LITURGICAL CALENDAR
FOR THE DIOCESES OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2024
Committee on Divine Worship
LITURGICAL CALENDAR
FOR THE DIOCESES OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2024
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Committee on Divine Worship
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Cover Photo:
Inspired by stained-glass windows, the logo for the 20222025 National Eucharistic Revival
depicts a stylized Eucharist (chalice and host). The host doubles as a rising sun that is radiating
light, embodying our hope for the dawn of a new day in the Church as the Revival opens hearts
to Christ’s healing presence. The Tenth National Eucharistic Congress will be held in
Indianapolis on July 21-24, 2024.
First printing, June 2022
Emendation, September 2023 (correction of St. Irenaeus entry)
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INTRODUCTION
Each year the Secretariat of Divine Worship 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 Saint Paul VI on
February 14, 1969, subsequently amended by the Holy See, and the Proper Calendar for the
Dioceses of the United States of America, approved by the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops.
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This calendar has been updated to reflect the names and titles of the various liturgical
days in conformity with the Roman Missal, Third Edition.
The General Instruction of the Roman Missal reminds us that in the cycles of readings and prayers
proclaimed throughout the year in the sacred liturgy “the mysteries of redemption are celebrated
so as to be in some way made present.” Thus may each celebration of the Holy Eucharist which is
served by this calendar be for the Church in the United States of America “the high point both 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.”
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Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Andrew Menke
Executive Director
USCCB Secretariat of Divine Worship
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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
and the Introduction to the 1998 revised Lectionary for Mass (cf. Liturgy Documentary Series 1: Lectionary for Mass,
Introduction, Washington, DC: USCC, 1998) should be consulted.
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General Instruction of the Roman Missal, third edition, no. 16.
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PRINCIPAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR 2024
First Sunday of Advent
December 3, 2023
Ash Wednesday
February 14, 2024
Easter Sunday
March 31, 2024
The Ascension of the Lord [Thursday]
May 9, 2024
Pentecost Sunday
May 19, 2024
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
June 2, 2024
First Sunday of Advent
December 1, 2024
CYCLES LECTIONARY FOR MASS
Sunday Cycle
YEAR B
Weekday Cycle
CYCLE II
Sunday Cycle
YEAR C
The cycles given above have been used in the preparation of this calendar. The readings from the
Proper of Time and Proper of Saints have been used for all Solemnities and 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 and which must
be used on those days. Substitutions from the Commons or Proper 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 Lectionary” (Introduction to the Lectionary for Mass, no. 83). In this calendar,
Optional Memorials are designated by the use of italics within brackets.
The Scripture citations and Lectionary numbers for all readings are from the Lectionary for Mass
for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America, second typical edition (1998/2001), and
the Lectionary for Mass Supplement (2017), which are based on the Ordo Lectionum Missæ, editio
typica altera (1981), as emended. The spellings of the names of Saints and Blesseds are from the
Roman Missal, Third Edition (2011), based on the Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia emendata
(2008).
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LITURGY OF THE HOURS
Dec. 3, 2023 Jan. 8, 2024
Advent, Christmas
Vol. I
Jan. 9 Feb. 13, 2024
Weeks 1 to 6,
Ordinary Time
Vol. III
Feb. 14 May 19, 2024
Lent, Triduum, Easter
Vol. II
May 20 Aug. 3, 2024
Weeks 7 to 17,
Ordinary Time
Vol. III
Aug. 4 Nov. 30, 2024
Weeks 18 to 34,
Ordinary Time
Vol. IV
Dec. 1, 2024 Jan. 12, 2025
Advent, Christmas
Vol. I
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
1. 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.
2. 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 [GIRM], no. 373) should be added, along with other
commemorations of Saints and Blesseds which are included in those particular calendars. More
information is available in the Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar,
particularly Chapter II.
3. “On Saturdays in Ordinary Time when no Obligatory Memorial occurs, an Optional Memorial
of the Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated (Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and
the Calendar, no. 15). This is indicated in the calendar by “BVM.” The readings and prayers
may be selected from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Votive Masses of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in the Roman Missal, or in the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
4. In a decree dated March 23, 1992, the Bishop of Honolulu designated Christmas and the
Immaculate Conception as the only two Holydays of Obligation for the 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 National
Conference of Catholic Bishops allowing Hawaii to legislate on this matter in accord with the
policies of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC).
5. This liturgical calendar has entries for Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day since they are
inscribed in the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America, but it does
not include other civic holidays commonly celebrated in this country (for example, Martin
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Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc.). Respecting these liturgical norms (cf.
GIRM, nos. 368-378), the Roman Missal offers appropriate Masses, but this calendar makes
no suggestions for those holidays.
6. The 2024 liturgical year begins on the First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2023. During the
year 2024:
a. Monday, January 1, is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. This year, the
obligation to attend Mass on this date is abrogated, in accord with the complementary norm
to canon 1246 §2 confirmed for the dioceses of the United States of America.
b. The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on Monday, January 8, with only one
reading before the Gospel. When this Feast occurs on Monday of the First Week in
Ordinary Time, the readings assigned to Monday may be joined to those of Tuesday so that
the opening of each book will be read.
c. Since March 25 is the Monday of Holy Week, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the
Lord is transferred to Monday, April 8.
d. Thursday, May 9, is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord in the ecclesiastical
provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, and Philadelphia. All other
ecclesiastical provinces of the United States of America have transferred this Solemnity to
the following Sunday, May 12; on Thursday, May 9, the Easter Weekday is observed.
e. Since December 8, 2024 is the Second Sunday of Advent, the Solemnity of the Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is transferred to Monday, December 9. The
obligation to attend Mass, however, does not transfer. The Optional Memorial of Saint Juan
Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, December 9, is omitted this year.
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ABBREVIATIONS OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
OLD TESTAMENT
Amos Am 1 Kings 1 Kgs
Baruch Bar 2 Kings 2 Kgs
1 Chronicles 1 Chr Lamentations Lam
2 Chronicles 2 Chr Leviticus Lv
Daniel Dn 1 Maccabees 1 Mc
Deuteronomy Dt 2 Maccabees 2 Mc
Ecclesiastes Eccl Malachi Mal
Esther Est Micah Mi
Exodus Ex Nahum Na
Ezra Ezr Nehemiah Neh
Ezekiel Ez Numbers Nm
Genesis Gn Obadiah Ob
Habakkuk Hb Proverbs Prv
Haggai Hg Psalm(s) Ps(s)
Hosea Hos Ruth Ru
Isaiah Is 1 Samuel 1 Sm
Jeremiah Jer 2 Samuel 2 Sm
Job Jb Sirach Sir
Joel Jl Song of Songs Sg
Jonah Jon Tobit Tb
Joshua Jos Wisdom Wis
Judges Jgs Zechariah Zec
Judith Jdt Zephaniah Zep
NEW TESTAMENT
Acts of the Apostles Acts Mark Mk
Colossians Col Matthew Mt
1 Corinthians 1 Cor 1 Peter 1 Pt
2 Corinthians 2 Cor 2 Peter 2 Pt
Ephesians Eph Philemon Phlm
Galatians Gal Philippians Phil
Hebrews Heb Revelation Rv
James Jas Romans Rom
John (Gospel) Jn 1 Thessalonians 1 Thes
1 John 1 Jn 2 Thessalonians 2 Thes
2 John 2 Jn 1 Timothy 1 Tm
3 John 3 Jn 2 Timothy 2 Tm
Jude Jude Titus Ti
Luke Lk
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PROPER CALENDAR FOR THE DIOCESES OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
January 4 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious Memorial
January 5 Saint John Neumann, Bishop Memorial
January 6 Saint André Bessette, Religious
*
January 22
**
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
January 23 Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr
Saint Marianne Cope, Virgin
March 3 Saint Katharine Drexel, Virgin
May 10 Saint Damien de Veuster, Priest
May 15 Saint Isidore
July 1 Saint Junípero Serra, Priest
July 4 Independence Day
July 5 Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
July 14 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin Memorial
July 18 Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest
September 9 Saint Peter Claver, Priest Memorial
October 5 Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest
October 6 Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin
October 19 Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, Memorial
and Companions, Martyrs
October 20 Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest
November 13 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin Memorial
November 18 Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Virgin
November 23 Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and Martyr
Fourth Thursday Thanksgiving Day
in November
December 8 THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE Solemnity
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(Patronal Feastday of the United States of America)
December 12 OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Feast
Sunday between January 2 and January 8:
THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Solemnity
Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity:
THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Solemnity
(Corpus Christi)
*
When the rank of the celebration is not indicated, it is an Optional Memorial.
**
January 23, when January 22 falls on a Sunday.
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YEAR B WEEKDAYS II
DECEMBER 2023
3 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
3
4 Mon Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church]
4
Is 2:1-5/Mt 8:5-11 (175)
5 Tue Advent Weekday violet
Is 11:1-10/Lk 10:21-24 (176)
6 Wed Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Nicholas, Bishop]
Is 25:6-10a/Mt 15:29-37 (177)
7 Thu Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Is 26:1-6/Mt 7:21, 24-27 (178)
8 Fri THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE white
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(Patronal Feastday of the United States of America)
Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]
Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 (689) Pss Prop
9 Sat Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin]
Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Mt 9:3510:1, 5a, 6-8 (180)
10 SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Is 40:1-5, 9-11/2 Pt 3:8-14/Mk 1:1-8 (5) Pss II
11 Mon Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Damasus I, Pope]
Is 35:1-10/Lk 5:17-26 (181)
12 Tue USA: 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 (690A)
or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary (707-712) Pss Prop
3
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.
