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VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2024

Dominical Letter	g f
Golden Number	11
Epact	xix
Solar Cycle	17
Letter of the Martyrology	u
Roman Year of Indiction	2
Julian Period	Year 6737
Years since the confirmation of the Society	484
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius	468
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province	3
Sunday Readings	Cycle B
Weekday Readings	Cycle II
Gregorian Easter	31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter	5 May

2024

January

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the gift of diversity in the Church (Watch video) (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that the Spirit help us recognize the gift of different charisms within the Christian community, and to discover the richness of different ritual traditions in the heart of the Catholic Church."

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

1 Jan Monday
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
57^th 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.
On weekdays between Jan 1 and Epiphany, Week 1 of the Psalter.

2 Jan Tuesday
white Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors of the Church Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Christmas I - III, or of the memorial.
[205] 1 John 2:22-28; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; John 1:19-28.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [510] Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 (#722.8); Ps 23:1b-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); Matt 23:8-12 (#724.3).)
Hours of the Memorial.
Prop. Ants. Bened. & Magn.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

3 Jan Wednesday
white THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS
Titular Feast of the Society of Jesus
Outside SJ churches opt. mem.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Solemnity
Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, Creed, Preface of the Solemnity
[SJ-Lect] Sir 51:8-12 [LM 983]; Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [LM 904.1]; Phil 2:1-11 [LM 136]; Lk 2:21-24 [Proper].
Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.
SJ NOTE: Mass for the needs of the Church and the Society should be offered on Jan 3 (or Jan 4 if Jan 3 is the Epiphany), Titular Feast of the Society.

4 Jan Thursday
white Thursday before Epiphany
Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III
Cycle II [207] 1 John 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-8, 9; John 1:35-42.
Hours of the day

5 Jan Friday
white Friday before Epiphany
Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III
Cycle II [208] 1 John 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5; John 1:43-51.
Hours of the day

6 Jan Saturday
white Saturday before Epiphany
Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III
Cycle II [209] 1 John 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; Mark 1:7-11 or Luke 3:23-38 or 3:23, 31-34, 36, 38.
Hours of the day
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

7 Jan Sunday
white The Epiphany of the Lord Solemnity
Mass of the Vigil or of the Solemnity; Gloria, Creed.
[20] Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matt 2:1-12.
The Solemn Proclamation of the Date of Easter and the other major dates is encouraged (DPPL, n. 118). It is read by the deacon or cantor immediately after the Gospel. See Appendix I (below).
Preface of Epiphany; EuchPr I Communicantes.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.
On weekdays between Epiphany and Baptism, Week 2 of the Psalter.

8 Jan Monday
  white The Baptism of the Lord Feast
Mass of the Feast; Gloria, Preface of the Baptism of the Lord.
[21] Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or (Year B) Is 55:1-11; Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3b+9b-10 or (Year B) Is 12:2-6; Acts 10:34-38 or (Year B) 1 Jn 5:1-9; Mark 1:7-11.
Only one reading is used before the Gospel when this feast is celebrated on Monday.
Hours of the feast. Te Deum.
Ordinary Time begins tomorrow. (Switch to Vol. III of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Week 1 of the Psalter.
When Ordinary Time begins on Tuesday, the Lectionary recommends combining the Monday readings [305] with the Tuesday readings [306] (or using them in lieu of the Tuesday readings), so that the scripture of Ordinary Time begins with the beginnings of the biblical books.

9 Jan Tuesday
green Tuesday of the first week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [306] 1 Sam 1:9-20; 1 Sam 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8; Mark 1:21-28.
Hours of the day.

Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white St Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot Optional
Common of Pastors

10 Jan Wednesday
green Wednesday of the first week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [307] 1 Sam 3:1-10, 19-20; Ps 40:2-5, 7-8, 8-9, 10; Mark 1:29-39.
Hours of the day.

Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. Hans Belser (HEL) (93) d. 2021 at Menzingen, Switzerland.

11 Jan Thursday
green Thursday of the first week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [308] 1 Sam 4:1-11; Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 25-26; Mark 1:40-45.
Hours of the day.

Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Kandawasvika (ZIM) (83) d. 2021 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of F. José Manuel Fernandes Dias (94) d. 2021 at Lisbon, Portugal.

12 Jan Friday
green Friday of the first week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [309] 1 Sam 8:4-7, 10-22a; Ps 89:16-17, 18-19; Mark 2:1-12.
Hours of the day.

13 Jan Saturday
green Saturday of the first week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [310] 1 Sam 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1; Ps 21:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Mark 2:13-17.
Hours of the day.
  white St Hilary, bishop and doctor of the Church
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [512] 1 John 2:18-25; Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 (#721.7); Matt 5:13-19 (#730.1). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

14 Jan Sunday
green Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
Yr B [65] 1 Sam 3:3b-10, 19; Ps 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10; 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; John 1:35-42.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

15 Jan Monday
green Monday of the second week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [311] 1 Sam 15:16-23; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21+23; Mark 2:18-22.
Hours of the day.

Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. Michael J. Kelly (ZAM) (91) d. 2021 at Lusaka, Zambia.

16 Jan Tuesday
green Tuesday of the second week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [312] 1 Sam 16:1-13; Ps 89:20, 21-22, 27-28; Mark 2:23-28.
Hours of the day.

17 Jan Wednesday
white St Anthony, abbot Memorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [313] 1 Sam 17:32-33, 37, 40-51; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Mark 3:1-6.
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [513] Eph 6:10-13, 18 (#740.8); Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 11 (#739.3); Matt 19:16-26.)
Hours of the Memorial.
Church Unity Octave begins tomorrow (week before Conversion of St Paul).

18 Jan Thursday
green Thursday of the second week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [314] 1 Sam 18:6-9; 19:1-7; Ps 56:2-3, 9-10a, 10b-11, 12-13; Mark 3:7-12.
Hours of the day.
Church Unity Octave begins (week before Conversion of St Paul).

19 Jan Friday
green Friday of the second week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [315] 1 Sam 24:3-21; Ps 57:2, 3-4, 6+11; Mark 3:13-19.
Hours of the day.
  red Jesuit Martyrs because of the faith (Sts. John Ogilvie, pr; Stephen Prongracz, Melchior Grodziecki, prs, and Mark of Krizevci, Can. of Esztergom; Bl. Ignatius de Azevedo, pr, and comp.; James Sales, pr and William Saultemouche, rel, martyrs) [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
From the Common of Martyrs
(Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17.
II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22.
III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26.
Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time
I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19. Optional

20 Jan Saturday
green Saturday of the second week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [316] 2 Sam 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27; Ps 80:2-3, 5-7; Mark 3:20-21.
Hours of the day.
  red St Fabian, pope and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [514] 1 Peter 5:1-4 (#722.13); Ps 40:2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 (#721.3); John 21:15-17 (#724.12). Optional
  red St Sebastian, martyr
Common of Martyrs
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [515] 1 Peter 3:14-17 (#716.8); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 10:28-33 (#718.2). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white Bl Cyprian Michael Tansi, Priest Optional
Common of Pastors

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

21 Jan Sunday
green Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
5^th Sunday of the Word of God (est. 2020)
Convocation of the Year of Prayer ahead of Jubilee 2025
Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
Yr B [68] Jon 3:1-5, 10; Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. Charles Chilinda (ZAM) (56) d. 2021 at Lusaka, Zambia.

22 Jan Monday
green Monday of the third week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [317] 2 Sam 5:1-7, 10; Ps 89:20, 21-22, 25-26; Mark 3:22-30.
Hours of the day.
  red St. Vincent, deacon and martyr
Common of Martyrs
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [517] 2 Cor 4:7-15 (#716.3); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 10:17-22 (#718.1). Optional

23 Jan Tuesday
green Tuesday of the third week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [318] 2 Sam 6:12b-15, 17-19; Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10; Mark 3:31-35,
Hours of the day.

24 Jan Wednesday
white St Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [319] 2 Sam 7:4-17; Ps 89:4-5, 27-28, 29-30; Mark 4:1-20.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [518] Eph 3:8-12 (#728.4); Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 30-31 (#727.2); John 15:9-17 (#742.25).)
Hours of the Memorial.

25 Jan Thursday
white The Conversion of St Paul, apostle Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
[519] Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mark 16:15-18.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

26 Jan Friday
white Sts Timothy and Titus, bishops Memorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
[520] 2 Tim 1: 1-8, or Tit 1: 1-5 (1st reading proper); Ps 96: 1-2a, 2b-3, 7, 8a, 10; Lk 10:1-9.
Seasonal weekday readings:
Cycle II [321] 2 Sam 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6a, 6bcd-7, 10-11; Mark 4:26-34.
Common of Pastors, except PROPER 1st Reading:
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [520] 2 Tim 1:1-8 or Titus 1:1-5; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Luke 10:1-9 (#724.8).)
Hours of the Memorial.
Prop. Ants. Bened. & Magn.

27 Jan Saturday
green Saturday of the third week in Ordinary Time.
19^th International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (est. 2005)
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [322] 2 Sam 12:1-7a, 10-17; Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Mark 4:35-41.
Hours of the day.
  white St Angela Merici, virgin
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Teachers
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [521] 1 Peter 4:7b-11 (#740.15); Ps 148:1bc-2, 11-13a, 13c-14 (#733.2); Mark 9:34b-37 (#742.15). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. Wolf Huwe (GER) (82) d. 2021 at Berlin, Germany.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

28 Jan Sunday
green Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
71^st World Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Day (est. 1953)
Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
Yr B [71] Deut 18:15-20; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7a, 7b-9; 1 Cor 7:32-35; Mark 1:21-28.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.

29 Jan Monday
green Monday of the fourth week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [323] 2 Sam 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13; Ps 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Mark 5:1-20.
Hours of the day.

30 Jan Tuesday
green Tuesday of the fourth week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [324] 2 Sam 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30-19:3; Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mark 5:21-43.
Hours of the day.

31 Jan Wednesday
white St John Bosco, priest Memorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [325] 2 Sam 24:2, 9-17; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7; Mark 6:1-6.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Teachers
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [523] Phil 4:4-9 (#740.10); Ps 103:1bc-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18 (#739.6); Matt 18:1-5 (#742.7).)
Hours of the Memorial.

February

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the terminally ill (Watch video) (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that the sick who are in the final stages of life, and their families, receive the necessary medical and human care and accompaniment."

1 Feb Thursday
green Thursday of the fourth week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [326] 1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12; 1 Chr 29:10, 11ab, 11d-12a, 12bcd; Mark 6:7-13.
Hours of the day.

Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   red Bl Benedict Daswa, Martyr Memorial
Common of Martyrs: For One Martyr
Wis 2:12-2; Ps 26 (27):1-4; Eph 6:10-17; Jn 12:24-26.
Download Mass texts and readings and prayers for the Liturgy of Hours.

2 Feb Friday
white The Presentation of the Lord Feast
28^th World Day of Consecrated Life (est. 1997)
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
[524] Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 or Lk 2:22-32.
2 readings on weekdays.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum
The blessing of candles takes place as indicated in the Roman Missal. This is followed by a procession or solemn entrance and is concluded with the Gloria and opening prayer. The penitential act is omitted.

3 Feb Saturday
green Saturday of the fourth week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [328] 1 Kgs 3:4-13; Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; Mark 6:30-34.
Hours of the day.
  white St Ansgar, bishop
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [526] Isa 52:7-10 (#719.5); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8, 10 (#721.5); Mark 1:14-20 (#724.5). Optional
  red St Blaise, bishop and martyr
The blessing of throats may take place at the conclusion of the Gen. Interc. See Book of Blessings no. 1627.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [525] Rom 5:1-5 (#716.1); Ps 117:1bc, 2 (#721.8); Mark 16:15-20 (#724.6). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

4 Feb Sunday
green Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
4^th International Day of Human Fraternity (est. 2021)
Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
Yr B [74] Job 7:1-4, 6-7; Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; Mark 1:29-39.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.

5 Feb Monday
red St Agatha, virgin and martyr Memorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [329] 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-7, 8-10; Mark 6:53-56.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Virgins
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [527] 1 Cor 1:26-31 (#740.2); Ps 31:3cd-4, 6+8ab, 16bc+17 (#715.1); Luke 9:23-26 (#718.4).)
Hours of the Memorial.
Prop. Ants. Bened. & Magn.

6 Feb Tuesday
red Martyrs of Japan, (St. Paul Miki, rel and comp., Bl Charles Spinola, Sebastian Kimura, prs, and comp., martyrs [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Memorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [330] 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3, 4, 5+10, 11; Mark 7:1-13.
Common of Martyrs
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [528] Gal 2:19-20 (#740.5); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 28:19a, 20b (#723.2); Matt 28:16-20 (#724.4))
Hours of the Memorial.
Archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa
   white Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt , Co-Patronal Feast of the Archdiocese Feast
Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM.

7 Feb Wednesday
green Wednesday of the fifth week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [331] 1 Kgs 10:1-10; Ps 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40; Mark 7:14-23.
Hours of the day.

Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of P. José Augusto Alves de Sousa (POR) (89) d. 2023 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Anniv.: 2^nd anniversary of the death of F. Theodore C. Bender (UEA) (87) d. 2022 at Weston, MA, USA.

8 Feb Thursday
green Thursday of the fifth week in Ordinary Time.
10^th International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking (est. 2015)
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [332] 1 Kgs 11:4-13; Ps 106:3-4, 35-36, 37+40; Mark 7:24-30.
Hours of the day.
  white St Jerome Emiliani, priest
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Teachers
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [529] Tob 12:6-13 (#737.8); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 (#739.5); Mark 10:17-30 or 10:17-27 (#742.17). Optional
  white St Josephine Bakhita, virgin
Common of Virgins
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [529A] 1 Cor 7:25-35 (#734.1); Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17 (#733.1); Matt 25:1-13 (#736.2). Optional

9 Feb Friday
green Friday of the fifth week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [333] 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19; Ps 81:10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15; Mark 7:31-37.
Hours of the day.

10 Feb Saturday
white St Scholastica, virgin Memorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [334] 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34; Ps 106:6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22; Mark 8:1-10.
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [530] Songs 8:6-7 (#731.1); Ps 148:1bc-2, 11-13a, 13c-14 (#733.2); Luke 10:38-42 (#736.3).)
Hours of the Memorial.
Prop. Ant. Bened.
Lunar New Year (Year of the Dragon).

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

11 Feb Sunday
green Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
32^nd World Day of Prayer for the Sick (est. 1992)
Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
Yr B [77] Lev 13:1-2, 44-46; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 11; 1 Cor 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

12 Feb Monday
green Monday of the sixth week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [335] Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119:67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76; Mark 8:11-13.
Hours of the day.

13 Feb Tuesday
green Tuesday of the sixth week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [336] Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-13a, 14-15, 18-19; Mark 8:14-21.
Hours of the day.

LENT

Lent is a penitential season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving in preparation for Easter.
Catholics over the age of reason are required to receive Holy Communion at least once a year (CIC 920 #1), normally during the Easter season (CIC 920 #2).
During Lent Alleluia is always omitted at Mass and Office (even on solemnities and feasts) and hymns containing Alleluia are not used. The Gloria and Te Deum are included only on solemnities and feasts. The organ is used only to sustain singing, and floral decoration is not permitted (except on solemnities and on Laetare Sunday.) PS 25.
The weekdays of Lent are privileged, so any memorial is considered to be optional. If it is commemorated, at Mass the opening prayer of the memorial is used in place of the seasonal text. At the Office of Readings, after the weekday readings, one may add the Hagiographical Reading of the memorial, the responsory and the concluding prayer. At Morning and Evening Prayer, the prayer of the saint may be added (with its antiphon) after the prayer of the day (omitting the conclusion). (cf. Gen. Intro. Lit. Hours, 238-39.)
The Prayer over the People at the end of Mass is recommended on weekdays.
The use of the Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation is particularly appropriate during Lent. They may be used with one of the Lenten prefaces (2002 RM, Appendix).

