Advent: We
Anticipate Christ's Nativity and His Coming Again at the End of Time  |
| First Sunday
of Advent |
| 1 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Ad Te Levave' |
| Second Sunday
of Advent |
| 1 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Populus Sion' |
| Third Sunday
of Advent (Gaudete Sunday) |
| 1 Cl. |
Rose |
Missa 'Gaudete' |
| Wednesday/Friday/Saturday
of Advent Embertide (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the Third
Sunday -- Gaudete Sunday -- of Advent) |
| 2 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Rorate Coeli'/Missa 'Prope es Tu'/Missa 'Veni' |
| Fourth Sunday
of Advent |
| 1 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Rorate Coeli' |
| Christmastide:
Christ is born! Alleluia! |
| Vigil of
Christmas |
| 1 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Hodie Scietis' |
| Nativity of
Our Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas) |
| 1 Cl. with Octave |
White |
First Mass at Midnight: Missa 'Dominus Dixit'
Second Mass at Dawn: Missa 'Lux Fulgebit'
Third Mass During the Daytime: Missa 'Puer Natus Est' |
| Sunday within
the Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Dum Medium' |
| Feast of the
Holy Name of Jesus (the Sunday after Jan. 1, or Sunday after the Octave
Day of the Nativity, or Jan. 2, or the Sunday between the Octave Day of
the Nativity and the Epiphany) |
| 2 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'In Nomine Jesu' |
| The Epiphany
of Our Lord Jesus Christ |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Ecce Advenit' |
| First Sunday
after Epiphany (Feast of the Holy Family) |
| 2 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Exsultat Gaudio' |
| Time after
Epiphany: Christ reveals His Divinity |
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Depending on the
date of Easter, some of the Sundays of the Time after Epiphany may be
transferred to the Time after Pentecost
|
| Second Sunday
after Epiphany |
| 2 Cl.. |
Green |
Missa 'Omnis Terra' |
| Third Sunday
after Epiphany |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Adorate Deum' |
| Fourth Sunday
after Epiphany |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Adorate Deum' |
| Fifth Sunday
after Epiphany |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Adorate Deum' |
| Sixth Sunday
after Epiphany |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Adorate Deum' |
| Septuagesima:
We prepare for Lent and recall the Babylonian Captivity |
| First Sunday
of Septuagesima (Septuagesima Sunday) |
| 2 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Circumdederunt Me' |
| Second Sunday
of Septuagesima (Sexagesima Sunday) |
| 2 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Exsurge' |
| Third Sunday
of Septuagesima (Quinquagesima Sunday) |
| 2 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Esto Mihi' |
| Lent: We
recall Christ's 40 Days in the Desert |
| Ash Wednesday |
| 1 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Misereris Omnium' |
| First Sunday
of Lent (Quadragesima Sunday) |
| 1 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Invocabit Me' |
| Wednesday/Friday/Saturday
of Lenten Embertide (Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the First
Sunday of Lent) |
| 2 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Reminiscere Miserationum Tuarum'/Missa 'De
Necessitatibus'/Missa 'Intret Oratio' |
| Second Sunday
of Lent |
| 1 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Reminiscere Miserationum' |
| Third Sunday
of Lent |
| 1 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Oculi Mei' |
| Fourth Sunday
of Lent ("Laetare Sunday" or "Rose Sunday") |
| 1 Cl. |
Rose |
Missa 'Laetare' |
| Fifth Sunday
of Lent (Passion Sunday, which begins the two weeks of Passiontide) |
| 1 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Judica Me Deus' |
| Friday after
Passion Sunday (Feast of the Seven Sorrows) |
| Com. |
White |
Missa 'Sabant Juxta' |
| Sixth Sunday
of Lent and Second Sunday of Passiontide (Palm Sunday, which begins
Holy Week) |
| 1 Cl. |
Red |
Missa 'Domine Ne Longe' |
| Spy Wednesday
(the Wednesday of Holy Week) |
|
Purple |
Missa 'In Nomine Jesu' |
| Maundy
Thursday (the Thursday of Holy Week. The three days called the "Sacred
Triduum" begin now) |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Nos Autem' |
| Good Friday
(the Friday of Holy Week) |
| 1 Cl. |
Black |
Mass of the Presanctified (not a true Mass, but a Communion
Service using pre-sanctified Hosts) |
| Paschaltide:
Christus resurrexit! |
| Holy Saturday
(Eastertide begins with the Vigil Mass) |
| 1 Cl. |
Purple |
No Mass, but an Easter Vigil Service which begins the Easter
Season |
| Easter Sunday |
| 1 Cl. with Octave |
White |
Missa 'Resurrexi' |
| Monday in
Easter Week |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Introduxit' |
| Tuesday in
Easter Week |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Aqua Sapientiae' |