4
Optional Memorials are designated by the use of italics within brackets.
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13 Wed Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr red
Memorial
Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30 (183)
14 Thu Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Is 41:13-20/Mt 11:11-15 (184)
15 Fri Advent Weekday violet
Is 48:17-19/Mt 11:16-19 (185)
16 Sat Advent Weekday violet
Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 (186)
17 SUN THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet or rose
Is 61:1-2a, 10-11/1 Thes 5:16-24/Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 (8) Pss III
18 Mon Advent Weekday violet
Jer 23:5-8/Mt 1:18-25 (194)
19 Tue Advent Weekday violet
Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Lk 1:5-25 (195)
20 Wed Advent Weekday violet
Is 7:10-14/Lk 1:26-38 (196)
21 Thu 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 Fri Advent Weekday violet
1 Sm 1:24-28/Lk 1:46-56 (198)
23 Sat Advent Weekday violet
[Saint John of Kanty, Priest]
Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Lk 1:57-66 (199)
24 SUN FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Rom 16:25-27/Lk 1:26-38 (11) Pss IV
25 Mon THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas) white
Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]
Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 (13)
Night: 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
13
26 Tue Saint Stephen, The First Martyr red
Feast
Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22 (696) Pss Prop
27 Wed Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist white
Feast
1 Jn 1:1-4/Jn 20:1a, 2-8 (697) Pss Prop
28 Thu The Holy Innocents, Martyrs red
Feast
1 Jn 1:52:2/Mt 2:13-18 (698) Pss Prop
29 Fri Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
[Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr]
1 Jn 2:3-11/Lk 2:22-35 (202) Pss Prop
30 Sat Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
1 Jn 2:12-17/Lk 2:36-40 (203) Pss Prop
31 SUN THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH white
Feast
Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40
or, in Year B, Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3/Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40 (17)
Pss Prop
JANUARY 2024
1 Mon SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD white
The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord
Solemnity [not a Holyday of Obligation this year]
Nm 6:22-27/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 (18) Pss Prop
2 Tue Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, white
Bishops and Doctors of the Church
Memorial
1 Jn 2:22-28/Jn 1:19-28 (205) Pss I
3 Wed Christmas Weekday white/white
[The Most Holy Name of Jesus]
1 Jn 2:293:6/Jn 1:29-34 (206)
4 Thu USA: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious white
Memorial
1 Jn 3:7-10/Jn 1:35-42 (207)
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5 Fri USA: Saint John Neumann, Bishop white
Memorial
1 Jn 3:11-21/Jn 1:43-51 (208)
6 Sat Christmas Weekday white/white
[USA: Saint André Bessette, Religious]
1 Jn 5:5-13/Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-38 or 3:23, 31-34, 36, 38 (209)
7 SUN USA: THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD white
Solemnity
Is 60:1-6/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12 (20) Pss Prop
8 Mon The Baptism of the Lord white
Feast
Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Acts 10:34-38/Mk 1:7-11
or, in Year B, Is 55:1-11 or 1 Jn 5:1-9/Mk 1:7-11 (21) Pss Prop
9 Tue Weekday (First Week in Ordinary Time) green
1 Sm 1:9-20/Mk 1:21-28 (306)
or 1 Sm 1:1-8 (305) and 1:9-20 (306)/Mk 1:14-20 (305) and 1:21-28 (306) Pss I
10 Wed Weekday green
1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20/Mk 1:29-39 (307)
11 Thu Weekday green
1 Sm 4:1-11/Mk 1:40-45 (308)
12 Fri Weekday green
1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a/Mk 2:1-12 (309)
13 Sat Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church; BVM]
1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a/Mk 2:13-17 (310)
14 SUN SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19/1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20/Jn 1:35-42 (65) Pss II
15 Mon Weekday green
1 Sm 15:16-23/Mk 2:18-22 (311)
16 Tue Weekday green
1 Sm 16:1-13/Mk 2:23-28 (312)
17 Wed Saint Anthony, Abbot white
Memorial
1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51/Mk 3:1-6 (313)
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18 Thu Weekday green
1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7/Mk 3:7-12 (314)
19 Fri Weekday green
1 Sm 24:3-21/Mk 3:13-19 (315)
20 Sat Weekday green/red/red/white
[Saint Fabian, Pope and Martyr; Saint Sebastian, Martyr; BVM]
2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27/Mk 3:20-21 (316)
21 SUN THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Jon 3:1-5, 10/1 Cor 7:29-31/Mk 1:14-20 (68) Pss III
22 Mon USA: Day of Prayer for the Legal white or violet
Protection of Unborn Children
2 Sm 5:1-7, 10/Mk 3:22-30 (317)
or, for the Day of Prayer, any readings from the Mass “For Giving Thanks to God
for the Gift of Human Life (Lectionary for Mass Supplement, 947A-947E),
or the Mass “For Justice and Peace” (887-891)
23 Tue Weekday green/red/white
[USA: Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr; USA: Saint Marianne Cope, Virgin]
2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19/Mk 3:31-35 (318)
24 Wed Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
2 Sm 7:4-17/Mk 4:1-20 (319)
25 Thu The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle white
Feast
Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22/Mk 16:15-18 (519) Pss Prop
26 Fri Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops white
Memorial
2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5 (520)/Mk 4:26-34 (321)
27 Sat Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Angela Merici, Virgin; BVM]
2 Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17/Mk 4:35-41 (322)
28 SUN FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Dt 18:15-20/1 Cor 7:32-35/Mk 1:21-28 (71) Pss IV
29 Mon Weekday green
2 Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13/Mk 5:1-20 (323)
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30 Tue Weekday green
2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 3019:3/Mk 5:21-43 (324)
31 Wed Saint John Bosco, Priest white
Memorial
2 Sm 24:2, 9-17/Mk 6:1-6 (325)
FEBRUARY 2024
1 Thu Weekday green
1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12/Mk 6:7-13 (326)
2 Fri 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 Sat Weekday green/red/white/white
[Saint Blaise, Bishop and Martyr; Saint Ansgar, Bishop; BVM]
1 Kgs 3:4-13/Mk 6:30-34 (328)
4 SUN FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Jb 7:1-4, 6-7/1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23/Mk 1:29-39 (74) Pss I
5 Mon Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr red
Memorial
1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13/Mk 6:53-56 (329)
6 Tue Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs red
Memorial
1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30/Mk 7:1-13 (330)
7 Wed Weekday green
1 Kgs 10:1-10/Mk 7:14-23 (331)
8 Thu Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Jerome Emiliani; Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin]
1 Kgs 11:4-13/Mk 7:24-30 (332)
9 Fri Weekday green
1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19/Mk 7:31-37 (333)
10 Sat Saint Scholastica, Virgin white
Memorial
1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34/Mk 8:1-10 (334)
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11 SUN SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Lv 13:1-2, 44-46/1 Cor 10:3111:1/Mk 1:40-45 (77) Pss II
12 Mon Weekday green
Jas 1:1-11/Mk 8:11-13 (335)
13 Tue Weekday green
Jas 1:12-18/Mk 8:14-21 (336)
14 Wed Ash Wednesday violet
Jl 2:12-18/2 Cor 5:206:2/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 (219) Pss IV
15 Thu Thursday after Ash Wednesday violet
Dt 30:15-20/Lk 9:22-25 (220)
16 Fri Friday after Ash Wednesday violet
Is 58:1-9a/Mt 9:14-15 (221)
17 Sat Saturday after Ash Wednesday violet
[The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order]
Is 58:9b-14/Lk 5:27-32 (222)
18 SUN FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT violet
Gn 9:8-15/1 Pt 3:18-22/Mk 1:12-15 (23) Pss I
19 Mon Lenten Weekday violet
Lv 19:1-2, 11-18/Mt 25:31-46 (224)
20 Tue Lenten Weekday violet
Is 55:10-11/Mt 6:7-15 (225)
21 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church]
Jon 3:1-10/Lk 11:29-32 (226)
22 Thu The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle white
Feast
1 Pt 5:1-4/Mt 16:13-19 (535) Pss Prop
23 Fri Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr]
Ez 18:21-28/Mt 5:20-26 (228)
24 Sat Lenten Weekday violet
Dt 26:16-19/Mt 5:43-48 (229)
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25 SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT violet
Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Rom 8:31b-34/Mk 9:2-10 (26) Pss II
26 Mon Lenten Weekday violet
Dn 9:4b-10/Lk 6:36-38 (230)
27 Tue Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church]
Is 1:10, 16-20/Mt 23:1-12 (231)
28 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
Jer 18:18-20/Mt 20:17-28 (232)
29 Thu Lenten Weekday violet
Jer 17:5-10/Lk 16:19-31 (233)
MARCH 2024
1 Fri Lenten Weekday violet
Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a/Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 (234)
2 Sat Lenten Weekday violet
Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 (235)
3 SUN THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT violet
Ex 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17/1 Cor 1:22-25/Jn 2:13-25 (29)
or, for Year A, 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
4 Mon Lenten Weekday
5
violet
[Saint Casimir]
2 Kgs 5:1-15ab/Lk 4:24-30 (237)
5 Tue Lenten Weekday violet
Dn 3:25, 34-43/Mt 18:21-35 (238)
6 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
Dt 4:1, 5-9/Mt 5:17-19 (239)
7 Thu Lenten Weekday violet
[Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs]
Jer 7:23-28/Lk 11:14-23 (240)
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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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8 Fri Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint John of God, Religious]
Hos 14:2-10/Mk 12:28-34 (241)
9 Sat Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Frances of Rome, Religious]
Hos 6:1-6/Lk 18:9-14 (242)
10 SUN FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT violet or rose
2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23/Eph 2:4-10/Jn 3:14-21 (32)
or, for Year A, 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
11 Mon Lenten Weekday
6
violet
Is 65:17-21/Jn 4:43-54 (244)
12 Tue Lenten Weekday violet
Ez 47:1-9, 12/Jn 5:1-16 (245)
13 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
Is 49:8-15/Jn 5:17-30 (246)
14 Thu Lenten Weekday violet
Ex 32:7-14/Jn 5:31-47 (247)
15 Fri Lenten Weekday violet
Wis 2:1a, 12-22/Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 (248)
16 Sat Lenten Weekday violet
Jer 11:18-20/Jn 7:40-53 (249)
17 SUN FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT violet
Jer 31:31-34/Heb 5:7-9/Jn 12:20-33 (35)
or, for Year A, Ez 37:12-14/Rom 8:8-11/Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 (34) Pss I
18 Mon Lenten Weekday
7
violet
[Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Doctor of the Church]
Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62/Jn 8:1-11 (251)
6
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).