N.B. Penitential practices during Lent:

According to Church Law, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are observed as days of fast and abstinence (CIC 1251). Abstinence is to be observed by all over the age of 14 (CIC 1252). Those between ages of 18 (CIC 97 #1) and 59 [inclusive] (CIC 1252) are bound by the law of fast.

If it seems appropriate, on Ash Wednesday or on other days during Lent, some communal penitential celebration or "rite of reconciliation" may be held, whether sacramental or non-sacramental (according to the spirit of the Rite of Penance, nn.36 - 37). This celebration may not immediately precede or be incorporated into Mass.

On Ash Wednesday, after the sign of the cross and greeting, the Penitential Act is omitted at Mass. In its place, the Blessing and Imposition of Ashes takes place in all Masses after the homily. If necessary, the Imposition of Ashes may take place apart from Mass within the Liturgy of the Word.

14 Feb Wednesday
  violet Ash Wednesday
Mass of Ash Wednesday; after the sign of the cross and greeting, the penitential act is omitted.
Preface of Lent III or IV.
[219] Joel 2: 12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18
(Switch to Vol. II of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Hours of Ash Wednesday; Psalter Week 4 today and until Saturday.
Today at Morning Prayer, the psalms of Friday, Week 3 may be used.
The celebrant blesses and distributes ashes after the homily.
Other persons may be associated with the bishop or priest in the imposition of ashes, e.g., deacons, special ministers of communion and other lay persons, when there is true pastoral need.

Special ministers of communion and deacons may bring blessed ashes to the sick and those confined to their homes. If a minister is not available, a member of the family or another person may bring the blessed ashes to a shut-in, using one of the formulas in the Roman Missal to impose ashes.

For pastoral reasons the blessing and distribution of ashes may take place outside Mass. In this case, the entire liturgy of the word should be celebrated: entrance song, opening prayer, readings and chants, homily, blessing and distribution of ashes, and general intercessions. See the Book of Blessings, nos. 1656ff.

15 Feb Thursday
  violet Thursday after Ash Wednesday.
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[220] Deut 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 9:22-25.
Hours of the day.
  white St Claude la Colombière, priest [SJ]
Outside SJ churches seasonal weekday.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)

Readings from the Common of Saints: Eph 3:8-9, 14-19, Ps 103 (102):1bc-2, 3-4, 8-9, 17-18a, Matt 11:25-30 Commemoration

16 Feb Friday
  violet Friday after Ash Wednesday.
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[221] Isa 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19; Matt 9:14-15.
Hours of the day.

17 Feb Saturday
  violet Saturday after Ash Wednesday.
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[222] Isa 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Luke 5:27-32.
Hours of the day.
  white The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite order
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [533] Rom 8:26-30 (#740.1); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 (#739.5); Matt 19:27-29 (#742.9). Commemoration

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

18 Feb Sunday
  violet First Sunday of Lent
Mass of the Sunday; Creed, Preface of First Sunday of Lent.
The beginning of the penitential season may be marked in some way, e.g. by Litany of Saints in Entrance Procession. (PS, 23)
Rite of Election (Enrollment of Names) for the catechumens.
Yr B [23] Gen 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 1 Pet 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15.
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 1 of the Psalter.

19 Feb Monday
  violet Monday in the First Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[224] Lev 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15; Matt 25:31-46.
Hours of the day.

20 Feb Tuesday
  violet Tuesday in the First Week of Lent
18^th World Day of Social Justice (est. 2007)
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[225] Isa 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19; Matt 6:7-15.
Hours of the day.

21 Feb Wednesday
  violet Wednesday in the First Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[226] Jonah 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Luke 11:29-32.
Hours of the day.
  white St Peter Damian, bishop and doctor of the Church
Common of Doctors of the Church, or Common of Pastors, or
Readings from the Common of Saints: [534] 2 Tim 4:1-5 (#728.7); Ps 16:1-2+5, 7-8, 11 (#739.3); John 15:1-8 (#742.24). Commemoration

22 Feb Thursday
  white The Chair of St Peter, apostle Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
[535] 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Matt 16:13-19.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

23 Feb Friday
  violet Friday in the First Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[228] Ezek 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8; Matt 5:20-26.
Hours of the day.
  red St Polycarp, bishop and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [536] Rev 2:8-11; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6+8ab, 16bc+17 (#715.1); John 15:18-21 (#718.6). Commemoration
Anniv.: 2^nd anniversary of the death of P. James Chaning-Pearce (SAP) (81) d. 2022 at St Beuno's, Tremeirchion, N Wales.

24 Feb Saturday
  violet Saturday in the First Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[229] Deut 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Matt 5:43-48.
Hours of the day.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

25 Feb Sunday
  violet Second Sunday of Lent
Mass of the Sunday; Creed, Preface of Second Sunday of Lent.
Penitential Rite for candidates to be admitted to Full Communion may be celebrated.
Yr B [26] Gen 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps 116:10+15, 16-17, 18-19; Rom 8:31b-34; Mark 9:2-10.
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

26 Feb Monday
  violet Monday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[230] Dan 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11+13; Luke 6:36-38.
Hours of the day.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white St Alexander of Alexandria, Bishop Optional
Common of Pastors

27 Feb Tuesday
  violet Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[231] Isa 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21+23; Matt 23:1-12.
Hours of the day.
  white St Gregory of Narek, abbot and doctor
Common of Doctors of the Church, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [536A] Wis 7:7-10, 15, 16 (#725.2); Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 30-31 (#727.2); Matt 7:21-29 (#730.2). Commemoration

28 Feb Wednesday
  violet Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[232] Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14, 15-16; Matt 20:17-28.
Hours of the day.
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. Wolfgang Abeler (ZIM) (83) d. 2020 at Munich, Germany.

29 Feb Thursday
  violet Thursday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[233] Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 16:19-31.
Hours of the day.

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1 Mar Friday
  violet Friday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[234] Gen 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21; Matt 21:33-43, 45-46.
Hours of the day.

2 Mar Saturday
  violet Saturday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[235] Mic 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32.
Hours of the day.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

3 Mar Sunday
  violet Third Sunday of Lent
Mass of the Sunday, or of the First Scrutiny; Creed, Preface of Third Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II.
Yr B [29] Exod 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; 1 Cor 1:22-25; John 2:13-25.
Yr B Alt. (from Year A) [28] Exod 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42.
In year B, during the week, Year A's gospel (Jn 4:5-32) may be used [1st R: Ex 17:1-7, Ps 95] Lect. [236].
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 3 of the Psalter.

4 Mar Monday
  violet Monday in the Third Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[237] 2 Kgs 5:1-15ab; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3-4; Luke 4:24-30.
Hours of the day.
  white St Casimir
Common of Holy Men and Women
Readings from the Common of Saints: [537] Phil 3:8-14 (#740.9); Ps 15:2-3ab, 3cd-4ab, 5 (#739.2); John 15:9-17 (#742.25). Commemoration

5 Mar Tuesday
  violet Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[238] Dan 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4bc-5ab, 6+7bc, 8-9; Matt 18:21-35.
Hours of the day.

6 Mar Wednesday
  violet Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[239] Deut 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Matt 5:17-19.
Hours of the day.

7 Mar Thursday
  violet Thursday in the Third Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[240] Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Luke 11:14-23.
Hours of the day.
  red Sts Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [538] Rom 8:31b-39 (#716.2); Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7-8 (#715.3); Matt 10:34-39 (#718.3). Commemoration

8 Mar Friday
  violet Friday in the Third Week of Lent
114^th International Women's Day (est. 1911)
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[241] Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14+17; Mark 12:28-34.
Hours of the day.
  white St John of God, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious, or For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged
Readings from the Common of Saints: [539] 1 John 3:14-18 (#740.16); Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7b-8, 9 (#739.7); Matt 25:31-40 (#742.13). Commemoration

9 Mar Saturday
  violet Saturday in the Third Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[242] Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab; Luke 18:9-14.
Hours of the day.
  white St Frances of Rome, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women
Readings from the Common of Saints: [540] Prov 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 (#737.11); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 (#739.5); Matt 22:34-40 (#742.10). Commemoration

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

10 Mar Sunday
  rose   violet Fourth Sunday of Lent
Laetare Sunday
Mass of the Sunday, or of the Second Scrutiny; Creed, Preface of Fourth Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II.
Yr B [32] 2Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Eph 2:4-10; John 3:14-21.
Yr B Alt. (from Year A) [31] 1 Sam 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Eph 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38.
In Year B, during the week, Year A's gospel (Jn 9:1-41) may be used [1st R: Mic 7:7-9; Ps 27] Lect. [243].
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
Organ may be played solo; flowers may decorate the altar today. (PS 25, 2002 GIRM 305, 313.)
Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of F. Michael Bennett (UWE) (88) d. 2023 at Great Falls, MT, USA.

11 Mar Monday
  violet Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[244] Isa 65:17-21; Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b; John 4:43-54.
Hours of the day.

12 Mar Tuesday
  violet Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[245] Ezek 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; John 5:1-16.
Hours of the day.
SJ NOTE: Monthly Mass for the needs of the Church and the Society should be offered on March 12, the 402^nd anniversary of the canonization of Ss Ignatius and Francis Xavier.

13 Mar Wednesday
  violet Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[246] Isa 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; John 5:17-30.
Hours of the day.
11^th Anniversary of the election of Pope Francis (2013).

14 Mar Thursday
  violet Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[247] Exod 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-20, 21-22, 23; John 5:31-47.
Hours of the day.

15 Mar Friday
  violet Friday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[248] Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-18, 19-20, 21+23; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Hours of the day.

16 Mar Saturday
  violet Saturday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[249] Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12; John 7:40-53.
Hours of the day.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

17 Mar Sunday
  violet Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Mass of the Sunday, or of the Third Scrutiny; Creed, Preface of Fifth Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II.
Yr B [35] Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15; Heb 5:7-9; John 12:20-33.
Yr B Alt. (from Year A) [34] Ezek 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; Rom 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45.
In Year B, during the week, Year A's gospel (Jn 11:1-45) may be used [1st R: 2 Kgs 4:18b-21, 32-27; Ps 17] Lect. [250].
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 1 of the Psalter.

18 Mar Monday
  violet Monday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
[251] Dan 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; John 8:1-11 (Year A or B) or Jn 8:12-20 (Year C).
Hours of the day.
  white St Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor of the Church
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [542] 1 John 5:1-5 (#740.18); Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (#727.1); John 15:1-8 (#742,24). Commemoration

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

19 Mar Tuesday
  white ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Patron Saint of the Society of Jesus
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here) Solemnity
   (Special Solemn Blessing SJ)
Mass of the solemnity; Gloria, Creed; preface of the solemnity.
[543] 2 Sam 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27+29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Matt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Luke 2:41-51a.
Other masses are prohibited, but the funeral mass is allowed.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum.

20 Mar Wednesday
  violet Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
[253] Dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; John 8:31-42.
Hours of the day.

21 Mar Thursday
  violet Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
[254] Gen 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 8:51-59.
Hours of the day.

22 Mar Friday
  violet Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
[255] Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7; John 10:31-42.
Hours of the day.

23 Mar Saturday
  violet Saturday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
[256] Ezek 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13; John 11:45-56.
Hours of the day.
  white St Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop
Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [544] 2 Tim 1:13-14; 2:1-3 (#722.11); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8c, 10 (#721.5); Matt 9:35-38 (#724.1). Commemoration

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

24 Mar Sunday
  red Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
Mass of Palm Sunday. Commemoration of Lord's Entrance into Jerusalem, Creed, Preface of Palm Sunday.
[38] Isa 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 or 15:1-39.
At the procession: [37] Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16.
Hours of Palm Sunday.
The Commemoration of the Lord's Entrance may take one of three forms, as described in the Missal: Blessing and Procession, Solemn Entrance, or Simple Entrance. The processional cross should be suitably decorated. The blessing of palms may not be celebrated without the following procession and Mass. The blessing and solemn entrance, but not the procession, may be celebrated at a second Mass if many of the faithful are present.
The Passion may be read by three deacons, or lay readers with the priest taking the part of Christ, without candles, incense, greeting, signs of the cross or acclamation. At the mention of the Lord's death, all pause and kneel. Where pastoral reasons require it, one or both of the readings before the Passion may be omitted.
At the end of the Passion, The Gospel of the Lord, is said, but the book is not kissed.
Blessed palms remaining are kept, to be burnt for next year's ashes.

25 Mar Monday
  violet Monday of Holy Week
Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II
[257] Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14; John 12:1-11.
Hours of the day
3^rd Anniversary of the erection of the Southern Africa Province.

26 Mar Tuesday
  violet Tuesday of Holy Week
Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II
[258] Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15+17; John 13:21-33, 36-38.
Hours of the day

27 Mar Wednesday
  violet Wednesday of Holy Week
Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II
[259] Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31+33-34; Matt 26:14-25.
Hours of the day
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. Roland Lesseps (UCS) (87) d. 2020 at Grand Coteau, LA, USA.

28 Mar Thursday
  violet Thursday of Holy Week
The Chrism Mass may be celebrated in the morning, or on another day earlier this week. White vestments are worn. It is especially fitting that priests concelebrate with the bishop. Priests may communicate under both species, even if not concelebrating.
Readings:
[260] Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9; Ps 89; Rev 1:5-8; Lk 4:16:21
Apart from the Chrism Mass and the Mass of the Last Supper, all other Masses are prohibited, unless the Ordinary permits a second Mass, exclusively for those unable to participate in the Evening Mass. "According to the Church's ancient tradition, all Masses without a congregation are prohibited on this day" (RM, Holy Thursday, Chrism Mass, rubric no. 1). Communion may be taken to the sick at any time, but otherwise may be distributed only during Mass. Funerals can only be celebrated without Mass.

Hours of the day. At Office of Readings, the psalms and antiphons of Friday, Week 3, may be used.
Today or on another day of this week, some communal penitential celebration or "rite of reconciliation" may be held, whether it be sacramental or non-sacramental (according to the spirit of the Rite of Penance, nn. 36-37). However, this celebration may not immediately precede or be incorporated into Mass.

THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM

The Sacred Paschal Triduum of the passion and resurrection of Christ is the culmination of the entire liturgical year. (RC, n.18)

The Paschal Triduum begins with the Mass of the Lord's Supper, reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday. (RC, n.19)

Religious communities and other smaller communities are encouraged to join with a larger community to celebrate the liturgical services in common (PS no. 43), with a full complement of ministers and with song, rather than schedule separate celebrations (cf. PS no. 93).

During these days it is desirable that brothers and sisters "who experience the mystery of suffering" should share in and be participants in the liturgical celebrations of the community, especially if they are in the hospital, "that they may be helped to know the meaning of this reality which they live in union with the paschal mystery of Christ."

Therefore, keeping in mind their varying conditions and different circumstances, everything should be so arranged that in the most suitable manner the sick may have the possibility of receiving Communion and, if possible, participating in the veneration of the Cross on Good Friday.

  white Holy Thursday (evening)
Mass of the Lord's Supper. Gloria, Preface of Eucharist I, special Communicantes, Hanc Igitur and Qui pridie in Eucharistic Prayer I.
Readings:
[39] Exod 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; John 13:1-15
The tabernacle should be completely empty before the celebration. Enough hosts for the communion of the faithful for tonight and tomorrow should be consecrated during that celebration. For the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, a place should be prepared and adorned. When the tabernacle is in a chapel separated from the central part of the church, it is appropriate to prepare the place of repose and adoration there. [PS 49]
All priests may concelebrate the Mass, even if they have concelebrated the Chrism Mass in the morning. Bells may be rung during the Gloria, and are silent thereafter.

