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| Beginning of a new calendar year.
Weekday Lectionary Cycle for Ordinary Time is 2. | |
| Use Weekday Lectionary Vol III. | |
| white | The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord
SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD | Solemnity |
| 53rd World Day of Peace (est. 1967) |
| Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, Creed, Preface of the Solemnity |
| [18] Num 6: 22-27; Ps 67: 2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4: 4-7; Lk 2: 16-21. |
| | Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Circumcision of Jesus, and Mary, Mother of God (cf. Lk. 1:30-31) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 107th anniversary of the death of P. Alexandre Mohl (49) d. 1913 at Lisbon, Portugal.  |
| Anniversary: | 86th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Eikmans (61) d. 1934 at Maastricht, Netherlands. |
| Anniversary: | 80th anniversary of the death of P. John Noordman (59) d. 1940 at The Hague, Netherlands. |
| Anniversary: | 35th anniversary of the death of F. John Divers (80) d. 1985 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
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