mt 13:44-52 or 13:44-46 (109) Pss I
28 Mon Weekday green
28
Jer 13:1-11/Mt 13:31-35 (401)
29 Tue Saint Martha white
memorial
Jer 14:17-22 (402)/Jn 11:19-27* or Lk 10:38-42* (607)
30 Wed Weekday green/white
[Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor of the Church]
Jer 15:10, 16-21/Mt 13:44-46 (403)
31 Thu Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest white
memorial
Jer 18:1-6/Mt 13:47-53 (404)
AUGUST 2008
1 Fri Saint Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church white
memorial
Jer 26:1-9/Mt 13:54-58 (405)
2 Sat Weekday green/white/white/white
[Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop; Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest; BVM]
Jer 26:11-16, 24/Mt 14:1-12 (406)
3 SUN EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 55:1-3/Rom 8:35, 37-39/Mt 14:13-21 (112) Pss II
4 Mon Saint John Mary Vianney, priest white
memorial
Jer 28:1-17 (407)/Mt 14:22-36 (408)
5 Tue Weekday green/white
[The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome]
Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22/Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 (408)
6 Wed The Transfiguration of the Lord white
feast
Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mt 17:1-9 (614) Pss Prop
7 Thu Weekday green/red/white
[Saint Sixtus II, pope and martyr, and his companions, martyrs; Saint Cajetan, priest]
Jer 31:31-34/Mt 16:13-23 (410)
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8 Fri Saint Dominic, priest white
memorial
Na 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7/Mt 16:24-28 (411)
9 Sat Weekday green/red/white
[Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr; BVM]
Hb 1:12--2:4/Mt 17:14-20 (412)
10 SUN NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a/Rom 9:1-5/Mt 14:22-33 (115) Pss III
11 Mon Saint Clare, virgin white
memorial
Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c/Mt 17:22-27 (413)
12 Tue Weekday green
Ez 2:8--3:4/Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 (414)
13 Wed Weekday green/red
[Saint Pontian, pope and martyr, and Saint Hippolytus, priest and martyr]
Ez 9:1-7; 10:18-22/Mt 18:15-20 (415)
14 Thu Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr red
memorial
Ez 12:1-12/Mt 18:21--19:1 (416)
15 Fri The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
solemnity [holy day of obligation]
Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2/1 Cor 15:54b-57/Lk 11:27-28 (621)
Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/1 Cor 15:20-27/Lk 1:39-56 (622) Pss Prop
16 Sat Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Stephen of Hungary; BVM]
Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32/Mt 19:13-15 (418)
17 SUN TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 56:1, 6-7/Rom 11:13-15, 29-32/Mt 15:21-28 (118) Pss IV
18 Mon Weekday green/white
[Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, religious]
Ez 24:15-24/Mt 19:16-22 (419)
19 Tue Weekday green/white
[Saint John Eudes, priest]
Ez 28:1-10/Mt 19:23-30 (420)
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20 Wed Saint Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church white
memorial
Ez 34:1-11/Mt 20:1-16 (421)
21 Thu Saint Pius X, pope white
memorial
Ez 36:23-28/Mt 22:1-14 (422)
22 Fri The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
memorial
Ez 37:1-14/Mt 22:34-40 (423)
23 Sat Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Rose of Lima, virgin; BVM]
Ez 43:1-7ab/Mt 23:1-12 (424)
24 SUN TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 22:19-23/Rom 11:33-36/Mt 16:13-20 (121) Pss I
25 Mon Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Louis of France; Saint Joseph Calasanz, priest]
2 Th 1:1-5, 11-12/Mt 23:13-22 (425)
26 Tue Weekday green
2 Th 2:1-3a, 14-17/Mt 23:23-26 (426)
27 Wed Saint Monica white
memorial
2 Th 3:6-10, 16-18/Mt 23:27-32 (427)
28 Thu Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church white
memorial
1 Cor 1:1-9/Mt 24:42-51 (428)