The mandatum - the washing of the feet - may take place after the homily.
Gifts for the poor, especially those collected during Lent as the fruit of penance, may be presented in the offertory procession while the people sing Ubi caritas. [PS 52]

After the Prayer After Communion, the greeting, blessing and dismissal are omitted. The celebrant incenses the Blessed Sacrament three times, receives the humeral veil and the procession follows as in the Missal. The cross-bearer goes first, [PS 54], then the Blessed Sacrament accompanied by torches and incense.
The faithful are encouraged, after the Mass of the Lord's Supper, to spend a suitable period of time during the night in the church in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament that has been solemnly reserved. Solemn adoration ends at midnight; the Blessed Sacrament remains at the Place of Repose until the Liturgical Action of Good Friday.
After the celebration, the altar is stripped without ceremony and crosses are removed, if possible; otherwise they should be veiled.
It is appropriate that holy water be removed from the stoups at the entrances of the church, to be replaced after new water is blessed at the Easter Vigil.
Evening prayer is not celebrated by participants in the Mass of the Lord's Supper.

29 Mar Friday
  red FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD [GOOD FRIDAY]

Day of fast and abstinence. Celebration of the Mass and the sacraments is strictly prohibited, except for Penance and Anointing of the Sick. Communion may be taken to the sick, but otherwise is not distributed outside today's Celebration of the Lord's Passion.
Hours of the day. The Office of Readings and Morning Prayer are recommended for public celebration in parishes.
Celebration of the Passion of the Lord.
The celebration has three parts:
I. Liturgy of the Word (readings, homily, intercessions)
II. Veneration of the Cross
III. Holy Communion.
The celebration begins about 3 p.m.
The altar is completely bare, without candles, cloth or cross. The ministers vest with red Mass vestments. They enter in silence and prostrate before the altar. This act of prostration, which is proper to the rite of the day, should be observed (whenever the ministers are physical able) for it signifies both the abasement of "earthly man," and also the grief and sorrow of the Church. As the ministers enter, the faithful should be standing, and thereafter should kneel in silent prayer. [PS 65]
The Passion is proclaimed as on Palm Sunday.
Readings:
[40] Isa 52:13-53:12; Ps 31:2+6, 12-13, 15-16, 17+25; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42.
The Intercessions must follow "the form and wording" handed down by tradition, but the celebrant may make a selection of some more relevant to local conditions, provided the range of intentions is preserved. [PS 67]
The cross is presented to each of the faithful individually for their adoration, since the personal adoration of the cross is a most important feature in this celebration. The celebrant may remove his chasuble and shoes for the veneration. Only if necessitated by the large numbers of faithful present may the rite of veneration be made simultaneously by all present. Only one cross should be used for the veneration. [PS 69]

The communion rite is as described in the Missal. There is no sign of peace.
After Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament is carried from the church by a priest or deacon wearing a humeral veil and accompanied by two candles. The Sacrament is reserved privately outside the church for the needs of the sick and dying.
The altar is stripped at a suitable time, but the cross remains with four candles, placed so that the faithful may venerate and kiss it and spend some time in meditation. [PS 71]

Evening Prayer is not said by participants in the afternoon liturgy. Night Prayer is said after the Celebration of the Lord's Passion at a suitable hour, with the special verse in place of the responsory.

Today after the Veneration of the Cross, all genuflect toward the cross when passing it.

30 Mar Saturday
  violet HOLY SATURDAY
The Paschal Fast is observed if possible. [CR 20] Celebration of the Mass and the sacraments is strictly prohibited, except for Penance and Anointing of the Sick. Communion may be given only as viaticum.
Hours of the day. The Office of Readings and Morning Prayer in public is recommended.
Night Prayer is celebrated only by those not present at the Vigil.
Preparation for the Vigil includes: preparation of the bonfire; candles for all the faithful present; water for the liturgy of Baptism; flowers and decorations for the altar.
EASTER TIME

  white The Easter Vigil.
The celebration should truly have the character of a Vigil. It must take place at night. It should not begin before nightfall and should end before dawn. To start earlier (e.g. at the customary time for a Sunday vigil Mass) is a "reprehensible abuse". [PS 78]
The Vigil has four parts:
I.    Service of Light : Bonfire, Procession with Candle, Exsultet.
II.   Liturgy of the Word : Readings, psalms, prayers, Gloria, homily.
III. Liturgy of Baptism : Litany, Blessing of Water, Baptism and/or Confirmation, Renewal of Promises, Prayer of the Faithful.
IV. Liturgy of the Eucharist : Preface of Easter I ("on this night"), special Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal.
This liturgical order must not be changed by anyone on his own initiative. [PS 81]
Wherever possible, all the readings should be read so that the character of the Easter Vigil, which demands that it be somewhat prolonged, be respected at all costs. Where pastoral conditions require that the number of readings be reduced, there should be at least three readings from the Old Testament, taken from the law and the prophets; and the reading from Exodus (ch. 14) with its canticle, must never be omitted.
The Readings [41]:

Gen 1:1-2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a with Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10+12, 13-14, 24+35 or Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20-22

Gen 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a,10-13, 15-18 with Ps 16:5+8, 9-10, 11

Exod 14:15-15:1 with Exod 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 This reading and psalm are obligatory.

Isa 54:5-14 with Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b

Isa 55:1-11 with Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6

Bar 3:9-15, 32-4:4 with Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11

Ezek 36:16-17a, 18-28 with Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4 (when baptisms occur) or (when no baptisms) Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19

Epistle: Rom 6:3-11

Alleluia Psalm: Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Gospel: Mark 16:1-7
Bells are to be rung during the Gloria, and the altar candles lit.

The celebrant -- or, in case of necessity, a cantor -- intones the triple alleluia before the Gospel. The gospel is honored with incense, but candles are not carried.
For the texts of the rites of Baptism and Confirmation, see the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
The dismissal with double alleluia is used tonight and throughout the octave.
Death.: Death of P. Wolfgang Thamm (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

31 Mar Sunday
  white Easter Sunday - the Pasch of the Lord Solemnity with Octave
Mass of the day, Gloria, Easter sequence, Renewal of Baptismal Promises (in place of Creed), Preface of Easter I ("on this day") special Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal.
Yr B [42] Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9.
Alternative gospel (from the Vigil): [41] Mark 16:1-7
At an evening Mass, Luke 24:13-35 (Lect. [46]) may be used.
Mass is to be celebrated on with great solemnity. In place of the Creed on this day, the renewal of baptismal promises takes place (as at the Vigil) and the people are sprinkled with water blessed at the Vigil, during which a song of baptismal character should be sung. The entrance stoups to the church should also be filled with the same water. [PS 97]
The Paschal Candle burns at all Hours and Masses today. It is kept in the sanctuary near the altar or ambo until Pentecost Sunday. [PS 99]
Hours of Easter Sunday.
The Easter Vigil takes the place of the Office of Readings.
Where it is the custom, the tradition of "Baptismal Vespers" with a procession to the font is to be diligently observed. (GILH, 213) It is most appropriate to conclude Night Prayer throughout the Easter Season with the Regina Coeli (GILH, 92).

After Night Prayer the paschal candle is extinguished. It remains by the ambo or altar, and is lit throughout Easter Time at Mass and at other celebrations until Pentecost inclusive.
During the Octave, a Funeral Mass is permitted, but Ritual Masses (including Nuptial Masses) are prohibited, and all solemnities are delayed until after the Second Sunday of Easter.

April

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the role of women (Watch video) (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that the dignity and worth of women be recognized in every culture, and for an end to the discrimination they face in various parts of the world."

Cycle II15

1 Apr Monday
  white Monday in the Octave of Easter
Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal.
[261] Acts 2:14, 22-32; Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; Matt 28:8-15.
Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.

2 Apr Tuesday
  white Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal.
[262] Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20+22; John 20:11-18.
Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.

19^th Anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II (2005).

3 Apr Wednesday
  white Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal.
[263] Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9; Luke 24:13-35.
Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.

4 Apr Thursday
  white Thursday in the Octave of Easter
Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal.
[264] Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2ab+5, 6-7, 8-9; Luke 24:35-48.
Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.

5 Apr Friday
  white Friday in the Octave of Easter
Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal.
[265] Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2+4, 22-24, 25-27a; John 21:1-14.
Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.

6 Apr Saturday
  white Saturday in the Octave of Easter
Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal.
[266] Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1+14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21; Mark 16:9-15.
Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.

Jubilee: Diamond Jubilee of P. Ludwig REAL who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.

7 Apr Sunday
  white Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy) [Octave Day of Easter].
(Formerly known as Dominica in Albis (Sunday in White), Quasimodo Sunday or Low Sunday.)
Mass of the Sunday, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day"); Easter Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal.
Yr B [44] Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Evening Prayer II of the Sunday. The Easter Octave ends.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

8 Apr Monday
  white THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
All genuflect during the creed at the words "... and became man." Solemnity
Mass of the solemnity; Gloria, creed; preface of the solemnity.
All kneel in the creed at the words ... and became man. (2011 transl.)
[545] Is 7: 10-14; 8:10; Ps 40: 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11; Heb 10: 4-10; Lk 1: 26-38.
Other masses are prohibited, but the funeral mass is allowed.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum
Transferred from Easter Octave

9 Apr Tuesday
  white Tuesday in the Second Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [268] Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5; John 3:7b-15.
Hours of the day.

10 Apr Wednesday
  white Wednesday in the Second Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [269] Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 3:16-21.
Hours of the day.

11 Apr Thursday
  red St Stanislaus, bishop and martyr Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint.
Cycle II [270] Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2+9, 17-18, 19-20; John 3:31-36.
Hours of the memorial

12 Apr Friday
  white Friday in the Second Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [271] Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; John 6:1-15.
Hours of the day.

Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white St Zeno of Verona, Bishop Optional
Common of Pastors

13 Apr Saturday
  white Saturday in the Second Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [272] Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; John 6:16-21.
Hours of the day.
  red St Martin I, pope and martyr Optional
(Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [551] 2 Tim 2:8-13; 3:10-12 (#716.5); Ps 126:1bc-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); John 15:18-21 (#718.6).)

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

14 Apr Sunday
  white Third Sunday of Easter
Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I - V.
Yr B [47] Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9; 1 John 2:1-5a; Luke 24:35-48.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.

15 Apr Monday
  white Monday in the Third Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [273] Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; John 6:22-29.
Hours of the day.

16 Apr Tuesday
  white Tuesday in the Third Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [274] Acts 7:51-8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6ab+7b+8a, 17+21ab; John 6:30-35.
Hours of the day.

Diocese of Ndola, Zambia
   white Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Christ the King (1933) Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of F. John Maguire (HIB) (87) d. 2020 at Dublin, Ireland.

17 Apr Wednesday
  white Wednesday in the Third Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [275] Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-5, 6-7a; John 6:35-40.
Hours of the day.

18 Apr Thursday
  white Thursday in the Third Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [276] Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; John 6:44-51.
Hours of the day.

19 Apr Friday
  white Friday in the Third Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [277] Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1, 2; John 6:52-59.
Hours of the day.

Readings from the Common of Saints:

20 Apr Saturday
  white Saturday in the Third Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [278] Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; John 6:60-69.
Hours of the day.

Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white St Marcellinus, Bishop Optional
Common of Pastors

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

21 Apr Sunday
  white Fourth Sunday of Easter
61^st World Day for Prayers for Priestly and Religious Vocations ('Good Shepherd' Sunday) (est. 1963)
Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I - V.
Yr B [50] Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118:1+8-9, 21-23, 26+21+29; 1 John 3:1-2; John 10:11-18.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.

22 Apr Monday
  white The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Society of Jesus
Outside SJ churches, Easter weekday Mass with associated readings
(This feast commemorates the solemn vows of the first companions in St. Paul's Basilica, Rome, 1541.)
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Cycle II [SJ-Lect 2013] Rev 21:1-5a [LM 708.3]; Judith 12:18bcde, 19 [LM 709.2]; Lk 19:25-27 [LM 712.12].
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
[SJ]
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Keenan (HIB) (90) d. 2020 at Dublin, Ireland.
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. José Afonso Marques Pinto (POR) (91) d. 2021 at Lisbon, Portugal.

23 Apr Tuesday
  white Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [280] Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7; John 10:22-30.
Hours of the day.
  red St Adalbert, bishop and martyr Optional
(Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [553A] 2 Cor 6:4-10; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6+8ab, 16bc+17; John 10:11-16.)
  red St George, martyr Optional
(Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [553] Rev 21:5-7 (#714.4); Ps 126:1bc-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Luke 9:23-26 (#718.4).)

24 Apr Wednesday
  white Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [281] Acts 12:24-13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6+8; John 12:44-50.
Hours of the day.
  red St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr Optional
(Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [554] Col 1:24-29 (#722.9); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); John 17:20-26 (#742.26).)

Death.: Death of P. Peter Brook (BRI) (70) d. 2024 at Leeds, England.
Jubilee: Silver Jubilee of P. Thomas PLASTOW who celebrates 25 years of Priesthood today.

25 Apr Thursday
  red St Mark, evangelist Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Cycle II [555] 1 Pet 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mark 16:15-20.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
Mass of the feast; Gloria, Preface of Apostles II.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum

26 Apr Friday
  white Friday in the Fourth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [283] Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab; John 14:1-6.
Hours of the day.

27 Apr Saturday
  white St Peter Canisius, priest, doctor of the Church [SJ]
Observed on Dec 21 in the Gen. Cal.
Outside SJ churches weekday of Easter
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint.
Cycle II [284] Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; John 14:7-14.
Hours of the memorial

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

28 Apr Sunday
  white Fifth Sunday of Easter
Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I - V.
Yr B [53] Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22:26-27, 28+30, 31-32; 1 John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.

Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. Edward C.A. Dougherty (UEA) (79) d. 2020 at Philadelphia, USA.

29 Apr Monday
  white St Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint.
Cycle II [285] Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16; John 14:21-26.
Hours of the memorial

Jubilee: Platinum Jubilee of P. Horst ULBRICH who celebrates 70 years in the Society today.

30 Apr Tuesday
  white Tuesday in the Fifth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [286] Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21; John 14:27-31a.
Hours of the day.
  white St Pius V, pope Optional
(Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [558] 1 John 4:1-5 (#722.3); Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 (# 721.7); John 21:15-17 (#724.12).)

Archdiocese of Lilongwe, Malawi
   white Our Lady of Africa, Patronal Feast of the Archdiocese Feast
Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM.
Archdiocese of Lusaka, Zambia
   white Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of the Child Jesus (2006) Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white Our Lady, Mother of Africa Feast
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary

May

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the formation of men and women religious, and seminarians (Watch video) (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that men and women religious, and seminarians, grow in their own vocational journey through human, pastoral, spiritual and community formation, that leads them to be credible witnesses of the Gospel."

1 May Wednesday
  white Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [287] Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5; John 15:1-8.
Hours of the day.
  white St Joseph the Worker
[559] Gen 1:26-2:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24; Ps 90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14+16; Mt 13:54-58 (Gospel proper). Optional
(PROPER Gospel
Readings from the Common of Saints: [559] Gen 1:26—2:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24; Ps 90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14+16; Matt 13:54-58.)

Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of P. Manuel Serra Ferreira (POR) (84) d. 2023 at Lisbon, Portugal.

2 May Thursday
  white St Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint.
Cycle II [288] Acts 15:7-21; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 10; John 15:9-11.
Hours of the memorial

3 May Friday
  red Sts Philip and James, apostles Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Cycle II [561] 1 Cor 15:1-8; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; John 14:6-14.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
Death.: Death of P. Henry Tafadzwa Masakare (SAP) (41) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

4 May Saturday
  white Saturday in the Fifth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [290] Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 5; John 15:18-21.
Hours of the day.
  white SJ St José Maria Rubio, priest [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Optional
(From the Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Pastors: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Isa 6:1, 6-8; Ps 40(39):2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10+12; Luke 4:16a-22.
II. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 67(66):2-3, 5, 7-8; John 17:20-26.
III. 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23(22):1-3, 4, 5, 6; John 10:11-16.
Common of Pastors: Readings during Easter Time
I. Acts 20:28-38; Ps 145(144):8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab; John 14:23-29.)

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

5 May Sunday
  white Sixth Sunday of Easter
Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I - V.
Where Ascension is celebrated on the Seventh Sunday of Easter, today's second reading & gospel may be from Seventh Sunday of Easter if desired.
Yr B [56] Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Ps 98:1, 2-3a, 3b-4; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

6 May Monday
  white Monday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [291] Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a+9b; John 15:26-16:4a.
Hours of the day.

Diocese of Tete, Mozambique
   white Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of St James, the Great (1991) Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum

7 May Tuesday
  white Tuesday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [292] Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8; John 16:5-11.
Hours of the day.

Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. David Gaffney (HIB) (79) d. 2020 at Dublin, Ireland.

8 May Wednesday
  white Wednesday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [293] Acts 17:15, 22-18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14; John 16:12-15.
Hours of the day.
  white SJ Bl. John Sullivan, SJ, priest
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement Optional
(From the Common of Holy Men & Women: For Teachers, or from the Common for Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Pastors: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Isa 6:1, 6-8; Ps 40(39):2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10+12; Luke 4:16a-22.
II. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 67(66):2-3, 5, 7-8; John 17:20-26.
III. 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23(22):1-3, 4, 5, 6; John 10:11-16.
Common of Pastors: Readings during Easter Time
I. Acts 20:28-38; Ps 145(144):8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab; John 14:23-29.)

9 May Thursday
  white Thursday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [294] Acts 18:1-8; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; John 16:16-20.
Hours of the day.

10 May Friday
  white Friday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [295] Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; John 16:20-23.
Hours of the day.
  white St John of Avila, priest and doctor Optional
(Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [561A] Acts 13:46-49 (#720.1); Ps 23:1b-3, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); Matt 5:13-19 -730.1.)

11 May Saturday
  white Saturday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [296] Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10; John 16:23b-28.
Hours of the day.

In the evening:
  white Vigil of Ascension Solemnity
Mass of the Vigil; gloria, creed, Preface of the Ascension I or II, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I.
[60] Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20; 1 John 4:11-16; John 17:11b-19.
For pastoral reasons, the texts of the day Mass may also be used.
Evening Prayer I of the Ascension.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

12 May Sunday
  white Ascension of the Lord
58^th World Communications Sunday (est. 1967)
Mass of the Vigil or of the Solemnity, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Ascension I - II Special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I.
Yr B [60] Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20; 1 John 4:11-16; John 17:11b-19.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.Week 3 of the Psalter.

13 May Monday
  white Monday in the Seventh Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle II [297] Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab; John 16:29-33.
Hours of the day.
  white Our Lady of Fatima Optional
(Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [563A] Isa 61:9-11 (#707.9); Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17 (#709.3); Luke 11:27-28.)

14 May Tuesday
  red St Matthias, apostle Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Cycle II [564] Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; John 15:9-17.
Perhaps found under May 13.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

15 May Wednesday
  white Wednesday in the Seventh Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle II [299] Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab; John 17:11b-19.
Hours of the day.

16 May Thursday
  white Thursday in the Seventh Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle II [300] Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; John 17:20-26.
Hours of the day.
  red SJ St Andrew Bobola, priest and martyr [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Optional
(From the Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17.
II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22.
III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26.
Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time
I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19.)

17 May Friday
  white Friday in the Seventh Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle II [301] Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; John 21:15-19.
Hours of the day.

18 May Saturday
  white Saturday in the Seventh Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle II [302] Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5+7; John 21:20-25.
Hours of the day.
  red St John I, pope and martyr Optional
(Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [565] Rev 3:14b, 20-22 (#738.2); Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); Luke 22:24-30 (#724.9).)

In the evening:
  red Vigil of Pentecost Solemnity
Mass of the Vigil; Gloria, sequence, creed, Preface of Pentecost, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I. Double alleluia at the dismissal
[62] Gen 11:1-9 or Exod 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ezek 37:1-14 or Joel 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24+35, 27-28, 29b-30; John 7:37-39.
For pastoral reasons, the texts of the day Mass may also be used.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

19 May Sunday
  red Pentecost Sunday
Separate Vigil Mass texts in RM with separate set of readings. An elongated Vigil Liturgy of the Word is one option.
Mass of Pentecost; Gloria, Sequence, Creed, Preface of Pentecost, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I, Double alleluia at the dismissal.
Yr B [63] Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1+24, 29b-30, 31+34; Gal 5:16-25 (Year B) or 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 15:26-27, 16:12-15 (Year B) or Jn 20:19-23.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. At Evening Prayer II, double alleluia at dismissal
After Evening Prayer, the Paschal Candle is extinguished, and moved to the Baptistery, where it is kept in a place of honor so that the candles of the newly baptised may be lit from it.
The weeks of the year resume with Week 7.
Week 3 of the Psalter.
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. Sydney D'Souza (AOR) (85) d. 2020 at Nairobi, Kenya.

20 May Monday
  white The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Memorial
Mass of the Memorial (Votive Mass #10B)
These readings are proper to the memorial.
cf. [572A] Gen 3: 9-15, 20 or Acts 1: 12-14; Ps 86: 1-2, 3 & 5, 5-7; Jn 19: 25-34
Hours of the memorial (From Votive Masses: 10. Blessed Virgin Mary, B. Our Lady, Mother of the Church.)
Seasonal weekday readings:
[341] Jas 3:13-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15; Mark 9:14-29.

21 May Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [342] Jas 4:1-10; Ps 55:7-8, 9-10a, 10b-11a, 23; Mark 9:30-37.
Hours of the day.
  red St Christopher Magallanes, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [566A] Rev 7:9-17 (#714.2); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); John 12:24-26 (#718.5). Optional

22 May Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [343] Jas 4:13-17; Ps 49:2-3, 6-7, 8-10, 11; Mark 9:38-40.
Hours of the day.
  white St Rita of Cascia, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women
Readings from the Common of Saints: [566B] Phil 4:4-9 (#740.10); Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 (#739.1); Luke 6:27-38 (#742.18). Optional

23 May Thursday
  white Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest Feast
Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church
Yr B Jer 31:31-34 or Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110 (109):1b-e, 2, 3 (℟. 4b);  Mark 14:22-25.
Download the texts
Hours of the feast. Te Deum.

24 May Friday
  green Friday of the seventh week.
16^th Day of Prayer for the Church in China (est. 2008)
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [345] Jas 5:9-12; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 11-12; Mark 10:1-12.
Hours of the day.
  white Our Lady of the Way [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here)
Proper (Preface: The Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Readings from the Common of Saints: During Easter Time: Heb 10:19-25, or Outside Easter Time: Prov 4:10-18, Ps 119 (118):1-2, 12+14, 36-37, 41-42, Luke 2:15b-19 Optional
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white The Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians Memorial
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary

25 May Saturday
  green Saturday of the seventh week.
1^st World Children's Day (est. 2024)
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [346] Jas 5:13-20; Ps 141:1-2, 3+8; Mark 10:13-16.
Hours of the day.
  white St Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor of the Church
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [567] 1 Cor 2:10b-16 (#728.3); Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (#727.3); Matt 7:21-29 (#730.2). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
  white St Gregory VII, pope
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [568] Acts 20:17-18a. 28-32, 36 (#720.2); Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 (#721.7); Matt 16:13-19 (#724.2). Optional
  white St Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, virgin
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [569] 1 Cor 7:25-35 (#734.1); Ps 148:1-2, 11-13, 13-14 (#733.2); Mark 3:31-35 (#742.14). Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

26 May Sunday
  white The Most Holy Trinity
Texts found in Missal and Lit. of the Hours after propers for Ordinary Time. Solemnity
1^st World Children's Day (est. 2024)
Yr B [165] Deut 4:32-34, 39-40; Ps 33:4-5, 6+9, 18-19, 20+22; Rom 8:14-17; Matt 28:16-20.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. At Evening Prayer II, double alleluia at dismissal

27 May Monday
  green Monday of the eighth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [347] 1 Pet 1:3-9; Ps 111:1-2, 5-6, 9+10c; Mark 10:17-27.
Hours of the day.
  white St Augustine of Canterbury, bishop
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries
Readings from the Common of Saints: [571] 1 Thess 2:2b-8 (#722.10); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Matt 9:35-38 (#724.1). Optional

28 May Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the eighth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [348] 1 Pet 1:10-16; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Mark 10:28-31.
Hours of the day.
Anniv.: 2^nd anniversary of the death of P. Andrews Thekkekara (MDU) (90) d. 2022 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

29 May Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the eighth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [349] 1 Pet 1:18-25; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; Mark 10:32-45.
Hours of the day.
  white St Paul VI, pope
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [571A] 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23 (#722.4); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Matt 16:13-19 (#724.2). Optional
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white Bl Joseph Gerard, Priest Optional
Common of Pastors

30 May Thursday
  green Thursday of the eighth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [350] 1 Pet 2:2-5, 9-12; Ps 100:2, 3, 4, 5; Mark 10:46-52.
Hours of the day.

31 May Friday
  white The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [572] Zeph 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Luke 1:39-56.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
SJ NOTE: Monthly Mass for the needs of the Church and the Society should be offered on May 31.

June

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For those fleeing their own countries (Watch video) (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that migrants fleeing from war or hunger, forced to undertake journeys fraught with danger and violence, may find welcome and new living opportunities in their host countries."

1 Jun Saturday
  red St Justin, martyr
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [352] Jude 17, 20b-25; Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6; Mark 11:27-33.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [574] 1 Cor 1:18-25 (#722.2); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 5:13-19 (#730.1).

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

2 Jun Sunday
  white The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Solemnity
Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, sequence optional, creed, Preface of Holy Eucharist I or II.
Yr B [168] Exod 24:3-8; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18; Heb 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16, 22-26.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.

3 Jun Monday
  red St. Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [576] 2 Mac 7:1-2, 9-14 Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8; Matt 5:1-12a.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
Diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
   white St Kizito, Co-Patronal Feast of the Diocese Feast
Mass of the saint, Gloria, proper readings, preface of saints.

4 Jun Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [354] 2 Pet 3:12-15a, 17-18; Ps 90:2, 3-4, 10, 14+16; Mark 12:13-17.
Hours of the day.

5 Jun Wednesday
  red St Boniface, bishop and martyr
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [355] 2 Tim 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps 123:1b-2ab, 2cdef; Mark 12:18-27.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For Missionaries
Readings from the Common of Saints: [577] Acts 26:19-23 (#720.3); Ps 117:1bc, 2 (#721.8); John 10:11-16 (#724.10).

6 Jun Thursday
  green Thursday of the ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [356] 2 Tim 2:8-15; Ps 25:2-5ab, 8-9, 10+14; Mark 12:28-34.
Hours of the day.
  white St Norbert, bishop
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [578] Ezek 34:11-16 (#719.9); Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); Luke 14:25-33 (#742.23). Optional

7 Jun Friday
  white SACRED HEART OF JESUS Solemnity
23^rd World Day for the Sanctification of Priests (est. 2002)
Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, creed; Preface of Sacred Heart
Yr B (Sunday Lect.) [171] Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9; Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Eph 3:8-12, 14-19; John 19:31-37.

8 Jun Saturday
  white Immaculate Heart of Mary Memorial
Mass and of the Memorial
Is 61: 9-11; 1 Sam 2:1, 4-8; Lk 2: 41-51.
The ferial first reading and psalm may be used, but the gospel is proper to this memorial.
Hours of the Memorial

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

9 Jun Sunday
  green Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [89] Gen 3:9-15; Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; 2 Cor 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

10 Jun Monday
  green Monday of the tenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [359] 1 Kgs 17:1-6; Ps 121:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; Matt 5:1-12.
Hours of the day.

11 Jun Tuesday
  red St Barnabas, apostle
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [580] Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3 (proper); Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3c-4, 5-6; Matt 10:7-13.

12 Jun Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the tenth week.
23^rd World Day Against Child Labour (est. 2002)
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [361] 1 Kgs 18:20-39; Ps 16:1b-2ab, 4, 5ab+8, 11; Matt 5:17-19.
Hours of the day.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white St Onophrius, Hermit Optional
Common of Holy Men and Women

13 Jun Thursday
  white St Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor of the Church
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [362] 1 Kgs 18:41-46; Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13; Matt 5:20-26.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [581] Isa 61:1-3d (#719.6); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); Luke 10:1-9 (#724.8).

14 Jun Friday
  green Friday of the tenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [363] 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16; Ps 27:7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14; Matt 5:27-32.
Hours of the day.

15 Jun Saturday
  green Saturday of the tenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [364] 1 Kgs 19:19-21; Ps 16:1b-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10; Matt 5:33-37.
Hours of the day.
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
Jubilee: Golden Jubilee of P. James MCGLOIN who celebrates 50 years of Priesthood today.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

16 Jun Sunday
  green Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [92] Ezek 17:22-24; Ps 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16; 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mark 4:26-34.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.

17 Jun Monday
  green Monday of the eleventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [365] 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-6a, 6b-7; Matt 5:38-42.
Hours of the day.

18 Jun Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the eleventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [366] 1 Kgs 21:17-29; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11+16; Matt 5:43-48.
Hours of the day.

19 Jun Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the eleventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [367] 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14; Ps 31:20, 21, 24; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18.
Hours of the day.
  white St Romuald, abbot
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [582] Phil 3:8-14 (#740.9); Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3 (#739.9); Luke 14:25-33 (#742.23). Optional

20 Jun Thursday
  green Thursday of the eleventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [368] Sir 48:1-14; Ps 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7; Matt 6:7-15.
Hours of the day.

21 Jun Friday
  white St Aloysius Gonzaga, religious [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [369] 2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20; Ps 132:11, 12, 13-14, 17-18; Matt 6:19-23.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: 1 John 5:1-5 (#740.18), Ps 16 (15):1-2a+5, 7-8, 11, Matt 22:34-40

22 Jun Saturday
  green Saturday of the eleventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [370] 2 Chr 24:17-25; Ps 89:4-5, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34; Matt 6:24-34.
Hours of the day.
  white St Paulinus of Nola, bishop
Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [584] 2 Cor 8:9-15; Ps 40:2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 (#721.3); Luke 12:32-34 (#718.3). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
  red Sts John Fisher, bishop and martyr, and Thomas More, martyr
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [585] 1 Peter 4:12-19 (#716.9); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 10:34-39 (#718.3). Optional

23 Jun Sunday
  green Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [95] Job 38:1, 8-11; Ps 107:23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 30-31; 2 Cor 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

24 Jun Monday
  white THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Cycle II Vigil Mass: [586] (Vigil Mass) Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab+17; 1 Pet 1:8-12; Luke 1:5-17.
Cycle II Mass of the Day: [587] (Mass during the Day) Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15; Acts 13: 22-26; Lk 1: 57-66, 80.
Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. David A. Skelskey (UNE) (82) d. 2020 at Manila, Philippines.

