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| violet | Second Sunday of Advent | Psalter Week 2 |
| Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited. | |
| Yr A | [4] Isa 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Rom 15:4-9; Matt 3:1-12.
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| Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Immaculate Conception (cf. Gn. 3:15, Lk 1:28) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 81st anniversary of the death of P. Francis Donahoe (62) d. 1938 at Manchester, England.  |
| Anniversary: | 49th anniversary of the death of P. Lewis Clifford (74) d. 1970 at London, England. |
| Anniversary: | 40th anniversary of the death of P. Dermot Murphy (63) d. 1979 at Brighton, MA, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 15th anniversary of the death of P. William Loyens (ORE) (78) d. 2004 at Spokane, WA, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 2nd anniversary of the death of P. César Gonçalves Cavaleiro (91) d. 2017 at Covilhã, Portugal. |
| Birthday: | 17th birthday of S. Tariro Sadler KAMUDYARIWA (born this day in 2002). |
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