29 Fri The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist red
memorial
1 Cor 1:17-25 (429)/Mk 6:17-29* (634) Pss Prop
30 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
1 Cor 1:26-31/Mt 25:14-30 (430)
31 SUN TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Jer 20:7-9/Rom 12:1-2/Mt 16:21-27 (124) Pss II
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SEPTEMBER 2008
1 Mon Weekday green/white
[Labor Dayproper Mass]
1 Cor 2:1-5/Lk 4:16-30 (431), or, for Labor Day, any readings from the Mass "For the
Blessing of Human Labor," Lectionary for Ritual Masses, vol. IV, nos. 907-911
2 Tue Weekday green
1 Cor 2:10b-16/Lk 4:31-37 (432)
3 Wed Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church white
memorial
1 Cor 3:1-9/Lk 4:38-44 (433)
4 Thu Weekday green
1 Cor 3:18-23/Lk 5:1-11 (434)
5 Fri Weekday green
1 Cor 4:1-5/Lk 5:33-39 (435)
6 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
1 Cor 4:6b-15/Lk 6:1-5 (436)
7 SUN TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Ez 33:7-9/Rom 13:8-10/Mt 18:15-20 (127) Pss III
8 Mon The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
feast
Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30/Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or 1:18-23 (636) Pss Prop
9 Tue Saint Peter Claver, priest white
memorial
1 Cor 6:1-11/Lk 6:12-19 (438)
10 Wed Weekday green
1 Cor 7:25-31/Lk 6:20-26 (439)
11 Thu Weekday green
1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13/Lk 6:27-38 (440)
12 Fri Weekday green/white
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[The Most Holy Name of Mary]
1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27/Lk 6:39-42 (441)
13 Sat Saint John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor of the Church white
memorial
1 Cor 10:14-22/Lk 6:43-49 (442)
14 SUN THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS red
feast
Nm 21:4b-9/Phil 2:6-11/Jn 3:13-17 (638) Pss Prop
15 Mon Our Lady of Sorrows (Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time) white
memorial
1 Cor 11:17-26, 33 (443)/Jn 19:25-27* or Lk 2:33-35* (639) Pss Prop/Pss IV
16 Tue Saint Cornelius, pope and martyr, and Saint Cyprian, bishop red
and martyr
memorial
1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a/Lk 7:11-17 (444)
17 Wed Weekday green/white
[Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor of the Church]
1 Cor 12:31--13:13/Lk 7:31-35 (445)
18 Thu Weekday green
1 Cor 15:1-11/Lk 7:36-50 (446)
19 Fri Weekday green/red
[Saint Januarius, bishop and martyr]
1 Cor 15:12-20/Lk 8:1-3 (447)
20 Sat Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr, and Saint Paul red
Chong Hasang, martyr, and their companions, martyrs
memorial
1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49/Lk 8:4-15 (448)
21 SUN TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 55:6-9/Phil 1:20c-24, 27a/Mt 20:1-16a (133) Pss I
22 Mon Weekday green
Prv 3:27-34/Lk 8:16-18 (449)
23 Tue Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, priest white
memorial
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Prv 21:1-6, 10-13/Lk 8:19-21 (450)
24 Wed Weekday green
Prv 30:5-9/Lk 9:1-6 (451)
25 Thu Weekday green
Eccl 1:2-11/Lk 9:7-9 (452)
26 Fri Weekday green/red
[Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian, martyrs]
Eccl 3:1-11/Lk 9:18-22 (453)
27 Sat Saint Vincent de Paul, priest white
memorial
Eccl 11:9--12:8/Lk 9:43b-45 (454)
28 SUN TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Ez 18:25-28/Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5/Mt 21:28-32 (136) Pss II
29 Mon Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael, archangels white
feast
Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a/Jn 1:47-51 (647) Pss Prop
30 Tue Saint Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church white
memorial
Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23/Lk 9:51-56 (456)
OCTOBER 2008
1 Wed Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of white