25 Jun Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the twelfth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [372] 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Ps 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 10-11; Matt 7:6, 12-14.
Hours of the day.

26 Jun Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the twelfth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [373] 2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3; Ps 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40; Matt 7:15-20.
Hours of the day.

27 Jun Thursday
  green Thursday of the twelfth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [374] 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9; Matt 7:21-29.
Hours of the day.
  white St Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor of the Church
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [588] 2 Tim 4:1-5 (#722.12); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); Matt 5:13-19 (#730.1). Optional

28 Jun Friday
  red St Irenaeus, bishop, doctor, and martyr
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [375] 2 Kgs 25:1-12; Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Matt 8:1-4.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [589] 2 Tim 2:22b-26; Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 30-31 (#727.2); John 17:20-26 (#742.26).

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

29 Jun Saturday
  red STS PETER AND PAUL, apostles
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Cycle II Vigil Mass: [590] (Vigil Mass) Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Gal 1:11-20; John 21:15-19.
Cycle II Mass during the day: [591] (Mass during the Day) Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18; Matt 16:13-19.
Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.
Jubilee: Golden Jubilee of P. Ronald HIDAKA who celebrates 50 years of Priesthood today.

30 Jun Sunday
  green Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [98] Wis 1:13-15, 2:23-24; Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b; 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15; Mark 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.

July

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the pastoral care of the sick (Watch video) (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick grant the Lord’s strength to those who receive it and to their loved ones, and that it may become for everyone an ever more visible sign of compassion and hope."

1 Jul Monday
  green Monday of the thirteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [377] Amos 2:6-10, 13-16; Ps 50:16bc-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23; Matt 8:18-22.
Hours of the day.
Death.: Death of P. Lorenz von Walter (SAP) (93) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

2 Jul Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the thirteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [378] Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12; Ps 5:4b-6a, 6b-7, 8; Matt 8:23-27.
Hours of the day.
  white Sts Bernardine Realino, John Francis Regis, Francis Jerome, Bls Julian Maunoir, Anthony Baldinucci, Tiburcio Arnaiz, Johann Philipp Jeningen, priests [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
From the Common of Pastors, of from the Common of Missionaries
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Pastors: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Isa 6:1, 6-8; Ps 40(39):2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10+12; Luke 4:16a-22.
II. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 67(66):2-3, 5, 7-8; John 17:20-26.
III. 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23(22):1-3, 4, 5, 6; John 10:11-16.
Common of Pastors: Readings during Easter Time
I. Acts 20:28-38; Ps 145(144):8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab; John 14:23-29.

Common of Missionaries
I. Isa 40:1-5; Ps 19(18):2-3, 4-5; Mark 16:15-20.
II. 1 Thess 2:2b-8; Ps 96(95):1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10; Luke 10:1-9. Optional

3 Jul Wednesday
  red St Thomas, apostle
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [593] Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; John 20:24-29.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

4 Jul Thursday
  green Thursday of the thirteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [380] Amos 7:10-17; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Matt 9:1-8.
Hours of the day.
  white St Elizabeth of Portugal
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged
Readings from the Common of Saints: [594] 1 John 3:14-18 (#740.16); Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6,7-8, 9 (#739,7); Matt 25:31-46 or 25:31-40 (#742.13). Optional

5 Jul Friday
  green Friday of the thirteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [381] Amos 8:4-6, 9-12; Ps 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131; Matt 9:9-13.
Hours of the day.
  white St Anthony Zaccaria, priest
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Teachers or For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [595] 2 Tim 1:13-14; 2:1-3 (#722.11); Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 (#739.1); Mark 10:13-16 (#742.16). Optional

6 Jul Saturday
  green Saturday of the thirteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [382] Amos 9:11-15; Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14; Matt 9:14-17.
Hours of the day.
  red St Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Virgins
Readings from the Common of Saints: [596] 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6+8ab, 16bc+17 (#715.1); John 12:24-26 (#718.5). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
Jubilee: Golden Jubilee of P. Brian MACGARRY who celebrates 50 years of Priesthood today.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

7 Jul Sunday
  green Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [101] Ezek 2:2-5; Ps 123:1-2a, 2bc, 3-4; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mark 6:1-6.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

8 Jul Monday
  green Monday of the fourteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [383] Hos 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22; Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Matt 9:18-26.
Hours of the day.
Death.: Death of P. Brian Porter (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

9 Jul Tuesday
  red Sts Leo Ignatius Mangin, priest, Mary Zhu Wu and companions, martyrs [SJ]
Outside SJ churches Seasonal weekday or optional memorial of St Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and companions, martyrs
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [384] Hos 8:4-7, 11-13; Ps 115:3-4, 5-6, 7ab-8, 9-10; Matt 9:32-38.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [596A] 1 John 5:1-5 (#716.1); Ps 126:1-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); 2 Cor 1:3b-4a (#717.3); Jn 12:24-26 (#718.5)
Jubilee: Silver Jubilee of P. Slyvester KASIRORI who celebrates 25 years in the Society today.
Jubilee: Silver Jubilee of P. Watson Guveya MATARA who celebrates 25 years in the Society today.
Jubilee: Silver Jubilee of F. Ngonidzashe EDWARD who celebrates 25 years in the Society today.
Jubilee: Silver Jubilee of P. George Mtaja BWANALI who celebrates 25 years in the Society today.
Jubilee: Silver Jubilee of P. Elias Bboloka Bubala NCHIMUNYA who celebrates 25 years in the Society today.

10 Jul Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the fourteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [385] Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Matt 10:1-7.
Hours of the day.

11 Jul Thursday
  white St Benedict, abbot
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [386] Hos 11:1-4, 8e-9; Ps 80:2ac+3b, 15-16; Matt 10:7-15.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [597] Prov 2:1-9; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 (#739.5); Matt 19:27-29 (#742.9).

12 Jul Friday
  green Friday of the fourteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [387] Hos 14:2-10; Ps 51:3-4, 8-9; 12-13, 14+17; Matt 10:16-23.
Hours of the day.
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. David Rowan (SAP) (68) d. 2021 at Johannesburg, RSA.

13 Jul Saturday
  green Saturday of the fourteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [388] Isa 6:1-8; Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5; Matt 10:24-33.
Hours of the day.
  white St Henry
Common of Holy Men and Women
Readings from the Common of Saints: [598] Mic 6:6-8 (#737.17); Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 (#739.1); Matt 7:21-27 (#742.3). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

14 Jul Sunday
  green Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
105^th Sea Sunday (est. 1919)
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [104] Amos 7:12-15; Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14; Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10; Mark 6:7-13.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.

15 Jul Monday
  white St Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the Church
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [389] Isa 1:10-17; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21+23; Matt 10:34-11:1.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [600] Eph 3:14-19 (#740.7); Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (#727.3); Matt 23:8-12 (#724.3).

16 Jul Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the fifteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [390] Isa 7:1-9; Ps 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8; Matt 11:20-24.
Hours of the day.
  white Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [601] Zac 2:14-17 (#707.11); Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55 (#709.5); Matt 12:46-50 (#712.3). Optional

17 Jul Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the fifteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [391] Isa 10:5-7, 13b-16; Ps 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15; Matt 11:25-27.
Hours of the day.
Jubilee: Silver Jubilee of P. Peter BWANALI who celebrates 25 years of Priesthood today.

18 Jul Thursday
  green Thursday of the fifteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [392] Isa 26:7-9, 12, 16-19; Ps 102:13-14ab+15, 16-18, 19-21; Matt 11:28-30.
Hours of the day.
Jubilee: Diamond Jubilee of P. Horst ULBRICH who celebrates 60 years of Priesthood today.

19 Jul Friday
  green Friday of the fifteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [393] Isa 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8; Isa 38:10, 11, 12abcd, 16; Matt 12:1-8.
Hours of the day.

20 Jul Saturday
  green Saturday of the fifteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [394] Mic 2:1-5; Ps 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14; Matt 12:14-21.
Hours of the day.
  red St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [601B] Ezek 34:11-16 (#719.9); Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); John 10:11-16 (#724.10). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Keaney (SAP) (72) d. 2021 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Jubilee: Golden Jubilee of P. David GORNALL who celebrates 50 years of Priesthood today.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

21 Jul Sunday
  green Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [107] Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Eph 2:13-18; Mark 6:30-34.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.

22 Jul Monday
  white St Mary Magdalene
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [603] Song 3:1-4a or 2 Cor 5:14-17; Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; John 20:1-2, 11-18.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
Anniv.: 2^nd anniversary of the death of P. Karl Herrmann (SAP) (65) d. 2022 at Musami, Zimbabwe.

23 Jul Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the sixteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [396] Mic 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8; Matt 12:46-50.
Hours of the day.
  white St Bridget, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [604] Gal 2:19-20 (#740.5); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 (#739.5); John 15:1-8 (#742.24). Optional

24 Jul Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the sixteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [397] Jer 1:1, 4-10; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15+17; Matt 13:1-9.
Hours of the day.
  white St Sharbel Makhlūf, priest [2002 RM]
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women
Readings from the Common of Saints: [604A] Sir 3:17-24 (#737.13); Ps 15:2-3ab, 3cd-4ab, 5 (#739.2); Matt 19:27-29 (#742.9). Optional

25 Jul Thursday
  red St James, apostle
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [605] 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6; Matt 20:20-28.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
Diocese of Tete, Mozambique
   white St James, the Great, Patronal Feast of the Diocese Feast
Mass of the saint, Gloria, proper readings, preface of saints.

26 Jul Friday
  white Sts Joachim and Ann, parents of the Bl Virgin Mary
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [606] Sir 44:1, 10-15; Ps 132:11, 13-14, 17-18; Matt 13:16-17. (None of the readings are proper.)

27 Jul Saturday
  green Saturday of the sixteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [400] Jer 7:1-11; Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a+8a, 11; Matt 13:24-30.
Hours of the day.
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

28 Jul Sunday
  green Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
4^th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly (est. 2021)
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [110] 2 Kgs 4:42-44; Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18; Eph 4:1-6; John 6:1-15.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.

29 Jul Monday
  white Sts Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [607] 1 John 4:7-16; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11; John 11: 19-27 or Luke 10: 38-42 (Gospel proper).

30 Jul Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the seventeenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [402] Jer 14:17-22; Ps 79:8, 9, 11+13; Matt 13:36-43.
Hours of the day.
  white St Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor of the Church
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [608] Eph 3:8-12 (#728.4); Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (#727.3); Luke 6:43-45 (#730.6). Optional
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white St Justin De Jacobis, Bishop Optional
Common of Pastors

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

31 Jul Wednesday
  white St Ignatius of Loyola, priest, founder of the Society of Jesus
Outside SJ churches Memorial; weekday readings.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Cycle II [SJ-Lect2013] Jer 20:7-9 [LM 737.16]; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 [LM 609]; 1 Cor 10:31-11:1 [LM 609]; Lk 14:25-33 [LM 609].
Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.
Jubilee: Diamond Jubilee of P. Eberhard FUHGE who celebrates 60 years of Priesthood today.

August

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1 Aug Thursday
  white St Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [404] Jer 18:1-6; Ps 146:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab; Matt 13:47-53.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [610] Rom 8:1-4; Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (# 727.3); Matt 5:13-19 (#730.1).
Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of F. Gabriel McKinney (SAP) (89) d. 2023 at Lusaka, Zambia.

2 Aug Friday
  green Friday of the seventeenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [405] Jer 26:1-9; Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14; Matt 13:54-58.
Hours of the day.
  white St Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop
Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [611] 1 John 5:1-5 (#716.10); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); Matt 5:1-12a (#742.1). Optional
  white St Peter Faber, priest [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Proper (cf. Jesuit Missal)
Readings from the Common of Saints: 1 Cor 2:1-5, Dan 3:52, 53-54, 55ac+56, 57-58, 82-84, 85-87, Matt 10:24-27 Optional
  white St Peter Julian Eymard, priest
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [611A] Acts 4:32-35; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11; John 15:1-8. Optional
Archdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe
   white Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (1925) Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.

3 Aug Saturday
  green Saturday of the seventeenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [406] Jer 26:11-16, 24; Ps 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Matt 14:1-12.
Hours of the day.
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

4 Aug Sunday
  green Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [113] Exod 16:2-4, 12-15; Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25+54; Eph 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

5 Aug Monday
  green Monday of the eighteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [407] Jer 28:1-17; Ps 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102; Matt 14:13-21 or (Year A) Matt 14:22-36 [408].
Hours of the day.
  white The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [613] Rev 21:1-5a (#708.3); Judith 13:18, 19 (#709.2); Luke 11:27-28 (#712.10). Optional

6 Aug Tuesday
  white Transfiguration of the Lord
Mass of the Transfiguration; Gloria, proper readings, Creed, Preface of the Assumption.
Yr B Mass of the Day: [614] Dan 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Peter 1:16-19; Mark 9:2-10.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum.

7 Aug Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the eighteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [409] Jer 31:1-7; Jer 31:10, 11-12ab, 13; Matt 15:21-28.
Hours of the day.
  white St Cajetan, priest
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [616] Sir 2:7-13 (#737.12); Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); Luke 12:32-34 (#742.21). Optional
  red St Sixtus II, pope and martyr, and companions, martyrs
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [615] Wis 3:1-9 (#713.5); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 10:28-33 (#718.2). Optional
SJ NOTE: Monthly Mass for the needs of the Church and the Society should be offered on August 7, the 210^th anniversary of the restoration of the Society (1814).

8 Aug Thursday
  white St Dominic, priest
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [410] Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19; Matt 16:13-23.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [617] 1 Cor 2:1-10a (#728.2); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Luke 9:57-62 (#742.19).

9 Aug Friday
  green Friday of the eighteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [411] Nah 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7; Deut 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41; Matt 16:24-28.
Hours of the day.
  red St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Virgins
Readings from the Common of Saints: [617A] Hos 2:16bc, 17cd, 21-22 (#731.2); Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17 (#733.1); Matt 25:1-13 (#736.2). Optional

10 Aug Saturday
  red St Lawrence, deacon and martyr
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [618] 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9; John 12:24-26.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

11 Aug Sunday
  green Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [116] 1 Kgs 19:4-8; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Eph 4:30-5:2; John 6:41-51.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.

12 Aug Monday
  green Monday of the nineteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [413] Ezek 1:2-5, 24-28c; Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14; Matt 17:22-27.
Hours of the day.
  white St Jane Frances de Chantal, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [623A] Prov 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 (#737.11); Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3 (#739.9); Mark 3:31-35 (#742.14). Optional
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   red Blessed Isidore Bakanja, Martyr Optional
Common of Martyrs

13 Aug Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the nineteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [414] Ezek 2:8-3:4; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Matt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14.
Hours of the day.
  red Sts Pontian, pope and martyr, and Hippolytus, priest and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [620] 1 Peter 4:12-19 (#716.9); Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 (#715.3); John 15:18-21 (#718.6). Optional

14 Aug Wednesday
  red St Maximillian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [415] Ezek 9:1-7; 10:18-22; Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Matt 18:15-20.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [620A] Wis 3:1-9, or 1 John 3:14-18; Ps 116:10-11, 12-13, 16ac-17; John 15:12-16.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

15 Aug Thursday
  white THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Cycle II Assumption, Vigil [621] (Vigil Mass) 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b-57; Luke 11:27-28.
Cycle II Assumption, Mass during the day [622] (Mass during the Day) Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10bc, 11, 12ab, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27a; Luke 1:39-56.
Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Patronal Feast of Southern Africa
(Transferred to the following Sunday)
Use Mass from Ordinary Time for today (Of the day from [413]-[418])
Archdiocese of Maputo, Mozambique
   white Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (1944) Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
Jubilee: Golden Jubilee of P. Bronisław KONDRAT who celebrates 50 years since Final Vows today.

