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January 1 Holy Day Schedule & Indulgences

We share the schedule for the Holy Day Latin Masses for January 1, the Octave of the Nativity (the ancient Feast of the Circumcision), a Holy Day of Obligation.

Sunday within the Octave of Christmas

This Sunday is celebrated as Sunday in the Octave of Christmas. The Gospel reading for this Sunday offers a glimpse of the Infant Jesus in a remarkable setting: Mary and Joseph have taken Him to Jerusalem for presentation to the Lord in the Temple.

Christmas Latin Mass Schedule

We are just mere hours away from the day when the “Word was made flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). In this abbreviated update we share the Latin Mass schedule for tomorrow, Feast of the Nativity (December 25).

Fourth Sunday of Advent

This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. The Advent season spent in preparation for the arrival of the promised Messiah nears its conclusion.

Third Sunday of Advent

This Sunday is the Third Sunday of Advent. The liturgy for this Sunday looks ahead with joy to the coming of the Messiah, a theme established in the opening line of the Introit: Gaudéte in Dómino semper (“Rejoice in God always”).

Second Sunday of Advent

The liturgy for this Second Sunday of Advent looks ahead to the coming of the Messiah, a theme established in the opening line of the Introit: People of Sion, behold the Lord shall come to save the nations: and the Lord shall make the glory of His voice to be heard, in the joy of your heart. (Isaiah 30:30)

First Sunday of Advent

This Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent, the day on which we celebrate the beginning of a new liturgical year. On this first day of the Advent season of anticipation, the focus of the liturgy is not on the coming of God’s only-begotten Son into the world per se but on his Second Coming and the Last Judgment at the end of the world.