| Wednesday in
Easter Week |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Venite' |
| Thursday in
Easter Week |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Victricem Manum Tuum' |
| Friday in
Easter Week |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Eduxit Eos Dominus' |
| Saturday in
Easter Week |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Eduxit Dominus' |
| First Sunday
after Easter ("Low Sunday" or "Quasimodo Sunday" or "Divine Mercy
Sunday") |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Quasi Modo' |
| Second Sunday
after Easter |
|
White |
Missa 'Misericordia Domini' |
| Third Sunday
after Easter |
|
White |
Missa 'Jubilate Deo' |
| Fourth Sunday
after Easter |
|
White |
Missa 'Cantate Domino' |
| Fifth Sunday
after Easter |
|
White |
Missa 'Vocem Jucunditatis'
Outside of Eastertide: Missa "Protexisti' |
| Ascension
Thursday |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Viri Galilaei' |
| Vigil of the
Pentecost |
| 1 Cl. |
Red |
Missa 'Cum Sanctificatus' |
| Pentecost
Sunday (Whitsunday) |
| 1 Cl. with Octave |
Red |
Missa 'Spiritus Domini' |
| Wednesday/Friday/Saturday
of Whit Embertide (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after Pentecost) |
| 1 Cl./1 Cl./1 Cl. |
Red/Red/Red |
Missa 'Deus Dum Egredereris'/Missa 'Repleatur Os Meum'/Missa
'Caritas Dei' |
| Time after
Pentecost: The Millennium |
| First Sunday
after Pentecost (Trinity Sunday) |
| 1 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Benedicta Sit' |
| Thursday
after Trinity Sunday (Feast of Corpus Christi) |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Cibavit Eos' and Procession |
| Second Sunday
after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Factus Est Dominus' |
| Friday after
the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Feast of the Sacred Heart) |
| 1 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Cogitationes Cordis' |
| Third Sunday
after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
White |
Missa 'Respice In Me' |
| Fourth Sunday
after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Dominus Illuminatio Mea' |
| Fifth Sunday
after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Exaudi Domine' |
| Sixth Sunday
after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Dominus Fortitudo' |
| Seventh
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Omnes Gentes' |
| Eighth Sunday
after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Suscepimus Deus' |
| Ninth Sunday
after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Ecce Deus Adjuvat' |
| Tenth Sunday
after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Cum Clamarem' |
| Eleventh
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Deus In Loco' |
| Twelfth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Deus in Adjutorum' |
| Thirteenth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Respice Domine' |
| Fourteenth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Protector Noster' |
| Fifteenth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Inclina Domine' |
| Sixteenth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Miserere Mihi Domine' |
| Seventeenth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Justus Es Domine' |
| Wednesday/Friday/Saturday
of Michaelmas Embertide (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after September
14) |
| 2 Cl. |
Purple |
Missa 'Exsultate Deo'/Missa 'Laetetur Cor'/Missa 'Venite
Adoremus Deum' |
| Eighteenth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Da Pacem Domine' |
| Nineteenth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Salus Populi' |
| Twentieth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Omnia Quae Fecisti' |
| Twenty-first
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'In Voluntate Tua' |
| Twenty-second
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Si Iniquitates Observaveris' |
| Twenty-third
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Dicit Dominus' |
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Depending on the
date of Easter, there may be as few as 23 and as many as 28 Sundays
after Pentecost, so some of the Sundays below may not exist for a
specific liturgical year. The Masses for these "extra" Sundays come
from the Season after Epiphany, which is shortened if Easter comes
early, thereby making the Season after Pentecost longer
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| Twenty-fourth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Dicit Dominus' |
| Twenty-fifth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Dicit Dominus' |
| Twenty-sixth
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Dicit Dominus' |
| Twenty-seventh
Sunday after Pentecost |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Dicit Dominus' |
| Last Sunday
of Pentecost (no matter how many Sundays in Pentecost there are) |
| 2 Cl. |
Green |
Missa 'Dicit Dominus' |