16 Aug Friday
  green Friday of the nineteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [417] Ezek 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63; Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Matt 19:3-12.
Hours of the day.
  white St Stephen of Hungary
Common of Holy Men and Women
Readings from the Common of Saints: [623] Deut 6:3-9 (#737.3); Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); Matt 25:14-30 or 25:14-23 (#742.12). Optional
Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of F. Paul A. Desmarais (SAP) (78) d. 2023 at Pickering, ON, Canada.

17 Aug Saturday
  green Saturday of the nineteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [418] Ezek 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32; Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19; Matt 19:13-15.
Hours of the day.
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
Death.: Death of F. Araújo José de Andrade (SAP) (93) d. 2024 at Maputo, Mozambique.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

18 Aug Sunday
  green Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [119] Prov 9:1-6; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Eph 5:15-20; John 6:51-58.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
Jubilee: Silver Jubilee of P. Sebastian M. MALAMBO who celebrates 25 years of Priesthood today.

Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
  white    Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Patronal Feast of Southern Africa
(Transferred to this Sunday from the 15 Aug). Solemnity
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mass of the Vigil or of the Day; Gloria, proper readings, Creed, Preface of the Assumption.
Mass of the Vigil: [621] 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b-57; Luke 11:27-28.
Mass of the Day: [622] Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10bc, 11, 12ab, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27a; Luke 1:39-56.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum.

19 Aug Monday
  green Monday of the twentieth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [419] Ezek 24:15-23; Deut 32:18-19, 20, 21; Matt 19:16-22.
Hours of the day.
  white St John Eudes, priest
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women
Readings from the Common of Saints: [624] Eph 3:14-19 (#740.7); Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3 (#739.9); Matt 11:25-30 (#742.4). Optional

20 Aug Tuesday
  white St Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [420] Ezek 28:1-10; Deut 32:26-27ab, 27cd-28, 30, 35cd-36ab; Matt 19:23-30.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Doctors of the Church, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [625] Sir 15:1-6 (#725.3); Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (#727.3); John 17:20-26 (#742.26).

21 Aug Wednesday
  white St Pius X, pope
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [421] Ezek 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Matt 20:1-16.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [626] 1 Thess 2:2b-8 (#722.10); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); John 21:15-17 (#724.12).
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of F. Henryk Prill (PMA) (66) d. 2021 at Krakow, Poland.

22 Aug Thursday
  white The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
After Night Prayer, Ave Regina Caelorum is recommended.
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [422] Ezek 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19; Matt 22:1-14.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [627] Isa 9:1-6 (#707.8); Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 (#709.4); Luke 1:26-38 (#712.4).

23 Aug Friday
  green Friday of the twentieth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [423] Ezek 37:1-14; Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Matt 22:34-40.
Hours of the day.
  white St Rose of Lima, virgin
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [628] 2 Cor 10:17—11:2 (#734.2); Ps 148:1bc-2, 11-13a, 13c-14 (#733.2); Matt 13:44-46 (#742.5). Optional
Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of P. Daniel Kamuzyu (SAP) (41) d. 2023 at Angonia, Mozambique.
Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of S. Belmiro C. Francisco Molande (SAP) (28) d. 2023 at Angonia, Mozambique.

24 Aug Saturday
  red St Bartholomew, apostle
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [629] Rev 21:9b-14; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18; John 1:45-51.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

25 Aug Sunday
  green Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [122] Josh 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Ps 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21; Eph 5:21-32 or [US] 5:2a, 25-32; John 6:60-69.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.

26 Aug Monday
  green Monday of the twenty-first week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [425] 2 Thess 1:1-5, 11-12; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5; Matt 23:13-22.
Hours of the day.

27 Aug Tuesday
  white St Monica
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [426] 2 Thess 2:1-3a, 14-17; Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13; Matt 23:23-26.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Holy Men and Women
Readings from the Common of Saints: [632] Sir 26:1-4, 13-16 (#737.14); Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3 (#739.9); Luke 7:11-17.

28 Aug Wednesday
  white St Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [427] 2 Thess 3:6-10, 16-18; Ps 128:1-2, 4-5; Matt 23:27-32.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [633] 1 John 4:7-16 (#740.17); Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (#727.3); Matt 23:8-12 (#730.4).

29 Aug Thursday
  red The Passion/Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [634] Jer 1:17-19; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab+17; Mark 6:17-29 (Gospel proper).

30 Aug Friday
  green Friday of the twenty-first week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [429] 1 Cor 1:17-25; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11; Matt 25:1-13.
Hours of the day.

31 Aug Saturday
  green Saturday of the twenty-first week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [430] 1 Cor 1:26-31; Ps 33:12-13, 18-19, 20-21; Matt 25:14-30.
Hours of the day.
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

September

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the cry of the Earth (Watch video) (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that each of us listen with our hearts to the cry of the Earth and of the victims of environmental disasters and the climate crisis, making a personal commitment to care for the world we inhabit."

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

1 Sep Sunday
  green Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
9^th Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (est. 2015)
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [125] Deut 4:1-2, 6-8; Ps 15:2-3a, 3b-4a, 4b-5; Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

2 Sep Monday
  green Monday of the twenty-second week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [431] 1 Cor 2:1-5; Ps 119:97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102; Luke 4:16-30.
Hours of the day.
  red Bl James Bonnaud, pr, and companions; Joseph Imbert and John Nicolas Cordier, prs; Thomas Sitjar, pr, and companions; John Fausti, pr, and companions; martyrs [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
From the Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17.
II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22.
III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26.
Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time
I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19. Optional

3 Sep Tuesday
  white St Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [432] 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14; Luke 4:31-37.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors: For a Pope, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [635] 2 Cor 4:1-2, 5-7 (#722.6); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8, 10 (#721.5); Luke 22:24-30 (#724.9).

4 Sep Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the twenty-second week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [433] 1 Cor 3:1-9; Ps 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21; Luke 4:38-44.
Hours of the day.

5 Sep Thursday
  green Thursday of the twenty-second week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [434] 1 Cor 3:18-23; Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Luke 5:1-11.
Hours of the day.
  white St Teresa of Calcutta, virgin

Readings from the Common of Saints: Optional

6 Sep Friday
  green Friday of the twenty-second week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [435] 1 Cor 4:1-5; Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 27-28, 39-40; Luke 5:33-39.
Hours of the day.

7 Sep Saturday
  green Saturday of the twenty-second week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [436] 1 Cor 4:6b-15; Ps 145:17-18, 19-20, 21; Luke 6:1-5.
Hours of the day.
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
Jubilee: Diamond Jubilee of F. Benedict NGAWASEKE who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.
Jubilee: Diamond Jubilee of F. Júlio Silvério GUIRIONE who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.
Jubilee: Diamond Jubilee of P. Charles SEARSON who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

8 Sep Sunday
  green Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [128] Isa 35:4-7a; Ps 146:7, 8-9a, 9b-10; Jas 2:1-5; Mark 7:31-37.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.

9 Sep Monday
  white St Peter Claver, priest [SJ]
[Memorial for SJ, opt mem in 2002 RM]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [437] 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-6, 7, 12; Luke 6:6-11.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries
Readings from the Common of Saints: Isa 58:6-11 (#737.15), Ps 112 (111):1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7b-8, 9, John 15:9-17
Archdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe
   white St Peter Claver, Patronal Feast of the Archdiocese Feast
Mass of the saint, Gloria, proper readings, preface of saints.

10 Sep Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the twenty-third week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [438] 1 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a+9b; Luke 6:12-19.
Hours of the day.
  white Bl Francis Garate, religious [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
From the Common of Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: Optional

11 Sep Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the twenty-third week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [439] 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17; Luke 6:20-26.
Hours of the day.

12 Sep Thursday
  green Thursday of the twenty-third week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [440] 1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 23-24; Luke 6:27-38.
Hours of the day.
  white The Most Holy Name of Mary
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [636B] Gal 4:4-7 (#710.3); Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55 (#709.5); Luke 1:39-47 (#712.5). Optional

13 Sep Friday
  white St John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor of the Church
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [441] 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27; Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6, 12; Luke 6:39-42.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [637] Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 (#722.8); Ps 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 (#721.3); Mark 4:1-10, 13-20 or 4:1-9 (#730.5).

14 Sep Saturday
  red The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Cycle II Triumph of the Cross [638] Num 21: 4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3: 13-17.
Only 2 readings on weekdays.
Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.

15 Sep Sunday
  green Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [131] Isa 50:4c-9a; Ps 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Jas 2:14-18; Mark 8:27-35.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.

16 Sep Monday
  red St. Cornelius, pope and martyr, and St. Cyprian, bishop and martyr
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [443] 1 Cor 11:17-26, 33; Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17; Luke 7:1-10.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [640] 2 Cor 4:7-15 (#716.3); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); John 17:11b-19 (#718.7).

17 Sep Tuesday
  white St Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor of the Church [SJ]
Outside SJ churches opt. mem. or St Hildegard of Bingen, opt. mem.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [444] 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5; Luke 7:11-17.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [641] Wis 7:7-10, 15-16 (#725.2); Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (#727.1); John 6:63c, 68c (#729.3); Matt 7:21-29 (#730.2)
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Wafer (SAP) (87) d. 2021 at Lusaka, Zambia.

18 Sep Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the twenty-fourth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [445] 1 Cor 12:31-13:13; Ps 33:2-3, 4-5, 12+22; Luke 7:31-35.
Hours of the day.
  white St Hildegard of Bingen, virgin and doctor (transferred from Sept 17 in SJ)
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [641A] Songs 8:6-7 (#731.1); Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17 (#733.1); Matt 25:1-13 (#742.11). Optional
Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of P. Klaus Cieszyński (SAP) (85) d. 2023 at Lusaka, Zambia.

19 Sep Thursday
  green Thursday of the twenty-fourth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [446] 1 Cor 15:1-11; Ps 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28; Luke 7:36-50.
Hours of the day.
  red St Januarius, bishop and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [642] Hebr 10:32-36 (#716.6); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); John 12:24-26 (#718.5). Optional

20 Sep Friday
  red St. Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr, St. Paul Chong Hasang, catechist and martyr, and their companions, martyrs
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [447] 1 Cor 15:12-20; Ps 17:1bcd, 6-7, 8b+15; Luke 8:1-3.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [642A] Wis 3:1-9, or Rom 8:31b-39; Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6; Luke 9:23-26.

21 Sep Saturday
  red St Matthew, apostle and evangelist
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [643] Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Matt 9:9-13.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

22 Sep Sunday
  green Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [134] Wis 2:12, 17-20; Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6-8; Jas 3:16-4:3; Mark 9:30-37.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.

23 Sep Monday
  white St Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), priest
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [449] Prov 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5; Luke 8:16-18.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [643A] Gal 2:19-20 (#740.5); Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 (#739.8); Matt 16:24-27 (#742.6).

24 Sep Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the twenty-fifth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [450] Prov 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Luke 8:19-21.
Hours of the day.

25 Sep Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the twenty-fifth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [451] Prov 30:5-9; Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163; Luke 9:1-6.
Hours of the day.

26 Sep Thursday
  green Thursday of the twenty-fifth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [452] Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+7bc; Luke 9:7-9.
Hours of the day.
  red Sts Cosmas and Damian, martyrs
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [644] Wis 3:1-9 (#713.5); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 10:28-33 (#718.2). Optional
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. Luka Lučić (ZAM) (81) d. 2020 at Zagreb, Croatia.
Jubilee: Diamond Jubilee of P. Roland VON NIDDA who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.

27 Sep Friday
  white St Vincent de Paul, priest
45^th World Tourism Day (est. 1980)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [453] Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b+2abc, 3-4; Luke 9:18-22.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged
Readings from the Common of Saints: [645] 1 Cor 1:26-31 (#740.2); Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-7, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); Matt 9:35-38 (#724.1).
SJ NOTE: Monthly Mass for the needs of the Church and the Society should be offered on September 27, the 484^th anniversary of the confirmation of the Society (1540).

28 Sep Saturday
  green Saturday of the twenty-fifth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [454] Eccl 11:9-12:8; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; Luke 9:43b-45.
Hours of the day.
  red St Lawrence Ruiz and his companions, martyrs
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [645A] 2 Mac 7:1-2, 9-14 (#713.3); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); John 15:18-21 (#718.6). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
  red St Wenceslaus, martyr
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [646] 1 Petr 3:14-17 (#716.8); Ps 126:1-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 10:34-39 (#718.3). Optional
Jubilee: Diamond Jubilee of P. John MLAKAR who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

29 Sep Sunday
  green Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
110^th World Day of Migrants and Refugees (est. 1914)
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [137] Num 11:25-29; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14; Jas 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

30 Sep Monday
  white St Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [455] Job 1:6-22; Ps 17:1bcd, 2-3, 6-7; Luke 9:46-50.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Doctors of the Church, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [648] 2 Tim 3:14-17; Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (#727.3); Matt 13:47-52 (#730.3).

October

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For a shared mission (Watch video) (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that the Church continue to sustain a synodal lifestyle in every way, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, communion and mission shared by priests, religious and laity."

1 Oct Tuesday
  white St Thérèse of the Child Jesus (i.e., of Lisieux), virgin and doctor of the Church
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

2 Oct Wednesday
  white The Holy Guardian Angels
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [650] Exod 23:20-23; Ps 91:1-2, 3-4ab, 4c-6, 10-11; Matt 18:1-5, 10 (Gospel proper).

3 Oct Thursday
  white St Francis Borgia, priest [SJ]
Outside SJ churches, Mass ad lib.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [458] Job 19:21-27; Ps 27:7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14; Luke 10:1-12.
Hours of the Memorial.

Readings from the Common of Saints: Phil 3:8-14 (#740.9), Ps 118 (117):1b-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9, Mark 10:42-45
Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of P. Brian Enright (SAP) (86) d. 2023 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

4 Oct Friday
  white St Francis of Assisi
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [459] Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5; Ps 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab; Luke 10:13-16.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [651] Gal 6:14-18; Ps 16:1b-2a+5, 7-8, 11 (#739.3); Matt 11:25-30 (#742.4).

5 Oct Saturday
  green Saturday of the twenty-sixth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [460] Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Ps 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130; Luke 10:17-24.
Hours of the day.
  white St Faustina Kowalska, virgin
[651a] Eph 3:14-19; Ps 103(102):1-2. 3-4. 8-9. 13-14. 17-18a.r.1; Matt 11:25-30.
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [651B] Eph 3:14-19 -740.7; Ps 103:1bc-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18a (#739.6); Matt 11:25-30 (#742.4). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

6 Oct Sunday
  green Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [140] Gen 2:18-24; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Heb 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16 or 10:2-12.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.

7 Oct Monday
  white Our Lady of the Rosary
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [461] Gal 1:6-12; Ps 111:1b-2, 7-8, 9+10c; Luke 10:25-37.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [653] Acts 1:12-14 (#708.1); Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55 (#709.5); Luke 1:26-38 (#712.4).
Archdiocese of Beira, Mozambique
   white Our Lady of the Rosary, Patronal Feast of the Archdiocese Feast
Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM.

8 Oct Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the twenty-seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [462] Gal 1:13-24; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15; Luke 10:38-42.
Hours of the day.