7
The following readings may be used on any Lenten 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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19 Tue SAINT JOSEPH, SPOUSE 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
20 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Jn 8:31-42 (253)
21 Thu Lenten Weekday violet
Gn 17:3-9/Jn 8:51-59 (254)
22 Fri Lenten Weekday violet
Jer 20:10-13/Jn 10:31-42 (255)
23 Sat Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop]
Ez 37:21-28/Jn 11:45-56 (256)
24 SUN PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD red
Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16 (37)/Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/Mk 14:115:47 or 15:1-39 (38)
Pss II
25 Mon Monday of Holy Week violet
Is 42:1-7/Jn 12:1-11 (257)
26 Tue Tuesday of Holy Week violet
Is 49:1-6/Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 (258)
27 Wed Wednesday of Holy Week violet
Is 50:4-9a/Mt 26:14-25 (259)
28 Thu Thursday of Holy Week (Holy Thursday)
8
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)
Pss Prop
29 Fri Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday) red
Is 52:1353:12/Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9/Jn 18:119:42 (40) Pss Prop
8
If necessary, the Chrism Mass may be celebrated on a suitable day before Holy Thursday.
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30 Sat Holy Saturday
9
white
Easter Vigil: Gn 1:12:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/
Ex 14:1515:1/Is 54:5-14/Is 55:1-11/Bar 3:9-15, 324:4/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/
Rom 6:3-11/Mk 16:1-7 (41) Pss Prop
31 SUN EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
10
white
Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 (42) or Mk 16:1-7 (41)
or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Lk 24:13-35 (46) Pss Prop
APRIL 2024
1 Mon Monday within the Octave of Easter white
Acts 2:14, 22-33/Mt 28:8-15 (261) Pss Prop
2 Tue Tuesday within the Octave of Easter white
Acts 2:36-41/Jn 20:11-18 (262) Pss Prop
3 Wed Wednesday within the Octave of Easter white
Acts 3:1-10/Lk 24:13-35 (263) Pss Prop
4 Thu Thursday within the Octave of Easter white
Acts 3:11-26/Lk 24:35-48 (264) Pss Prop
5 Fri Friday within the Octave of Easter white
Acts 4:1-12/Jn 21:1-14 (265) Pss Prop
6 Sat Saturday within the Octave of Easter white
Acts 4:13-21/Mk 16:9-15 (266) Pss Prop
7 SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER white
(OR SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY)
Acts 4:32-35/1 Jn 5:1-6/Jn 20:19-31 (44) Pss Prop
8 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
9 Tue Easter Weekday white
Acts 4:32-37/Jn 3:7b-15 (268) Pss II
9
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, both from the Law and the Prophets, should be read before the Epistle and Gospel. In any case, the reading
from Exodus about the escape through the Red Sea (reading 3) should never be omitted.
10
Although not given the title of Solemnity, “[t]he first eight days of Easter Time constitute the Octave of Easter and
are celebrated as Solemnities of the Lord” (Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, no. 24).
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10 Wed Easter Weekday white
Acts 5:17-26/Jn 3:16-21 (269)
11 Thu Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr red
Memorial
Acts 5:27-33/Jn 3:31-36 (270)
12 Fri Easter Weekday white
Acts 5:34-42/Jn 6:1-15 (271)
13 Sat Easter Weekday white/red
[Saint Martin I, Pope and Martyr]
Acts 6:1-7/Jn 6:16-21 (272)
14 SUN THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER white
Acts 3:13-15, 17-19/1 Jn 2:1-5a/Lk 24:35-48 (47) Pss III
15 Mon Easter Weekday white
Acts 6:8-15/Jn 6:22-29 (273)
16 Tue Easter Weekday white
Acts 7:518:1a/Jn 6:30-35 (274)
17 Wed Easter Weekday white
Acts 8:1b-8/Jn 6:35-40 (275)
18 Thu Easter Weekday white
Acts 8:26-40/Jn 6:44-51 (276)
19 Fri Easter Weekday white
Acts 9:1-20/Jn 6:52-59 (277)
20 Sat Easter Weekday white
Acts 9:31-42/Jn 6:60-69 (278)
21 SUN FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER white
Acts 4:8-12/1 Jn 3:1-2/Jn 10:11-18 (50) Pss IV
22 Mon Easter Weekday white
Acts 11:1-18/Jn 10:1-10 (279)
23 Tue Easter Weekday white/red/red
[Saint George, Martyr; Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr]
Acts 11:19-26/Jn 10:22-30 (280)
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24 Wed Easter Weekday white/red
[Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr]
Acts 12:2413:5a/Jn 12:44-50 (281)
25 Thu Saint Mark, Evangelist red
Feast
1 Pt 5:5b-14/Mk 16:15-20 (555) Pss Prop
26 Fri Easter Weekday white
Acts 13:26-33/Jn 14:1-6 (283)
27 Sat Easter Weekday white
Acts 13:44-52/Jn 14:7-14 (284)
28 SUN FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER white
Acts 9:26-31/1 Jn 3:18-24/Jn 15:1-8 (53) Pss I
29 Mon Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Acts 14:5-18/Jn 14:21-26 (285)
30 Tue Easter Weekday white/white
[Saint Pius V, Pope]
Acts 14:19-28/Jn 14:27-31a (286)
MAY 2024
1 Wed Easter Weekday white/white
[Saint Joseph the Worker]
Acts 15:1-6/Jn 15:1-8 (287)
or, for the Memorial, Gn 1:262:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24/Mt 13:54-58 (559)
2 Thu Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Acts 15:7-21/Jn 15:9-11 (288)
3 Fri Saints Philip and James, Apostles red
Feast
1 Cor 15:1-8/Jn 14:6-14 (561) Pss Prop
4 Sat Easter Weekday white
Acts 16:1-10/Jn 15:18-21 (290)
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5 SUN SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
11
white
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48/1 Jn 4:7-10/Jn 15:9-17 (56) Pss II
6 Mon Easter Weekday white
Acts 16:11-15/Jn 15:2616:4a (291)
7 Tue Easter Weekday white
Acts 16:22-34/Jn 16:5-11 (292)
8 Wed Easter Weekday white
Acts 17:15, 2218:1/Jn 16:12-15 (293)
Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, Philadelphia:
9 Thu THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD white
Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]
Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23 or Eph 4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13/Mk 16:15-20 (58) Pss Prop
All Other U.S. Ecclesiastical Provinces:
9 Thu Easter Weekday white
Acts 18:1-8/Jn 16:16-20 (294)
10 Fri Easter Weekday white/white/white
[Saint John of Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church;
USA: Saint Damien de Veuster, Priest]
Acts 18:9-18/Jn 16:20-23 (295)
11 Sat Easter Weekday white
Acts 18:23-28/Jn 16:23b-28 (296)
Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, Philadelphia:
12 SUN SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER white
Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26/1 Jn 4:11-16/Jn 17:11b-19 (60) Pss III
All Other U.S. Ecclesiastical Provinces:
12 SUN THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD white
Solemnity
Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23 or Eph 4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13/Mk 16:15-20 (58) Pss Prop
13 Mon Easter Weekday white/white
[Our Lady of Fatima]
Acts 19:1-8/Jn 16:29-33 (297)
11
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. 60) may be read on the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
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14 Tue Saint Matthias, Apostle red
Feast
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26/Jn 15:9-17 (564) Pss Prop
15 Wed Easter Weekday white/white
[USA: Saint Isidore]
Acts 20:28-38/Jn 17:11b-19 (299)
16 Thu Easter Weekday white
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Jn 17:20-26 (300)
17 Fri Easter Weekday white
Acts 25:13b-21/Jn 21:15-19 (301)
18 Sat Easter Weekday white/red
[Saint John I, Pope and Martyr]
Morning: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Jn 21:20-25 (302)
19 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)
or, for the Extended Vigil: Gn 11:1-9/Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b/Ez 37:1-14/Jl 3:1-5/Rom 8:22-27/
Jn 7:37-39 (Lectionary for Mass Supplement, 62)
Day: Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25/Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 (63)
Pss Prop
20 Mon The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church white
(Seventh Week in Ordinary Time)
Memorial
Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14/Jn 19:25-34 (572A, see USCCB.org/motherofthechurch) Pss III
21 Tue Weekday green/red
[Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs]
Jas 4:1-10/Mk 9:30-37 (342)
22 Wed Weekday green/white
[Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious]
Jas 4:13-17/Mk 9:38-40 (343)
23 Thu Weekday green
Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:41-50 (344)
24 Fri Weekday green
Jas 5:9-12/Mk 10:1-12 (345)
25 Sat Weekday green/white/white/white/white
26
[Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church;
Saint Gregory VII, Pope; Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Virgin; BVM]
Jas 5:13-20/Mk 10:13-16 (346)
26 SUN THE MOST HOLY TRINITY white
Solemnity
Dt 4:32-34, 39-40/Rom 8:14-17/Mt 28:16-20 (165) Pss Prop
27 Mon Weekday (Eighth Week in Ordinary Time) green/white
[Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop]
1 Pt 1:3-9/Mk 10:17-27 (347) Pss IV
28 Tue Weekday green
1 Pt 1:10-16/Mk 10:28-31 (348)
29 Wed Weekday green/white
[Saint Paul VI, Pope]
1 Pt 1:18-25/Mk 10:32-45 (349)
30 Thu Weekday green
1 Pt 2:2-5, 9-12/Mk 10:46-52 (350)
31 Fri 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 2024
1 Sat Saint Justin, Martyr red
Memorial
Jude 17, 20b-25/Mk 11:27-33 (352)
2 SUN USA: THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST white
(Corpus Christi)
Solemnity
Ex 24:3-8/Heb 9:11-15/Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 (168) Pss Prop
3 Mon Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs red
(Ninth Week in Ordinary Time)
Memorial
2 Pt 1:2-7/Mk 12:1-12 (353) Pss I
4 Tue Weekday green
2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18/Mk 12:13-17 (354)
5 Wed Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr red
27
Memorial
2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12/Mk 12:18-27 (355)
6 Thu Weekday green/white
[Saint Norbert, Bishop]
2 Tm 2:8-15/Mk 12:28-34 (356)
7 Fri THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS white
Solemnity
Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9/Eph 3:8-12, 14-19/Jn 19:31-37 (171) Pss Prop
8 Sat The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
Memorial
2 Tm 4:1-8 (358)/Lk 2:41-51 (573)
9 SUN TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Gn 3:9-15/2 Cor 4:135:1/Mk 3:20-35 (89) Pss II
10 Mon Weekday green
1 Kgs 17:1-6/Mt 5:1-12 (359)
11 Tue Saint Barnabas, Apostle red
Memorial
Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3 (580)/Mt 5:13-16 (360)
12 Wed Weekday green
1 Kgs 18:20-39/Mt 5:17-19 (361)
13 Thu Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
1 Kgs 18:41-46/Mt 5:20-26 (362)
14 Fri Weekday green
1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16/Mt 5:27-32 (363)
15 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
1 Kgs 19:19-21/Mt 5:33-37 (364)
16 SUN ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Ez 17:22-24/2 Cor 5:6-10/Mk 4:26-34 (92) Pss III
17 Mon Weekday green
1 Kgs 21:1-16/Mt 5:38-42 (365)
18 Tue Weekday green
28
1 Kgs 21:17-29/Mt 5:43-48 (366)
19 Wed Weekday green/white
[Saint Romuald, Abbot]
2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 (367)
20 Thu Weekday green
Sir 48:1-14/Mt 6:7-15 (368)
21 Fri Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious white
Memorial
2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20/Mt 6:19-23 (369)
22 Sat Weekday green/white/red/white
[Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; Saints John Fisher, Bishop,
and Thomas More, Martyrs; BVM]
2 Chr 24:17-25/Mt 6:24-34 (370)
23 SUN TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Jb 38:1, 8-11/2 Cor 5:14-17/Mk 4:35-41 (95) Pss IV
24 Mon THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST white
Solemnity
Is 49:1-6/Acts 13:22-26/Lk 1:57-66, 80 (587) Pss Prop
25 Tue Weekday green
2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36/Mt 7:6, 12-14 (372)
26 Wed Weekday green
2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3/Mt 7:15-20 (373)
27 Thu Weekday green/white
[Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church]
2 Kgs 24:8-17/Mt 7:21-29 (374)
28 Fri Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr, and Doctor of the Church red
Memorial
2 Kgs 25:1-12/Mt 8:1-4 (375)
29 Sat SAINTS PETER AND 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
29
30 SUN THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24/2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15/Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43 (98) Pss I
JULY 2024
1 Mon Weekday green/white
[USA: Saint Junípero Serra, Priest]
Am 2:6-10, 13-16/Mt 8:18-22 (377)
2 Tue Weekday green
Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12/Mt 8:23-27 (378)
3 Wed Saint Thomas, Apostle red
Feast
Eph 2:19-22/Jn 20:24-29 (593) Pss Prop
4 Thu Weekday green/white
[USA: Independence Day]
Am 7:10-17/Mt 9:1-8 (380)
or, for Independence Day, any readings from the Mass “For the Country
or a City,” (882-886), or the Mass “For Peace and Justice” (887-891)
5 Fri Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Anthony Zaccaria, Priest; USA: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal]
Am 8:4-6, 9-12/Mt 9:9-13 (381)
6 Sat Weekday green/red/white
[Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr; BVM]
Am 9:11-15/Mt 9:14-17 (382)
7 SUN FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Ez 2:2-5/2 Cor 12:7-10/Mk 6:1-6a (101) Pss II
8 Mon Weekday green
Hos 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22/Mt 9:18-26 (383)
9 Tue Weekday green/red
[Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs]
Hos 8:4-7, 11-13/Mt 9:32-38 (384)
10 Wed Weekday green
Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12/Mt 10:1-7 (385)
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11 Thu Saint Benedict, Abbot white
Memorial
Hos 11:1-4, 8e-9/Mt 10:7-15 (386)
12 Fri Weekday green
Hos 14:2-10/Mt 10:16-23 (387)
13 Sat Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Henry; BVM]
Is 6:1-8/Mt 10:24-33 (388)
14 SUN FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Am 7:12-15/Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10/Mk 6:7-13 (104) Pss III
15 Mon Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Is 1:10-17/Mt 10:3411:1 (389)
16 Tue Weekday green/white
[Our Lady of Mount Carmel]
Is 7:1-9/Mt 11:20-24 (390)
17 Wed Weekday green
Is 10:5-7, 13b-16/Mt 11:25-27 (391)
18 Thu Weekday green/white
[USA: Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest]
Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19/Mt 11:28-30 (392)
19 Fri Weekday green
Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8/Mt 12:1-8 (393)
20 Sat Weekday green/red/white
[Saint Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr; BVM]
Mi 2:1-5/Mt 12:14-21 (394)
21 SUN SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Jer 23:1-6/Eph 2:13-18/Mk 6:30-34 (107) Pss IV
22 Mon Saint Mary Magdalene white
Feast
Sg 3:1-4b or 2 Cor 5:14-17/Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 (603) Pss Prop
23 Tue Weekday green/white
[Saint Bridget, Religious]
Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Mt 12:46-50 (396)
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24 Wed Weekday green/white
[Saint Sharbel Makhlūf, Priest]
Jer 1:1, 4-10/Mt 13:1-9 (397)
25 Thu Saint James, Apostle red
Feast
2 Cor 4:7-15/Mt 20:20-28 (605) Pss Prop
26 Fri Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
Memorial
Jer 3:14-17/Mt 13:18-23 (399)
27 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Jer 7:1-11/Mt 13:24-30 (400)
28 SUN SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
2 Kgs 4:42-44/Eph 4:1-6/Jn 6:1-15 (110) Pss I
29 Mon Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus white
Memorial
Jer 13:1-11(401)/Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 (607)
30 Tue Weekday green/white
[Saint Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church]
Jer 14:17-22/Mt 13:36-43 (402)
31 Wed Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest white
Memorial
Jer 15:10, 16-21/Mt 13:44-46 (403)
AUGUST 2024
1 Thu Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Jer 18:1-6/Mt 13:47-53 (404)
2 Fri Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Priest]
Jer 26:1-9/Mt 13:54-58 (405)
3 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Jer 26:11-16, 24/Mt 14:1-12 (406)
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4 SUN EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Ex 16:2-4, 12-15/Eph 4:17, 20-24/Jn 6:24-35 (113) Pss II
5 Mon Weekday green/white
[The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major]
Jer 28:1-17/Mt 14:13-21 (407)
6 Tue The Transfiguration of the Lord white
Feast
Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mk 9:2-10 (614) Pss Prop
7 Wed Weekday green/red/white
[Saint Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; Saint Cajetan, Priest]
Jer 31:1-7/Mt 15:21-28 (409)
8 Thu Saint Dominic, Priest white
Memorial
Jer 31:31-34/Mt 16:13-23 (410)
9 Fri Weekday green/red
[Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr]
Na 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7/Mt 16:24-28 (411)
10 Sat Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr red
Feast
2 Cor 9:6-10/Jn 12:24-26 (618) Pss Prop
11 SUN NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
1 Kgs 19:4-8/Eph 4:305:2/Jn 6:41-51 (116) Pss III
12 Mon Weekday green/white
[Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious]
Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c/Mt 17:22-27 (413)
13 Tue Weekday green/red
[Saints Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs]
Ez 2:83:4/Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 (414)
14 Wed Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr red
Memorial
Ez 9:1-7; 10:18-22/Mt 18:15-20 (415)
15 Thu THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY white
Solemnity [Holyday 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
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16 Fri Weekday green/white