the Church
memorial
Jb 9:1-12, 14-16/Lk 9:57-62 (457)
2 Thu The Guardian Angels white
memorial
Jb 19:21-27 (458)/Mt 18:1-5, 10* (650) Pss Prop
3 Fri Weekday green
Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5/Lk 10:13-16 (459)
4 Sat Saint Francis of Assisi, religious white
memorial
Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17/Lk 10:17-24 (460)
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5 SUN TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 5:1-7/Phil 4:6-9/Mt 21:33-43 (139) Pss III
6 Mon Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Bruno, priest; Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, virgin]
Gal 1:6-12/Lk 10:25-37 (461)
7 Tue Our Lady of the Rosary white
memorial
Gal 1:13-24/Lk 10:38-42 (462) Pss Prop
8 Wed Weekday green
Gal 2:1-2, 7-14/Lk 11:1-4 (463)
9 Thu Weekday green/red/white
[Saint Denis, bishop and martyr, and his companions, martyrs; Saint John
Leonardi, priest]
Gal 3:1-5/Lk 11:5-13 (464)
10 Fri Weekday green
Gal 3:7-14/Lk 11:15-26 (465)
11 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Gal 3:22-29/Lk 11:27-28 (466)
12 SUN TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 25:6-10a/Phil 4:12-14, 19-20/Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10 (142) Pss IV
13 Mon Weekday green
Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31--5:1/Lk 11:29-32 (467)
14 Tue Weekday green/red
[Saint Callistus I, pope and martyr]
Gal 5:1-6/Lk 11:37-41 (468)
15 Wed Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church white
memorial
Gal 5:18-25/Lk 11:42-46 (469)
16 Thu Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Hedwig, religious; Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin]
Eph 1:1-10/Lk 11:47-54 (470)
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17 Fri Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr red
memorial
Eph 1:11-14/Lk 12:1-7 (471)
18 Sat Saint Luke, evangelist red
feast
2 Tm 4:10-17b/Lk 10:1-9 (661) Pss Prop
19 SUN TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 45:1, 4-6/1 Thes 1:1-5b/Mt 22:15-21 (145) Pss I
20 Mon Weekday green/white
[Saint Paul of the Cross, priest]
Eph 2:1-10/Lk 12:13-21 (473)
21 Tue Weekday green
Eph 2:12-22/Lk 12:35-38 (474)
22 Wed Weekday green
Eph 3:2-12/Lk 12:39-48 (475)
23 Thu Weekday green/white
[Saint John of Capistrano, priest]
Eph 3:14-21/Lk 12:49-53 (476)
24 Fri Weekday green/white
[Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop]
Eph 4:1-6/Lk 12:54-59 (477)
25 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Eph 4:7-16/Lk 13:1-9 (478)
26 SUN THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Ex 22:20-26/1 Thes 1:5c-10/Mt 22:34-40 (148) Pss II
27 Mon Weekday green
Eph 4:32--5:8/Lk 13:10-17 (479)
28 Tue Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles red
feast
Eph 2:19-22/Lk 6:12-16 (666) Pss Prop
29 Wed Weekday green
Eph 6:1-9/Lk 13:22-30 (481)
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30 Thu Weekday green
Eph 6:10-20/Lk 13:31-35 (482)
31 Fri Weekday green
Phil 1:1-11/Lk 14:1-6 (483)
NOVEMBER 2008
1 Sat All Saints white
solemnity [not a holy day of obligation]
Rv 7:2-4, 9-14/1 Jn 3:1-3/Mt 5:1-12a (667) Pss Prop
2 SUN THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE white/violet/black
FAITHFUL DEPARTED (ALL SOULS)
Wis 3:1-9/Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9/Jn 6:37-40 (668), or any readings from no. 668 or from
the Masses for the Dead, Lectionary for Ritual Masses, vol. IV, nos. 1011-1016
Pss Prop
3 Mon Weekday (Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time) green/white
[Saint Martin de Porres, religious]
Phil 2:1-4/Lk 14:12-14 (485) Pss III
4 Tue Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop white
memorial
Phil 2:5-11/Lk 14:15-24 (486)
5 Wed Weekday green
Phil 2:12-18/Lk 14:25-33 (487)
6 Thu Weekday green
Phil 3:3-8a/Lk 15:1-10 (488)
7 Fri Weekday green
Phil 3:17--4:1/Lk 16:1-8 (489)
8 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Phil 4:10-19/Lk 16:9-15 (490)