9 Oct Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the twenty-seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [463] Gal 2:1-2, 7-14; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Luke 11:1-4.
Hours of the day.
  red St Denis, bishop and martyr, and companions, martyrs
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [654] 2 Cor 6:4-10 (#716.4); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 5:13-16 (#742.2). Optional
  white St John Leonardi, priest
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged
Readings from the Common of Saints: [655] 2 Cor 4:1-2, 5-7 (#722.6); Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 10 (#721.5); Luke 5:1-11 (#724.7). Optional

10 Oct Thursday
  green Thursday of the twenty-seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [464] Gal 3:1-5; Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75; Luke 11:5-13.
Hours of the day.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white St Daniel Comboni, Bishop Memorial
Common of Pastors

11 Oct Friday
  green Friday of the twenty-seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [465] Gal 3:7-14; Ps 111:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6; Luke 11:15-26.
Hours of the day.
  white St John XXIII, pope
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [655A] Ezek 34:11-16 (#719.9); Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); John 21:15-17 (#724.12). Optional

12 Oct Saturday
  green Saturday of the twenty-seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [466] Gal 3:22-29; Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Luke 11:27-28.
Hours of the day.
  white Bl John Beyzym, priest [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here)
From the Common of Missionaries, of from the Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Missionaries
I. Isa 40:1-5; Ps 19(18):2-3, 4-5; Mark 16:15-20.
II. 1 Thess 2:2b-8; Ps 96(95):1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10; Luke 10:1-9.
Common of Pastors: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Isa 6:1, 6-8; Ps 40(39):2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10+12; Luke 4:16a-22.
II. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 67(66):2-3, 5, 7-8; John 17:20-26.
III. 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23(22):1-3, 4, 5, 6; John 10:11-16.
Common of Pastors: Readings during Easter Time
I. Acts 20:28-38; Ps 145(144):8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab; John 14:23-29. Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of P. Oskar Wermter (SAP) (81) d. 2023 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

13 Oct Sunday
  green Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [143] Wis 7:7-11; Ps 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Heb 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-30 or 10:17-27.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. Emmanuel Mumba (ZAM) (52) d. 2020 at Lusaka, Zambia.

14 Oct Monday
  green Monday of the twenty-eighth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [467] Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1; Ps 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5a+6-7; Luke 11:29-32.
Hours of the day.
  red St Callistus I, pope and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [656] 1 Petr 5:1-4 (#722.13); Ps 40:2+4ab. 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 (#721.3); Luke 22:24-30 (#724.9). Optional

15 Oct Tuesday
  white St Teresa of Jesus (i.e., of Avila), virgin and doctor of the Church
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [468] Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119:41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48; Luke 11:37-41.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [657] Rom 8:22-27; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (#727.1); John 15:1-8 (#742.24).

16 Oct Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the twenty-eighth week.
44^th World Food Day (est. 1981)
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [469] Gal 5:18-25; Ps 1:1, 1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 11:42-46.
Hours of the day.
  white St Hedwig, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [658] Sir 26:1-4, 13-16 (#737.14); Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 (#739.8); Mark 3:31-35 (#742.14). Optional
  white St Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [659] Eph 3:14-19 (#740.7); Ps 23:1b-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#739.4); Matt 11:25-30 (#742.4). Optional

17 Oct Thursday
  red St Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [470] Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6; Luke 11:47-54.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [660] Phil 3:17—4:1; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); John 12:24-26 (#718.5).

18 Oct Friday
  red St Luke, evangelist
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [661] 2 Tim 4:9-17b; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18; Luke 10:1-9.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

19 Oct Saturday
  red Sts John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests and martyrs, and comp., martyrs [SJ]
Outside SJ churches, Optional Memorial (use seasonal weekday readings)
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Outside SJ churches, also the optional memorial of St Paul of the Cross, priest

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

20 Oct Sunday
  green Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
98^th World Mission Sunday (est. 1926)
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [146] Isa 53:10-11; Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20+22; Heb 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45 or 10:42-45.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.

21 Oct Monday
  green Monday of the twenty-ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [473] Eph 2:1-10; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4ab, 4c-5; Luke 12:13-21.
Hours of the day.
  red Bl. Diego Luis de San Vitores, priest, and St. Pedro Calungsod, martyrs [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here)
From the Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17.
II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22.
III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26.
Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time
I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19. Optional
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of F. Happy Patrick Mzumara (SAP) (61) d. 2021 at Mzuzu, Malawi.

22 Oct Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the twenty-ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [474] Eph 2:12-22; Ps 85:9ab-10, 11-12, 13-14; Luke 12:35-38.
Hours of the day.
  white St John Paul II, pope
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [663A] Isa 52:7-10 (#719.5); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); John 21:15-17 (#724.12). Optional
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. Karl Steffens (ZIM) (84) d. 2020 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

23 Oct Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the twenty-ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [475] Eph 3:2-12; Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Luke 12:39-48.
Hours of the day.
  white St John of Capistrano, priest
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries
Readings from the Common of Saints: [664] 2 Cor 5:14-20 (#722.7); Ps 16:1b-2a+5, 7-8, 11 (#721.1); Luke 9:57-62 (#742.19). Optional

24 Oct Thursday
  green Thursday of the twenty-ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [476] Eph 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19; Luke 12:49-53.
Hours of the day.
  white St Anthony Mary Claret, bishop
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries
Readings from the Common of Saints: [665] Isa 52:7-10 (#719.5); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Mark 1:14-20 (#724.5). Optional
Archdiocese of Durban, South Africa
   white Anniversary of the Dedication of Emmanuel Cathedral (1904) Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.

25 Oct Friday
  green Friday of the twenty-ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [477] Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Luke 12:54-59.
Hours of the day.
Anniv.: 2^nd anniversary of the death of P. Michael Austin (SAP) (85) d. 2022 at Johannesburg, RSA.

26 Oct Saturday
  green Saturday of the twenty-ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [478] Eph 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5; Luke 13:1-9.
Hours of the day.
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

27 Oct Sunday
  green Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [149] Jer 31:7-9; Ps 126:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6; Heb 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

28 Oct Monday
  red Sts Simon and Jude, apostles
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [666] Eph 2:19-22; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Lk 6:12-16.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

29 Oct Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the thirtieth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [480] Eph 5:21-33 (or, in U.S., Eph 5:2a, 25-32, See Vol 1 [122] Sun 21-B); Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Luke 13:18-21.
Hours of the day.

30 Oct Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the thirtieth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [481] Eph 6:1-9; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14; Luke 13:22-30.
Hours of the day.
  red Bl Dominic Collins, religious, martyr [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
From the Common of Martyrs, or from the Common of Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17.
II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22.
III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26.
Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time
I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19.

Common of Religious
I. Eph 6:10-18; Ps 63(62):2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Luke 14:1, 7-11.
II. Rom 12:1-2, 9-18; Ps 112(111):1-2, 3-4, 7b-8, 9; Luke 6:20-23. Optional

31 Oct Thursday
  white St Alphonsus Rodriquez, religious [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [482] Eph 6:10-20; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Luke 13:31-35.
Hours of the Memorial.
From the Common of Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: Eph 6:10-13, 18 (#740.8), Ps 63 (62):2, 3-4, 5-6, Luke 14:1, 7-11
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. David Norris (CAN) (80) d. 2020 at Pickering, ON, Canada.

November

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For those who have lost a child (Watch video) (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that all parents who mourn the loss of a son or daughter find support in their community, and may receive peace of heart from the Spirit of Consolation."

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

1 Nov Friday
  white ALL SAINTS Solemnity
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Cycle II [667] Rev 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5: 1-12a.
Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
Archdiocese of Harare, and Diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe [ZCBC]
   green All Saints
(Transferred to the following Sunday)
Use Mass from Ordinary Time for today (Of the day from [479]-[484])

2 Nov Saturday
  black   violet
  white The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Mass 1, 2 or 3 of All Souls; 3 readings from [668] or the Common of the Dead [1011ff]; (Creed on Sundays;) Preface for the Dead I - V
Priests may celebrate three Masses; second is offered for all faithful departed, third for intentions of the Pope.
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Hours of the Dead with proper 2nd reading for Office of Readings.
Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.

3 Nov Sunday
  green Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [152] Deut 6:2-6; Ps 18:2-3a, 3b-4, 47+51; Heb 7:23-28; Mark 12:28b-34.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.

Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
Archdiocese of Harare, and Diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe [ZCBC]
  white    All Saints
(Transferred to this Sunday from the 1 Nov). Solemnity
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
[667] Rev 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5: 1-12a.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum.

SJ NOTE: (Pre-2014) Monthly Mass for deceased Jesuits should be offered on November 3 (or 4).

4 Nov Monday
  white St Charles Borromeo, bishop Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [485] Phil 2:1-4; Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3; Luke 14:12-14.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [670] Rom 12:3-13 (#722.1); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); John 10:11-16 (#724.10).

5 Nov Tuesday
  white All Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus [SJ]
Outside SJ churches, Mass ad lib. with weekday readings.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [SJ-Lect 2013] Deut 30:11-14 [LM 838]; Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; Jn 12:23-26 [cf LM 718.5].
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
Anniv.: 2^nd anniversary of the death of P. Francesco Spartaco Ciccotti (98) d. 2022 at San Paolo, Brazil.
Anniv.: 1^st anniversary of the death of P. George Croft (SAP) (98) d. 2023 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

6 Nov Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the thirty-first week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [487] Phil 2:12-18; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Luke 14:25-33.
Hours of the day.
The Commemoration of All the Departed of the Society of Jesus [SJ]
(Post-2013)
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here)

Readings from the Common of Saints: Rom 14:7-9, 10c-12, Ps 116 (114-115):5-6, 10-11, 15-16ac, John 6:37-40 Optional
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   white All Saints of Africa Memorial
Common of Holy Men and Women
Archdiocese of Harare, and Diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe [ZCBC]
   white Bl. Rupert Mayer, Jesuit priest of Germany
SJ NOTE: Monthly Mass for deceased Jesuits should be offered on November 6 (or 7).
On this day we remember all the departed of the Province, especially those who have died since this feast's celebration last year, in particular:
30 Mar   P. Wolfgang Thamm (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
24 Apr   P. Peter Brook (BRI) (70) d. 2024 at Leeds, England.
3 May   P. Henry Tafadzwa Masakare (SAP) (41) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
1 Jul   P. Lorenz von Walter (SAP) (93) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
8 Jul   P. Brian Porter (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
17 Aug   F. Araújo José de Andrade (SAP) (93) d. 2024 at Maputo, Mozambique.

7 Nov Thursday
  green Thursday of the thirty-first week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [488] Phil 3:3-8a; Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Luke 15:1-10.
Hours of the day.

8 Nov Friday
  green Friday of the thirty-first week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [489] Phil 3:17-4:1; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5; Luke 16:1-8.
Hours of the day.
Death.: Death of P. Alexander Muyebe (SAP) (56) d. 2024 at Siavonga, Zambia.

9 Nov Saturday
  white The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Feast
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Cycle II [671] Ezek 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 46: 2-3, 5-6, 8-9; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2: 13-22.
Only 2 readings on weekdays.
Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.

10 Nov Sunday
  green Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [155] 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 146:7, 8-9a, 9b-10; Heb 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44 or 12:41-44.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.

11 Nov Monday
  white St Martin of Tours, bishop Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [491] Titus 1:1-9; Ps 24:1b-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Luke 17:1-6.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [673] Isa 61:1-3abcd (#719.6); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); Matt 25:31-40 (#742.13).

12 Nov Tuesday
  red St Josaphat, bishop and martyr Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [492] Titus 2:1-8, 11-14; Ps 37:3-4, 18+23, 27+29; Luke 17:7-10.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [674] Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 (#722.8); Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 (#739.1); John 17:20-26 (#742.26).
Anniv.: 2^nd anniversary of the death of P. John Dooley (HIB) (92) d. 2022 at Dublin, Ireland.

13 Nov Wednesday
  white St Stanislaus Kostka, religious [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [493] Titus 3:1-7; Ps 23:1b-3a, 3bc-4, 5, 6; Luke 17:11-19.
Hours of the Memorial.

Readings from the Common of Saints: 2 Pet 1:2-11, Ps 122 (121):1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5, 8-9, Luke 2:41-51

14 Nov Thursday
  white St Joseph Pignatelli, priest [SJ]
Outside SJ churches, Mass ad lib.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [494] Phlm 7-20; Ps 146:7, 8-9a, 9bc-10; Luke 17:20-25.
Hours of the Memorial.

Readings from the Common of Saints: 2 Cor 4:7-15 (#716.3), Ps 116 (115):10-11, 12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18, Matt 10:16-23

15 Nov Friday
  green Friday of the thirty-second week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [495] 2 John 4-9; Ps 119:1, 2, 10, 11, 17, 18; Luke 17:26-37.
Hours of the day.
  white St Albert the Great, bishop and doctor of the Church
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [675] Sir 15:1-6 (#725.3); Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (#727.3); Matt 13:47-52 (#730.3). Optional

16 Nov Saturday
  green Saturday of the thirty-second week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [496] 3 John 5-8; Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Luke 18:1-8.
Hours of the day.
  white St Gertrude, virgin
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [677] Eph 3:14-19 (#740.7); Ps 23:1b-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#739.4); John 15:1-8 (#742.24). Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
  white St Margaret of Scotland
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged
Readings from the Common of Saints: [676] Is 58:6-11 (#737.15); Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); John 15:9-17 (#742.25). Optional
  red Sts Roch Gonzalez, John del Castillo, Alphonsus Rodriguez, priests; Bl Juan Antonio Solinas, priest, martyrs [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
From the Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17.
II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22.
III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26.
Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time
I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19. Optional
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. John Fairhurst (BRI) (90) d. 2021 at Boscombe, England.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

17 Nov Sunday
  green Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
8^th World Day of the Poor (est. 2017)
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [158] Dan 12:1-3; Ps 16:5+8, 9-10, 11; Heb 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of P. Jeremiah O'Connell (ZAM) (83) d. 2020 at Lusaka, Zambia.

18 Nov Monday
  green Monday of the thirty-third week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [497] Rev 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 18:35-43.
Hours of the day.
  white Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, apostles (Both readings proper in Lect. [679])
PROPER
Readings from the Common of Saints: [679] Acts 28:11-16, 30-31; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6; Matt 14:22-33. Optional

19 Nov Tuesday
  green Tuesday of the thirty-third week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [498] Rev 3:1-6, 14-22; Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5; Luke 19:1-10.
Hours of the day.
Anniv.: 4^th anniversary of the death of F. James Lee (UWE) (95) d. 2020 at Los Gatos, CA, USA.

20 Nov Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the thirty-third week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [499] Rev 4:1-11; Ps 150:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6; Luke 19:11-28.
Hours of the day.

21 Nov Thursday
  white The Presentation of the Bl Virgin Mary Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [500] Rev 5:1-10; Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a+9b; Luke 19:41-44.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [680] Zech 2:14-17 (#707.11); Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55 (#709.5); Matt 12:46-50 (#712.3).

22 Nov Friday
  red St Cecilia, virgin and martyr Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [501] Rev 10:8-11; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Luke 19:45-48.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Virgins
Readings from the Common of Saints: [681] Hos 2:16bc, 17cd, 21-22 (#731.2); Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17 (#733.1); Matt 25:1-13 (#736.2).