[Saint Stephen of Hungary]
Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63/Mt 19:3-12 (417)
17 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32/Mt 19:13-15 (418)
18 SUN TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Prv 9:1-6/Eph 5:15-20/Jn 6:51-58 (119) Pss IV
19 Mon Weekday green/white
[Saint John Eudes, Priest]
Ez 24:15-23/Mt 19:16-22 (419)
20 Tue Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Ez 28:1-10/Mt 19:23-30 (420)
21 Wed Saint Pius X, Pope white
Memorial
Ez 34:1-11/Mt 20:1-16 (421)
22 Thu The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
Memorial
Ez 36:23-28/Mt 22:1-14 (422)
23 Fri Weekday green/white
[Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin]
Ez 37:1-14/Mt 22:34-40 (423)
24 Sat Saint Bartholomew, Apostle red
Feast
Rv 21:9b-14/Jn 1:45-51 (629) Pss Prop
25 SUN TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b/Eph 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32/Jn 6:60-69 (122) Pss I
26 Mon Weekday green
2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12/Mt 23:13-22 (425)
27 Tue Saint Monica white
Memorial
2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17/Mt 23:23-26 (426)
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28 Wed Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
2 Thes 3:6-10, 16-18/Mt 23:27-32 (427)
29 Thu The Passion of Saint John the Baptist red
Memorial
1 Cor 1:1-9 (428)/Mk 6:17-29 (634) Pss Prop
30 Fri Weekday green
1 Cor 1:17-25/Mt 25:1-13 (429)
31 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
1 Cor 1:26-31/Mt 25:14-30 (430)
SEPTEMBER 2024
1 SUN TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Dt 4:1-2, 6-8/Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27/Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 (125) Pss II
2 Mon Weekday green
1 Cor 2:1-5/Lk 4:16-30 (431)
3 Tue Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
1 Cor 2:10b-16/Lk 4:31-37 (432)
4 Wed Weekday green
1 Cor 3:1-9/Lk 4:38-44 (433)
5 Thu Weekday green
1 Cor 3:18-23/Lk 5:1-11 (434)
6 Fri Weekday green
1 Cor 4:1-5/Lk 5:33-39 (435)
7 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
1 Cor 4:6b-15/Lk 6:1-5 (436)
8 SUN TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 35:4-7a/Jas 2:1-5/Mk 7:31-37 (128) Pss III
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9 Mon USA: Saint Peter Claver, Priest white
Memorial
1 Cor 5:1-8/Lk 6:6-11 (437)
10 Tue Weekday green
1 Cor 6:1-11/Lk 6:12-19 (438)
11 Wed Weekday green
1 Cor 7:25-31/Lk 6:20-26 (439)
12 Thu Weekday green/white
[The Most Holy Name of Mary]
1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13/Lk 6:27-38 (440)
13 Fri Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27/Lk 6:39-42 (441)
14 Sat The Exaltation of the Holy Cross red
Feast
Nm 21:4b-9/Phil 2:6-11/Jn 3:13-17 (638) Pss Prop
15 SUN TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 50:4c-9a/Jas 2:14-18/Mk 8:27-35 (131) Pss IV
16 Mon Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs red
Memorial
1 Cor 11:17-26, 33/Lk 7:1-10 (443)
17 Tue Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church;
Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin and Doctor of the Church]
1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a/Lk 7:11-17 (444)
18 Wed Weekday green
1 Cor 12:3113:13/Lk 7:31-35 (445)
19 Thu Weekday green/red
[Saint Januarius, Bishop and Martyr]
1 Cor 15:1-11/Lk 7:36-50 (446)
20 Fri Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, red
and Companions, Martyrs
Memorial
1 Cor 15:12-20/Lk 8:1-3 (447)
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21 Sat Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist red
Feast
Eph 4:1-7, 11-13/Mt 9:9-13 (643) Pss Prop
22 SUN TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Wis 2:12, 17-20/Jas 3:164:3/Mk 9:30-37 (134) Pss I
23 Mon Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest white
Memorial
Prv 3:27-34/Lk 8:16-18 (449)
24 Tue Weekday green
Prv 21:1-6, 10-13/Lk 8:19-21 (450)
25 Wed Weekday green
Prv 30:5-9/Lk 9:1-6 (451)
26 Thu Weekday green/red
[Saints Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs]
Eccl 1:2-11/Lk 9:7-9 (452)
27 Fri Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest white
Memorial
Eccl 3:1-11/Lk 9:18-22 (453)
28 Sat Weekday green/red/red/white
[Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr; Saint Lawrence Ruiz
and Companions, Martyrs; BVM]
Eccl 11:912:8/Lk 9:43b-45 (454)
29 SUN TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Nm 11:25-29/Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 (137) Pss II
30 Mon Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Jb 1:6-22/Lk 9:46-50 (455)
OCTOBER 2024
1 Tue Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23/Lk 9:51-56 (456)
2 Wed The Holy Guardian Angels white
Memorial
Jb 9:1-12, 14-16 (457)/Mt 18:1-5, 10 (650) Pss Prop
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3 Thu Weekday green
Jb 19:21-27/Lk 10:1-12 (458)
4 Fri Saint Francis of Assisi white
Memorial
Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5/Lk 10:13-16 (459)
5 Sat Weekday green/white/white/white
[Saint Faustina Kowalska, Virgin;
USA: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest; BVM]
Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17/Lk 10:17-24 (460)
6 SUN TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Gn 2:18-24/Heb 2:9-11/Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12 (140) Pss III
7 Mon Our Lady of the Rosary white
Memorial
Gal 1:6-12/Lk 10:25-37 (461) Pss Prop
8 Tue Weekday green
Gal 1:13-24/Lk 10:38-42 (462)
9 Wed Weekday green/red/white
[Saint Denis, Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs; Saint John Leonardi, Priest]
Gal 2:1-2, 7-14/Lk 11:1-4 (463)
10 Thu Weekday green
Gal 3:1-5/Lk 11:5-13 (464)
11 Fri Weekday green/white
[Saint John XXIII, Pope]
Gal 3:7-14/Lk 11:15-26 (465)
12 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Gal 3:22-29/Lk 11:27-28 (466)
13 SUN TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Wis 7:7-11/Heb 4:12-13/Mk 10:17-30 or 10:17-27 (143) Pss IV
14 Mon Weekday green/red
[Saint Callistus I, Pope and Martyr]
Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 315:1/Lk 11:29-32 (467)
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15 Tue Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Gal 5:1-6/Lk 11:37-41 (468)
16 Wed Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Hedwig, Religious; Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin]
Gal 5:18-25/Lk 11:42-46 (469)
17 Thu Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr red
Memorial
Eph 1:1-10/Lk 11:47-54 (470)
18 Fri Saint Luke, Evangelist red
Feast
2 Tm 4:10-17b/Lk 10:1-9 (661) Pss Prop
19 Sat USA: Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, red
and Companions, Martyrs
Memorial
Eph 1:15-23/Lk 12:8-12 (472)
20 SUN TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Is 53:10-11/Heb 4:14-16/Mk 10:35-45 or 10:42-45 (146) Pss I
21 Mon Weekday green
Eph 2:1-10/Lk 12:13-21 (473)
22 Tue Weekday green/white
[Saint John Paul II, Pope]
Eph 2:12-22/Lk 12:35-38 (474)
23 Wed Weekday green/white
[Saint John of Capistrano, Priest]
Eph 3:2-12/Lk 12:39-48 (475)
24 Thu Weekday green/white
[Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop]
Eph 3:14-21/Lk 12:49-53 (476)
25 Fri Weekday green
Eph 4:1-6/Lk 12:54-59 (477)
26 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Eph 4:7-16/Lk 13:1-9 (478)
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27 SUN THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Jer 31:7-9/Heb 5:1-6/Mk 10:46-52 (149) Pss II
28 Mon Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles red
Feast
Eph 2:19-22/Lk 6:12-16 (666) Pss Prop
29 Tue Weekday green
Eph 5:21-33/Lk 13:18-21 (480)
30 Wed Weekday green
Eph 6:1-9/Lk 13:22-30 (481)
31 Thu Weekday green
Eph 6:10-20/Lk 13:31-35 (482)
NOVEMBER 2024
1 Fri ALL SAINTS white
Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]
Rv 7:2-4, 9-14/1 Jn 3:1-3/Mt 5:1-12a (667) Pss Prop
2 Sat The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed violet or white or black
(All Souls’ Day)
Any readings from no. 668 or from the Masses for the Dead (1011-1016) Pss Prop
3 SUN THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Dt 6:2-6/Heb 7:23-28/Mk 12:28b-34 (152) Pss III
4 Mon Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop white
Memorial
Phil 2:1-4/Lk 14:12-14 (485)
5 Tue Weekday green
Phil 2:5-11/Lk 14:15-24 (486)
6 Wed Weekday green
Phil 2:12-18/Lk 14:25-33 (487)
7 Thu Weekday green
Phil 3:3-8a/Lk 15:1-10 (488)
8 Fri Weekday green
Phil 3:174:1/Lk 16:1-8 (489)
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9 Sat The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica white
Feast
Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17/Jn 2:13-22 (671) Pss Prop
10 SUN THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
1 Kgs 17:10-16/Heb 9:24-28/Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44 (155) Pss IV
11 Mon Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop white
Memorial
Ti 1:1-9/Lk 17:1-6 (491) Pss Prop
12 Tue Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr red
Memorial
Ti 2:1-8, 11-14/Lk 17:7-10 (492)
