Mass of the day; Gloria; preface of Christmas I - III; Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Cycle II
[202] 1 John 2:3-11;Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6; Luke 2:22-35.
Hours of the day.Te Deum.
red
St. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors Readings from the Common of Saints: [699] 2 Tim 2:8-13; 3:10-12 (#716.5); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 16:24-27 (#742.6).
Optional
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. David, king (cf. 2 Sa. 5:3-4) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
82nd anniversary of the death of P. Alphonse Daignault (88) d. 1938 at Montreal, Canada.
Anniversary:
73rd anniversary of the death of P+. Robert Brown (70) d. 1947 at Oxford, England.