23 Nov Saturday
  green Saturday of the thirty-third week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [502] Rev 11:4-12; Ps 144:1, 2, 9-10; Luke 20:27-40.
Hours of the day.
  red Bl Miguel Agustín Pro and Bl. Emilio Moscoso, priests; Bl. Rutilio Grande, priest and comps. (Bl. Manuel Solórzano and Bl. Nelson Rutilio Lemus), martyrs [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
From the Common of Martyrs, or from the Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: Optional
  white   green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional
  red St Clement I, pope and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [682] 1 Petr 5:1-4 (#722.13); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); Matt 16:13-19 (#724.2). Optional
  white St Columban, abbot
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [683] Is 52:7-10 (#719.5); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Luke 9:57-62 (#742.19). Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

24 Nov Sunday
  white Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King Solemnity
39^th World Youth Day (est. 1986)
Mass of the Solemnity; gloria, creed.
Yr B [161] Dan 7:13-14; Ps 93:1a, 1b-2, 5; Rev 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

25 Nov Monday
  green Monday of the thirty-fourth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [503] Rev 14:1-3, 4b-5; Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Luke 21:1-4.
Hours of the day.
  red St Catherine of Alexandria (or of Sinai)
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Virgins
Readings from the Common of Saints: [683C] Rev 21:5-7 (#714.4); Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7-8 (#715.3); Matt 10:28-33 (#718.2). Optional
Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa
   white Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Christ the King (1960) Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.

26 Nov Tuesday
  white St John Berchmans, religious [SJ]
Outside SJ churches, Mass ad lib.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [504] Rev 14:14-19; Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13; Luke 21:5-11.
Hours of the Memorial.

Readings from the Common of Saints: Phil 4:4-9 (#740.10), Ps 100 (99):1b-2, 3, 4, 5, Luke 9:57-62

27 Nov Wednesday
  green Wednesday of the thirty-fourth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [505] Rev 15:1-4; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 7-8, 9; Luke 21:12-19.
Hours of the day.

28 Nov Thursday
  green Thursday of the thirty-fourth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [506] Rev 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5; Luke 21:20-28.
Hours of the day.

29 Nov Friday
  green Friday of the thirty-fourth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [507] Rev 20:1-4, 11-21:2; Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a+8a; Luke 21:29-33.
Hours of the day.
  white Bl Bernard Francis de Hoyos, priest [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here)
From the Common of Pastors, or from the Common of Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: Optional

30 Nov Saturday
  red St Andrew, apostle Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B [684] Rom 10: 9-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Mt 4:18-22.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum.

December

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For pilgrims of hope (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that this Jubilee strengthen us in our faith, helping us to recognize the Risen Christ in the midst of our lives, transforming us into pilgrims of Christian hope."

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

1 Dec Sunday
New Liturgical Year Begins
with the First Sunday of Advent.
New Sunday Cycle for Readings.
Starting today, the Sunday cycle is Year C.
(Switch to Vol. I of the Lit. of the Hours.)
  violet First Sunday of Advent
Mass of the Sunday; the Gloria is omitted; Creed. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr C [3] Jer 33:14-16; Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10+14; 1 Thess 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28, 34-36.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
Week 1 of the Psalter.

2 Dec Monday
  violet Monday of the first week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [175] Isa 2:1-5 (or Isa 4:2-6 in Year A); Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9; Matt 8:5-11.
Hours of the day.

3 Dec Tuesday
  white St Francis Xavier, priest [SJ]
Outside SJ churches memorial; weekday readings.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
[SJ-Lect 2013] [all as in LM 685] 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mt 16:15-20.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum
SJ Texts in the Jesuit Supplement.
Diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
   white St Francis Xavier, Co-Patronal Feast of the Diocese Feast
Mass of the saint, Gloria, proper readings, preface of saints.

4 Dec Wednesday
  violet Wednesday of the first week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [177] Isa 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Matt 15:29-37.
Hours of the day.
  white St John Damascene, priest and doctor of the Church
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [686] 2 Tim 1:13-14; 2:1-3 (#722.11); Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (#727.1); Matt 25:14-30 (#742 .12). Optional

5 Dec Thursday
  violet Thursday of the first week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [178] Isa 26:1-6; Ps 118:1+8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Matt 7:21, 24-27.
Hours of the day.

6 Dec Friday
  violet Friday of the first week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [179] Isa 29:17-24; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Matt 9:27-31.
Hours of the day.
  white St Nicholas, bishop
Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [687] Is 6:1-8 (#719.4); Ps 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 (#721.3); Luke 10:1-9 (#724.8). Optional

7 Dec Saturday
  white St Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Advent I or of the saint.
Cycle I [180] Isa 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Matt 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8.
Hours of the saint.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

8 Dec Sunday
  violet Second Sunday of Advent
Mass of the Sunday; the Gloria is omitted; Creed. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr C [6] Bar 5:1-9; Ps 126:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
Week 2 of the Psalter.

9 Dec Monday
  white THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BL. VIRGIN MARY Solemnity
Transfered from yesterday.
Mass of the solemnity; Gloria, Creed, preface of the solemnity.
Yr C [689] Gen 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3bc-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Luke 1:26-38.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum

10 Dec Tuesday
  violet Tuesday of the second week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [182] Isa 40:1-11; Ps 96:1-2, 3+10ac, 11-12, 13; Matt 18:12-14.
Hours of the day.
  white Our Lady of Loreto
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [689B] Isa 7:10-14; 8:10 (#707.7); Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55 (#709.5); Luke 1:26-38 (#712.4). Optional

11 Dec Wednesday
  violet Wednesday of the second week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [183] Isa 40:25-31; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8+10; Matt 11:28-30.
Hours of the day.
  white St Damasus I, pope
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [690] Acts 20:17-18a, 28-32, 36 (#720.2); Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 (#721.7); John 15:9-17 (#724.11). Optional

12 Dec Thursday
  violet Thursday of the second week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [184] Isa 41:13-20; Ps 145:1+9, 10-11, 12-13ab; Matt 11:11-15.
Hours of the day.
  white Our Lady of Guadalupe
PROPER
Readings from the Common of Saints: [690A] Zech 2:14-17, or Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Judith 13:18bcde, 19; Luke 1:26-38, or Luke 1:39-47. Optional

13 Dec Friday
  red St Lucy, virgin and martyr Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Advent I or of the saint.
Cycle I [185] Isa 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Matt 11:16-19.
Hours of the saint.

14 Dec Saturday
  white St John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Advent I or of the saint.
Cycle I [186] Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80:2ac+3b, 15-16, 18-19; Matt 17:9a, 10-13.
Hours of the saint.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

15 Dec Sunday
  rose   violet Third Sunday of Advent
Gaudete Sunday
Mass of the Sunday; the Gloria is omitted; Creed. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr C [9] Zeph 3:14-18a; Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Phil 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
Week 3 of the Psalter.
Organ may be played solo; flowers may decorate the altar today. (PS 25, 2002 GIRM 305, 313).

16 Dec Monday
  violet Monday of the third week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [187] Num 24:2-7, 15-17a; Ps 25:4bc-5ab, 6+7bc, 8-9; Matt 21:23-27.
Hours of the day.

17 Dec Tuesday
  violet 17 December.
Mass of 17 December; preface of Advent II
Cycle I [193] Gen 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 17; Matt 1:1-17.
Hours of 17 December
The "Christmas Novena" begins today. Special texts in Mass & Office, including the "O Antiphons" at Evening Prayer and as the Alleluia Verse at Mass.
The weekday readings for the eight days before Christmas are proper to each day, except on the Fourth Sunday of Advent. On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the weekday readings for that date are omitted, "but they may be anticipated or used later on another day during the week, especially to avoid duplicating the Sunday readings" (cf. rubric before Dec 17 in the weekday Lectionary, no. 193).
These weekdays are privileged, so any memorial is considered to be optional. If it is commemorated, at Mass the opening prayer of the memorial is used in place of the seasonal text. At the Office of Readings, after the weekday readings, one may add the Hagiographical Reading of the memorial, the responsory and the concluding prayer. At Morning and Evening Prayer, the prayer of the saint may be added (with its antiphon) after the prayer of the day (omitting the conclusion). (cf. Gen. Intro. Lit. Hours, 238-39.)

18 Dec Wednesday
  violet 18 December.
Mass of 18 December; preface of Advent II
Cycle I [194] Jer 23:5-8; Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19; Matt 1:18-25.
Hours of 18 December

19 Dec Thursday
  violet 19 December.
Mass of 19 December; preface of Advent II
Cycle I [195] Judg 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Luke 1:5-25.
Hours of 19 December
Diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
   white Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Corpus Christi (1965) Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.

20 Dec Friday
  violet 20 December.
Mass of 20 December; preface of Advent II
Cycle I [196] Isa 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Luke 1:26-38.
Hours of 20 December

21 Dec Saturday
  violet 21 December.
Mass of 21 December; preface of Advent II
Cycle I [197] Song 2:8-14 or Zeph 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Luke 1:39-45.
Hours of 21 December
  white [(Outside SJ churches)
St Peter Canisius, priest and doctor of the Church
Celebrated on 27 April in the Society of Jesus.]
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [694] 2 Tim 4:1-5 (#722.12); Ps 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 (#721.3); Matt 5:13-19 (#730.1). Optional

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

22 Dec Sunday
  violet Fourth Sunday of Advent
Mass of the Sunday; the Gloria is omitted; Creed. Preface of Advent II. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr C [12] Mic 5:1-4a; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Heb 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
Week 4 of the Psalter.
In the Office of Readings, the readings are those of the date. The Benedictus and Magnificat antiphons are those of the date.
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. Robert L. Erickson (UWE) (80) d. 2021 at Los Gatos, CA, USA.
Anniv.: 3^rd anniversary of the death of P. Józef Oleksy (PME) (73) d. 2021 at Nowy Sącz, Poland.

23 Dec Monday
  violet 23 December.
Mass of 23 December; preface of Advent II
Cycle I [199] Mal 3:1-4, 23-24; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10+14; Luke 1:57-66.
Hours of 23 December
  white St. John of Kanty, priest
Common of Pastors: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged
Readings from the Common of Saints: [695] James 2:14-17 (#740.13); Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); Luke 6:27-38 (#742.18). Optional

24 Dec Tuesday
  violet 24 December.
Mass of 24 December; preface of Advent II
Cycle I [200] 2 Sam 7:1-5, 8b-11, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27+29; Luke 1:67-79.
Hours of 24 December
Evening Prayer I and Vigil Mass of Christmas.
Night Prayer is said only by those not attending Office of Readings and Midnight Mass.

CHRISTMAS SEASON

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

25 Dec Wednesday
  white THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
(Christmas)
Holy Day of Obligation Solemnity
Holy Day of Obligation
Priests may celebrate or concelebrate three Masses as long as they are celebrated at the proper times (2002 GIRM 204c).
Mass of the Vigil, Midnight, Dawn or Day Mass; Gloria, Creed.
For pastoral reasons, the texts of the Vigil Mass may be used at any of the Christmas Masses and any set of readings may be chosen.
Readings:
  Vigil Mass: [13] Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5,16-17,27,29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt1:1-25 or Mt 1: 18-25
  Midnight Mass: [14] Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Tit 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14
  Dawn Mass: [15] Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Tit 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20
  Mass During the Day: [16] Is 52:7-10; Ps 98: 1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14
All genuflect in the creed at "...and became man." (2011 transl.)
Christmas Preface I - III
Special Communicantes in Roman Canon (throughout octave.)

Hours of Christmas; Te Deum.

Before Mass at midnight on Christmas it is appropriate that the Office of Readings be celebrated as a vigil. (GILH, n. 215) At the conclusion of this celebration, the Martyrology (Proclamation of the Birth of Christ) may be sung. See the text provided in the Roman Missal.

26 Dec Thursday
  red St Stephen, first martyr Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria.
Christmas Preface I - III
Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Morning hours of the feast; Te Deum; Evening Prayer of Octave of Christmas.
[696] Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6ab+8ab, 16bc+17; Matt 10:17-22.

27 Dec Friday
  white St John, apostle and evangelist Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria.
Christmas Preface I - III
Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Morning hours of the feast; Te Deum; Evening Prayer of Octave of Christmas.
[697] 1 John 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; John 20:1a, 2-8.

28 Dec Saturday
  red The Holy Innocents, martyrs Feast
Mass of the feast; Gloria.
Christmas Preface I - III
Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Morning hours of the feast; Te Deum; Evening Prayer of Octave of Christmas.
[698] 1 John 1:5-2:2; Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; Matt 2:13-18.

Evening Prayer I of the following day.

29 Dec Sunday
  white THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH
Mass of the feast; Gloria, Creed. Christmas Preface I - III. Special Communicantes in Roman Canon. Feast
[17] Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or (Year C) 1 Sam 1:20-22, 24-28; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 or (Year C) Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Col 3:12-21 (3:12-17) or (Year C) 1 John 3:1-2, 21-24; Luke 2:41-52.
Hours of the feast. 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

30 Dec Monday
  white Sixth day in the Octave of Christmas
Mass of the day; Gloria; preface of Christmas I - III; Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Cycle I [203] 1 John 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10; Luke 2:36-40.
Hours of the day.Te Deum.

31 Dec Tuesday
  white Seventh day in the Octave of Christmas
Mass of the day; Gloria; preface of Christmas I - III; Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Cycle I [204] 1 John 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-12, 13; John 1:1-18.
Hours of the day.Te Deum.
  white St. Sylvester I, pope
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [700] Ezek 34:11-16 (#719.9); Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); Matt 16:13-19 (#724.2). Optional
2^nd Anniversary of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger, b. 16 Apr 1927, died this day, aged 95, in 2022. He was elected Pope 19 Apr 2005 and resigned 28 Feb 2013).

APPENDIX I

Epiphany Proclamation 2024

[By ancient custom the dates for the great feasts of the coming year are announced after the Gospel on Epiphany by the deacon or priest. This custom is still mentioned in the 1984 Ceremonial of Bishops, no. 240, and in the 2002 Roman Missal. The following text is found in an appendix of the 2011 Roman Missal:]

Know, dear brethren, (brothers and sisters,)
that, as we have rejoiced at the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ,
so by leave of God's mercy
we announce to you also the joy of his Resurrection, who is our Savior.

On the fourteenth day of February will fall Ash Wednesday,
and the beginning of the fast of the most sacred Lenten season.
On the thirty-first day of March you will celebrate with joy Easter Day,
the Paschal feast of our Lord Jesus Christ.
On the twelfth day of May will be the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.
On the nineteenth day of May the feast of Pentecost.
On the second day of June the feast of Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
On the first day of December the First Sunday of the Advent of our Lord Jesus Christ,
to whom is honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Former text

Dear brothers and sisters,
the glory of the Lord has shone upon us,
and shall ever be manifest among us,
until the day of his return.
Through the rhythms of times and seasons
let us celebrate the mysteries of salvation.

Let us recall the year's culmination,
the Easter Triduum of the Lord:
his last supper, his crucifixion, his burial,
and his rising celebrated
between the evening of the twenty-eighth day of March
and the evening of the thirty-first day of March

Each Easter -- as on each Sunday --
the Holy Church makes present the great and saving deed
by which Christ has for ever conquered sin and death.
From Easter are reckoned all the days we keep holy.
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent,
will occur on the fourteenth day of February.
The Ascension of the Lord will be commemorated on the twelfth day of May
Pentecost, joyful conclusion of the season of Easter,
will be celebrated on the nineteenth day of May
And, this year the First Sunday of Advent will be on the first day of December.

Likewise the pilgrim Church proclaims the passover of Christ
in the feasts of the holy Mother of God,
in the feasts of the Apostles and Saints,
and in the commemoration of the faithful departed.

To Jesus Christ, who was, who is, and who is to come,
Lord of time and history,
be endless praise, for ever and ever. R. Amen.

(One should adjust the date of the Ascension in those places where the feast is celebrated on Thursday.)

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