13 Wed USA: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin white
Memorial
Ti 3:1-7/Lk 17:11-19 (493)
14 Thu Weekday green
Phlm 7-20/Lk 17:20-25 (494)
15 Fri Weekday green/white
[Saint Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church]
2 Jn 4-9/Lk 17:26-37 (495)
16 Sat Weekday green/white/white/white
[Saint Margaret of Scotland; Saint Gertrude, Virgin; BVM]
3 Jn 5-8/Lk 18:1-8 (496)
17 SUN THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
Dn 12:1-3/Heb 10:11-14, 18/Mk 13:24-32 (158) Pss I
18 Mon Weekday green/white/white
[The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles;
USA: Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Virgin]
Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5/Lk 18:35-43 (497)
or, for the Optional Memorial of the Dedication, Acts 28:11-16, 30-31/Mt 14:22-33 (679)
19 Tue Weekday green
Rv 3:1-6, 14-22/Lk 19:1-10 (498)
20 Wed Weekday green
Rv 4:1-11/Lk 19:11-28 (499)
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21 Thu The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
Memorial
Rv 5:1-10/Lk 19:41-44 (500)
22 Fri Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr red
Memorial
Rv 10:8-11/Lk 19:45-48 (501)
23 Sat Weekday green/red/white/red/white
[Saint Clement I, Pope and Martyr; Saint Columban, Abbot;
USA: Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and Martyr; BVM]
Rv 11:4-12/Lk 20:27-40 (502)
24 SUN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE white
Solemnity
Dn 7:13-14/Rv 1:5-8/Jn 18:33b-37 (161) Pss Prop
25 Mon Weekday (Thirty-Fourth or Last Week in Ordinary Time) green/red
[Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr]
Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5/Lk 21:1-4 (503) Pss II
26 Tue Weekday green
Rv 14:14-19/Lk 21:5-11 (504)
27 Wed Weekday green
Rv 15:1-4/Lk 21:12-19 (505)
28 Thu Weekday green/white
[USA: Thanksgiving Day]
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” (943-947)
29 Fri Weekday green
Rv 20:1-4, 1121:2/Lk 21:29-33 (507)
30 Sat Saint Andrew, Apostle red
Feast
Rom 10:9-18/Mt 4:18-22 (684) Pss Prop
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YEAR C WEEKDAYS I
DECEMBER 2024
1 SUN FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Jer 33:14-16/1 Thes 3:124:2/Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 (3) Pss I
2 Mon Advent Weekday violet
Is 2:1-5/Mt 8:5-11 (175)
3 Tue Saint Francis Xavier, Priest white
Memorial
Is 11:1-10/Lk 10:21-24 (176)
4 Wed Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church]
Is 25:6-10a/Mt 15:29-37 (177)
5 Thu Advent Weekday violet
Is 26:1-6/Mt 7:21, 24-27 (178)
6 Fri Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Nicholas, Bishop]
Is 29:17-24/Mt 9:27-31 (179)
7 Sat Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Mt 9:3510:1, 5a, 6-8 (180)
8 SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Bar 5:1-9/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6 (6) Pss II
9 Mon THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE white
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(Patronal Feastday of the United States of America)
Solemnity [not a Holyday of Obligation this year]
Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 (689) Pss Prop
10 Tue Advent Weekday violet/white
[Our Lady of Loreto]
Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14 (182)
11 Wed Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Damasus I, Pope]
Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30 (183)
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12 Thu USA: 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 (690A)
or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary (707-712) Pss Prop
13 Fri Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr red
Memorial
Is 48:17-19/Mt 11:16-19 (185)
14 Sat Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 (186)
15 SUN THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet or rose
Zep 3:14-18a/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18 (9) Pss III
16 Mon Advent Weekday violet
Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a/Mt 21:23-27 (187)
17 Tue Advent Weekday violet
Gn 49:2, 8-10/Mt 1:1-17 (193)
18 Wed Advent Weekday violet
Jer 23:5-8/Mt 1:18-25 (194)
19 Thu Advent Weekday violet
Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Lk 1:5-25 (195)
20 Fri Advent Weekday violet
Is 7:10-14/Lk 1:26-38 (196)
21 Sat 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 SUN FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Mi 5:1-4a/Heb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45 (12) Pss IV
23 Mon Advent Weekday violet
[Saint John of Kanty, Priest]
Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Lk 1:57-66 (199)
24 Tue Advent Weekday violet
Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Lk 1:67-79 (200)
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25 Wed THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas) white
Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]
Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 (13)
Night: 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 Thu Saint Stephen, The First Martyr red
Feast
Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22 (696) Pss Prop
27 Fri Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist white
Feast
1 Jn 1:1-4/Jn 20:1a, 2-8 (697) Pss Prop
28 Sat The Holy Innocents, Martyrs red
Feast
1 Jn 1:52:2/Mt 2:13-18 (698) Pss Prop
29 SUN THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH white
Feast
Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Lk 2:41-52
or, in Year C, 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28/1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24/Lk 2:41-52 (17) Pss Prop
30 Mon Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
1 Jn 2:12-17/Lk 2:36-40 (203) Pss Prop
31 Tue Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
[Saint Sylvester I, Pope]
1 Jn 2:18-21/Jn 1:1-18 (204) Pss Prop
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APPENDIX / APÉNDICE
For the benefit of those who prepare Spanish-language liturgical calendars and ordines, the
following sections of the Liturgical Calendar are presented here in Spanish: Miscellaneous
Notes, Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America, and the titles of the
liturgical days, as given in the U.S. edition of the Misal Romano, Tercera Edición (2018).
Para el beneficio de aquellos que preparan calendarios litúrgicos y ordines en español, las
siguientes secciones del Liturgical Calendar se presentan aquí en español: Notas misceláneas,
Calendario propio para las diócesis de los Estados Unidos de América y los títulos de los días
litúrgicos, según se ofrece en la edición estadounidense del Misal Romano, Tercera Edición
(2018).
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES / NOTAS MISCELÁNEAS
1. Las citas de las escrituras en inglés se basan en New American Bible con el Nuevo Testamento
revisado y pueden diferir ligeramente de las citas dadas en el Ordo Lectionum Missae (1981)
debido a diferencias en la versificación.
2. En la preparación de los calendarios diocesanos y provinciales y ordines, deben añadirse la
dedicación de las catedrales diocesanas, la dedicación de las iglesias parroquiales y los días
especiales de oración (cfr. Institución General del Misal Romano [IGMR], n. 373), junto con
otras conmemoraciones de santos y beatos que se incluyen en esos calendarios particulares.
Más información está disponible en las Normas universales sobre el año litúrgico y sobre el
calendario, particularmente en el capítulo II.
3. Los sábados del Tiempo Ordinario del año en los que no ocurra una memoria obligatoria se
puede hacer memoria libre de la Virgen María (Normas universales sobre el año litúrgico y
sobre el calendario, n. 15). Esto se indica en el calendario por medio de las siglas BVM”. Las
lecturas y las oraciones pueden ser seleccionadas del Común de la Bienaventurada Virgen
María o las Misas votivas de la Bienaventurada Virgen María en el Misal Romano, o en las
Misas de la Virgen María, vols. I y II.
4. En un decreto fechado el 23 de marzo de 1992, el obispo de Honolulú designó la Navidad y la
Inmaculada Concepción como las dos únicas fiestas de precepto para el estado de Hawái. Esto
implementa el indulto recibido por la Congregación para el Culto Divino y la Disciplina de los
Sacramentos el 26 de mayo de 1990, y el posterior nihil obstat de la Conferencia Nacional de
Obispos Católicos que permite a Hawái legislar sobre este asunto de acuerdo con las normas
de la Conferencia Episcopal del Pacífico (CEPAC).
5. Este calendario litúrgico tiene entradas para el Día de la Independencia de los Estados Unidos
y el Día de Acción de Gracias, ya que están inscritos en el Calendario propio para las diócesis
de los Estados Unidos de América, pero no incluye otros días cívicos festivos comúnmente
celebrados en este país (por ejemplo, Día de Martin Luther King, Jr., Día de los Caídos, Día
del Trabajo, etc.). Respetando estas normas litúrgicas (cfr. IGMR, nn. 368-378), el Misal
Romano ofrece misas apropiadas, pero este calendario no hace ninguna recomendación para
esas fiestas.
