Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent II. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr B
[8] Isa 61:1-2a, 10-11; Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54; 1 Thess 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
Organ may be played solo; flowers may decorate the altar today. (PS 25).
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Hanania, Mishael and Azaria, three youth in the furnace (cf. Da 3:19–30) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
103rd anniversary of the death of P. Henrique Borrel (37) d. 1914 at Belém, Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil.
Anniversary:
39th anniversary of the death of F. William Lovell (77) d. 1978 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
10th anniversary of the death of P. Philip O'Keefe (61) d. 2007 at Dublin, Ireland.