9 SUN THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA IN white
ROME
feast
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Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17/Jn 2:13-22 (671) Pss Prop
10 Mon Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church white
(Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time)
memorial
Ti 1:1-9/Lk 17:1-6 (491) Pss IV
11 Tue Saint Martin of Tours, bishop white
memorial
Ti 2:1-8, 11-14/Lk 17:7-10 (492) Pss Prop
12 Wed Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr red
memorial
Ti 3:1-7/Lk 17:11-19 (493)
13 Thu Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin white
memorial
Phlm 7-20/Lk 17:20-25 (494)
14 Fri Weekday green
2 Jn 4-9/Lk 17:26-37 (495)
15 Sat Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Albert the Great, bishop and doctor of the Church; BVM]
3 Jn 5-8/Lk 18:1-8 (496)
16 SUN THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31/1 Thes 5:1-6/Mt 25:14-30 or 25:14-15, 19-21 (157)
Pss I
17 Mon Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious white
memorial
Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5/Lk 18:35-43 (497)
18 Tue Weekday green/white/white
[The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Rome, apostles; Saint
Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin]
Rv 3:1-6, 14-22/Lk 19:1-10 (498), or, for the memorial of the Dedication, Acts 28:11-16,
30-31*/Mt 14:22-33* (679)
19 Wed Weekday green
Rv 4:1-11/Lk 19:11-28 (499)
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20 Thu Weekday green
Rv 5:1-10/Lk 19:41-44 (500)
21 Fri The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
memorial
Rv 10:8-11/Lk 19:45-48 (501)
22 Sat Saint Cecilia, virgin and martyr red
memorial
Rv 11:4-12/Lk 20:27-40 (502)
23 SUN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING white
solemnity
Ez 34:11-12, 15-17/1 Cor 15:20-26, 28/Mt 25:31-46 (160) Pss Prop
24 Mon Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and martyr, and his red
companions, martyrs (Thirty-Fourth or Last Week in Ordinary Time)
memorial
Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5/Lk 21:1-4 (503) Pss II
25 Tue Weekday green/red
[Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr]
Rv 14:14-19/Lk 21:5-11 (504)
26 Wed Weekday green
Rv 15:1-4/Lk 21:12-19 (505)
27 Thu Weekday green/white
[Thannksgiving Day proper Mass]
Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a/Lk 21:20-28 (506), or, for Thanksgiving Day, any readings
from the Mass "In Thanksgiving to God," Lectionary for Ritual Masses, vol. IV, nos.
943-947 (see esp. Sir 50:22-24 (943.2)/1 Cor 1:3-9 (944.1)/Lk 17:11-19 (947.6).
28 Fri Weekday green
Rv 20:1-4, 11--21:2/Lk 21:29-33 (507)
29 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Rv 22:1-7/Lk 21:34-36 (508)
YEAR B WEEKDAYS I
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30 SUN FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7/1 Cor 1:3-9/Mk 13:33-37 (2) Pss I
DECEMBER 2008
1 Mon Advent Weekday violet
Is 2:1-5/Mt 8:5-11 (175)
2 Tue Advent Weekday violet
Is 11:1-10/Lk 10:21-24 (176)
3 Wed Saint Francis Xavier, priest white
memorial
Is 25:6-10a/Mt 15:29-37 (177)
4 Thu Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint John of Damascus, priest and doctor of the Church]
Is 26:1-6/Mt 7:21, 24-27 (178)
5 Fri Advent Weekday violet
Is 29:17-24/Mt 9:27-31 (179)
6 Sat Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Nicholas, bishop]
Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Mt 9:35--10:1, 5a, 6-8 (180)
7 SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Is 40:1-5, 9-11/2 Pt 3:8-14/Mk 1:1-8 (5) Pss II
8 Mon The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
solemnity [holy day of obligation]
Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 (689) Pss Prop
9 Tue Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Juan Diego, hermit]
Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14 (182)
10 Wed Advent Weekd