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6. El año litúrgico 2024 comienza el primer domingo de Adviento, el 3 de diciembre de 2023.
Durante el año 2024:
a. El lunes 1º de enero es la solemnidad de Santa María, Madre de Dios. Este año, se deroga
la obligación de asistir a misa en esta fecha, de acuerdo con la norma complementaria al
canon 1246 §2 confirmado para las diócesis de los Estados Unidos de América.
b. La fiesta del Bautismo del Señor se celebra el lunes 8 de enero, con una sola lectura antes
del Evangelio. Cuando esta fiesta se realiza el lunes de la primera semana del Tiempo
Ordinario, las lecturas asignadas al lunes podrán unirse a las del martes para que se lea el
principio de cada libro.
c. Dado que el 25 de marzo es el Lunes Santo este año, la solemnidad de la Anunciación del
Señor se traslada al lunes 8 de abril.
d. El jueves 9 de mayo es la solemnidad de la Ascensión del Señor en las provincias
eclesiásticas de Boston, Hartford, Nueva York, Omaha y Filadelfia. Todas las demás
provincias eclesiásticas de los Estados Unidos de América han trasladado esta solemnidad
al domingo siguiente, el 12 de mayo; el jueves 9 de mayo se observa el día de la semana
de Pascua.
e. Dado que el 8 de diciembre de 2024 es el segundo domingo de Adviento, la solemnidad de
la Inmaculada Concepción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María se traslada al lunes 9 de
diciembre. Sin embargo, la obligación de asistir a misa no cambia. Se omite este año la
memoria libre de san Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, el 9 de diciembre.
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PROPER CALENDAR FOR THE DIOCESES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA /
CALENDARIO PROPIO PARA LAS DIÓCESIS DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
4 de enero Santa Isabel Ana Seton, religiosa Memoria
5 de enero San Juan Nepomuceno Neumann, obispo Memoria
6 de enero San Andrés Bessette, religioso
*
22 de enero
**
Día de oración por la protección legal de la criatura
en el vientre materno
23 de enero San Vicente, diácono y mártir
Santa Mariana Cope, virgen
3 de marzo Santa Catalina Drexel, virgen
10 de mayo San Damián de Veuster, presbítero
15 de mayo San Isidro Labrador
1º de julio San Junípero Serra, presbítero
4 de julio Día de la Independencia de los Estados Unidos
5 de julio Santa Isabel de Portugal
14 de julio Santa Kateri Tekakwitha, virgen Memoria
18 de julio San Camilo de Lelis, presbítero
9 de septiembre San Pedro Claver, presbítero Memoria
5 de octubre Beato Francisco Javier Seelos, presbítero
6 de octubre Beata María Rosa Durocher, virgen
19 de octubre Santos Juan de Brébeuf e Isaac Jogues, presbíteros, Memoria
y compañeros, mártires
20 de octubre San Pablo de la Cruz, presbítero
13 de noviembre Santa Francisca Javier Cabrini, virgen Memoria
18 de noviembre Santa Rosa Filipina Duchesne, virgen
23 de noviembre Beato Miguel Agustín Pro, presbítero y mártir
Cuarto jueves Día de Acción de Gracias
de noviembre
8 de diciembre INMACULADA CONCEPCIÓN DE LA Solemnidad
BIENAVENTURADA VIRGEN MARÍA
(Fiesta Patronal de los Estados Unidos de América)
12 de diciembre BIENAVENTURADA VIRGEN MARÍA DE GUADALUPE Fiesta
Domingo entre el 2 y el 8 de enero:
EPIFANÍA DEL SEÑOR Solemnidad
Domingo después de la Santísima Trinidad:
SANTÍSIMO CUERPO Y SANGRE DE CRISTO Solemnidad
*
Cuando no se indica el grado de la celebración, significa memoria libre”.
**
El día 23, cuando el 22 de enero cae en domingo.
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(Corpus Christi)
LITURGICAL TITLES / TÍTULOS LITÚRGICOS
PROPER OF TIME / PROPIO DEL TIEMPO
Tiempo de Adviento y Tiempo de Navidad
[I, II, III, IV] Domingo de Adviento
Natividad del Señor
Sagrada Familia de Jesús, María y José
Solemnidad de Santa María, Madre de Dios
Epifanía del Señor
Bautismo del Señor
Tiempo de Cuaresma, Semana Santa y Sagrado Triduo Pascual
Miércoles de Ceniza
[I, II, III, IV, V] Domingo de Cuaresma
Domingo de Ramos de la Pasión del Señor
[Lunes, Martes, Miércoles, Jueves] Santo
Viernes Santo de la Pasión del Señor
Sábado Santo
Tiempo Pascual
Domingo de Pascua de la Resurrección del Señor
[Lunes, Martes, Miércoles, Jueves, Viernes, Sábado] de la Octava de Pascua
II Domingo de Pascua (Domingo de la Divina Misericordia)
[III, IV, V, VI, VII] Domingo de Pascua
Ascensión del Señor
Domingo de Pentecostés
Tiempo Ordinario
[II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII,
XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII,
XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII] Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
Santísima Trinidad
Santísimo Cuerpo y Sangre de Cristo (Corpus Christi)
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, Rey del Universo
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PROPER OF SAINTS / PROPIO DE LOS SANTOS
Enero 2 Santos Basilio Magno y Gregorio Nacianceno, obispos y doctores de la
Iglesia
3 Santísimo Nombre de Jesús
4 Santa Isabel Ana Seton, religiosa
5 San Juan Nepomuceno Neumann, obispo
6 San Andrés Bessette, religioso
7 San Raimundo de Peñafort, presbítero
13 San Hilario, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
17 San Antonio, abad
20 San Fabián, Papa y mártir; San Sebastián, mártir
21 Santa Inés, virgen y mártir
22 Día de oración por la protección legal de la criatura en el vientre materno
23 San Vicente, diácono y mártir; Santa Mariana Cope, virgen
24 San Francisco de Sales, obispo y mártir de la Iglesia
25 Conversión de san Pablo, apóstol
26 Santos Timoteo y Tito, obispos
27 Santa Ángela Merici, virgen
28 Santo Tomás de Aquino, presbítero y doctor de la Iglesia
31 San Juan Bosco, presbítero
Febrero 2 Presentación del Señor
3 San Blas, obispo y mártir; San Óscar, obispo
5 Santa Águeda, virgen y mártir
6 Santos Pablo Miki y compañeros, mártires
8 San Jerónimo Emiliani; Santa Josefina Bakhita, virgen
10 Santa Escolástica, virgen
11 Bienaventurada Virgen María de Lourdes
14 Santos Cirilo, monje, y Metodio, obispo
17 Los siete santos Fundadores de la Orden de los Siervos de la
Bienaventurada Virgen María
21 San Pedro Damián, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
22 Cátedra de san Pedro, apóstol
23 San Policarpo, obispo y mártir
27 San Gregorio de Narek, abad y doctor de la Iglesia
Marzo 3 Santa Catalina Drexel, religiosa
4 San Casimiro
7 Santas Perpetua y Felicidad, mártires
8 San Juan de Dios, religioso
9 Santa Francesca Romana, religiosa
17 San Patricio, obispo
18 San Cirilo de Jerusalén, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
19 San José, esposo de la Bienaventurada Virgen María
23 Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, obispo
25 Anunciación del Señor
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Abril 2 San Francisco de Paula, ermitaño
4 San Isidoro, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
5 San Vicente Ferrer, presbítero
7 San Juan Bautista de la Salle, presbítero
11 San Estanislao, obispo y mártir
13 San Martín I, Papa y mártir
21 San Anselmo, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
23 San Jorge, mártir; San Adalberto, obispo y mártir
24 San Fidel de Sigmaringa, presbítero y mártir
25 San Marcos, evangelista
28 San Pedro Chanel, presbítero y mártir; San Luis María Grignion de
Montfort, presbítero
29 Santa Catalina de Siena, virgen y doctora de la Iglesia
30 San Pío V, Papa
Mayo San José Obrero
2 San Atanasio, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
3 Santos Felipe y Santiago, apóstoles
10 San Juan de Ávila, presbítero y doctor de la Iglesia; San Damián de
Veuster, presbítero
12 Santos Nereo y Aquileo, mártires; San Pancracio, mártir
13 Bienaventurada Virgen María de Fátima
14 San Matías, apóstol
15 San Isidro Labrador
18 San Juan I, Papa y mártir
20 San Bernardino de Siena, presbítero
21 Santos Cristóbal Magallanes, presbítero, y compañeros, mártires
22 Santa Rita de Casia, religiosa
25 San Beda el Venerable, presbítero y doctor de la Iglesia; San Gregorio
VII, Papa; Santa María Magdalena de Pazzi, virgen
26 San Felipe Neri, presbítero
27 San Agustín de Canterbury, obispo
29 San Pablo VI, Papa
31 Visitación de la Bienaventurada Virgen María
Lunes después del Pentecostés
Bienaventurada Virgen María, Madre de la Iglesia
Sábado siguiente al segundo domingo después de Pentecostés
Corazón Inmaculado de la Bienaventurada Virgen María
Junio San Justino, mártir
2 Santos Marcelino y Pedro, mártires
3 Santos Carlos Lwanga y compañeros, mártires
5 San Bonifacio, obispo y mártir
6 San Norberto, obispo
9 San Efrén, diácono y doctor de la Iglesia
11 San Bernabé, apóstol
13 San Antonio de Padua, presbítero y doctor de la Iglesia
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19 San Romualdo, abad
21 San Luis Gonzaga, religioso
22 San Paulino de Nola, obispo; Santos Juan Fisher, obispo, y Tomás Moro,
mártires
24 Natividad de san Juan Bautista
27 San Cirilo de Alejandría, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
28 San Ireneo, obispo y mártir
29 Santos Pedro y Pablo, apóstoles
30 Primeros santos mártires de la Iglesia Romana
Julio San Junípero Serra, presbítero
3 Santo Tomás, apóstol
4 Día de la Independencia de los Estados Unidos
5 San Antonio María Zacaría, presbítero; Santa Isabel de Portugal
6 Santa María Goretti, virgen y mártir
9 Santos Agustín Zhao Rong, presbítero, y compañeros, mártires
11 San Benito, abad
13 San Enrique
14 Santa Kateri Tekakwitha, virgen
15 San Buenaventura, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
16 Bienaventurada Virgen María del Carmen
18 San Camilo de Lelis, presbítero
20 San Apolinar, obispo y mártir
21 San Lorenzo de Brindis, presbítero y doctor de la Iglesia
22 Santa María Magdalena
23 Santa Brígida, religiosa
24 San Chárbel Makhlüf, presbítero
25 Santiago, apóstol
26 Santos Joaquín y Ana, padres de la Bienaventurada Virgen María
29 Santos Marta, María y Lázaro
30 San Pedro Crisólogo, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
31 San Ignacio de Loyola, presbítero
Agosto San Alfonso María de Ligorio, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
2 San Eusebio de Vercelli, obispo; San Pedro Julián Eymard, presbítero
4 San Juan María Vianney, presbítero
5 Dedicación de la Basílica de Santa María la Mayor
6 Transfiguración del Señor
7 Santos Sixto II, Papa, y compañeros, mártires; San Cayetano, presbítero
8 Santo Domingo de Guzmán, presbítero
9 Santa Teresa Benedicta de la Cruz, virgen y mártir
10 San Lorenzo, diácono y mártir
11 Santa Clara, virgen
12 Santa Juana Francisca de Chantal, religiosa
13 Santos Ponciano, Papa, e Hipólito, presbítero, mártires
14 San Maximiliano María Kolbe, presbítero y mártir
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15 Asunción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María
16 San Esteban de Hungría
19 San Juan Eudes, presbítero
20 San Bernardo, abad y doctor de la Iglesia
21 San Pío X, Papa
22 Bienaventurada Virgen María Reina
23 Santa Rosa de Lima, virgen
24 San Bartolomé, apóstol
25 San Luis, rey de Francia; San José de Calasanz, presbítero
27 Santa Mónica
28 San Agustín, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
29 Martirio de san Juan Bautista
Septiembre 3 San Gregorio Magno, Papa y doctor de la Iglesia
8 Natividad de la Bienaventurada Virgen María
9 San Pedro Claver, presbítero
12 Santísimo Nombre de María
13 San Juan Crisóstomo, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
14 Exaltación de la Santa Cruz
15 Bienaventurada Virgen María de los Dolores
16 Santos Cornelio, Papa, y Cipriano, obispo, mártires
17 San Roberto Belarmino, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia; Santa Hildegarda de
Bingen, virgen y doctora de la Iglesia
19 San Jenaro, obispo y mártir
20 Santos Andrés Kim Tae-gŏn, presbítero, Pablo Chŏng Ha-sang y
compañeros, mártires
21 San Mateo, apóstol y evangelista
23 San Pio de Pietrelcina, presbítero
26 Santos Cosme y Damián, mártires
27 San Vicente de Paúl, presbítero
28 San Wenceslao, mártir; Santos Lorenzo Ruiz y compañeros, mártires
29 Santos arcángeles Miguel, Gabriel y Rafael
30 San Jerónimo, presbítero y doctor de la Iglesia
Octubre Santa Teresa del Niño Jesús, virgen y doctora de la Iglesia
2 Santos Ángeles Custodios
4 San Francisco de Asís
5 Santa Faustina Kowalska, virgen; Beato Francisco Javier Seelos, presbítero
6 San Bruno, presbítero; Beata María Rosa Durocher, virgen
7 Bienaventurada Virgen María del Rosario
9 Santos Dionisio, obispo, y compañeros, mártires; San Juan Leonardi,
presbítero
11 San Juan XXIII, Papa
14 San Calixto I, Papa y mártir
15 Santa Teresa de Jesús, virgen y doctora de la Iglesia
16 Santa Eduviges, religiosa; Santa Margarita María Alacoque, virgen
17 San Ignacio de Antioquía, obispo y mártir
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18 San Lucas, evangelista
19 Santos Juan de Brébeuf e Isaac Jogues, presbíteros, y compañeros, mártires
20 San Pablo de la Cruz, presbítero
22 San Juan Pablo II, Papa
23 San Juan de Capistrano, presbítero
24 San Antonio María Claret, obispo
28 Santos Simón y Judas, apóstoles
Noviembre Todos los Santos
2 Conmemoración de todos los fieles difuntos
3 San Martín de Porres, religioso
4 San Carlos Borromeo, obispo
9 Dedicación de la Basílica de Letrán
10 San León Magno, Papa y doctor de la Iglesia
11 San Martín de Tours, obispo
12 San Josafat, obispo y mártir
13 Santa Francisca Javier Cabrini, virgen
15 San Alberto Magno, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
16 Santa Margarita de Escocia; Santa Gertrudis, virgen
17 Santa Isabel de Hungría, religiosa
18 Dedicación de las Basílicas de San Pedro y San Pablo, apóstoles; Santa
Rosa Filipina Duchesne, virgen
21 Presentación de la Bienaventurada Virgen María
22 Santa Cecilia, virgen y mártir
23 San Clemente I, Papa y mártir; San Columbiano, abad; Beato Miguel
Agustín Pro, presbítero y mártir
24 Santos Andrés Dũng-Lc, presbítero, y compañeros, mártires
25 Santa Catalina de Alejandría, virgen y mártir
30 San Andrés, apóstol
Cuarto jueves
Día de Acción de Gracias
Diciembre 3 San Francisco Javier, presbítero
4 San Juan Damasceno, presbítero y doctor de la Iglesia
6 San Nicolás, obispo
7 San Ambrosio, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
8 Inmaculada Concepción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María (Fiesta
Patronal de los Estados Unidos de América)
9 San Juan Diego
10 Bienaventurada Virgen María de Loreto
11 San Dámaso I, Papa
12 Bienaventurada Virgen María de Guadalupe
13 Santa Lucía, virgen y mártir
14 San Juan de la Cruz, presbítero y doctor de la Iglesia
21 San Pedro Canisio, presbítero y doctor de la Iglesia
23 San Juan de Kety, presbítero
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26 San Esteban, protomártir
27 San Juan, apóstol y evangelista
28 Santos Inocentes, mártires
29 Santo Tomás Becket, obispo y mártir
31 San Silvestre I, Papa
PATRONAL FEASTS / FIESTAS PATRONALES
Although not inscribed in the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America,
the following patronal feasts appear in Appendix I of the U.S. edition of the Misal Romano,
Tercera Edición (2018). Respecting the liturgical norms, they may be celebrated for pastoral
reasons whenever Votive Masses are permitted.
Aunque no están inscritas en el Calendario propio para las diócesis de los Estados Unidos de
América, las siguientes fiestas patronales aparecen en el apéndice I de la edición estadounidense
del Misal Romano, Tercera Edición (2018). Respetando las normas litúrgicas, pueden ser
celebradas por razones pastorales siempre que estén permitidas las Misas votivas.
Enero 15 Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala)
21 Bienaventurada Virgen María de Altagracia (República Dominicana)
Febrero 3 Bienaventurada Virgen María de Suyapa (Honduras)
Mayo 8 Bienaventurada Virgen María de Luján (Argentina)
Julio 9 Bienaventurada Virgen María del Rosario de Chiquinquirá (Colombia)
16 Bienaventurada Virgen María del Carmen (Chile)
Agosto 2 Bienaventurada Virgen María de los Ángeles (Costa Rica)
5 Bienaventurada Virgen María de Copacabana (Bolivia)
6 El Salvador del Mundo (El Salvador)
15 Asunción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María (Paraguay)
Septiembre 8 Bienaventurada Virgen María de la Caridad del Cobre (Cuba)
9 Santa María la Antigua (Panamá)
11 Bienaventurada Virgen María de Coromoto (Venezuela)
Octubre 12 Bienaventurada Virgen María del Pilar (España)
28 El Señor de los Milagros (Perú)
Noviembre 8 Bienaventurada Virgen María de los Treinta y Tres Orientales (Uruguay)
19 Santa María, Madre de la Divina Providencia (Puerto Rico)
21 Bienaventurada Virgen María de la Presentación del Quinche (Ecuador)
Diciembre 8 Purísima Concepción de María (Nicaragua)
12 Bienaventurada Virgen María de Guadalupe (México)