The sacred rhythm of the Church year
Thursday of the second week of Lent
Suitbert of Kaiserswerth
Friday of the second week of Lent
Agnes of Bohemia
Saturday of the second week of Lent
Katharine Drexel
Third Sunday of Lent
Casimir
Monday of the third week of Lent
Gerasimus of the Jordan
Tuesday of the third week of Lent
Fridolin of Säckingen
Wednesday of the third week of Lent
Perpetua and Felicity
Thursday of the third week of Lent
John of God
Friday of the third week of Lent
Frances of Rome
Saturday of the third week of Lent
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Eulogius of Córdoba
Monday of the fourth week of Lent
Angela Salawa
Tuesday of the fourth week of Lent
Roderick of Córdoba
Wednesday of the fourth week of Lent
Matilda of Ringelheim
Thursday of the fourth week of Lent
Louise de Marillac
Friday of the fourth week of Lent
Heribert of Cologne
Saturday of the fourth week of Lent
Patrick of Ireland
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Cyril of Jerusalem
Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tuesday of the fifth week of Lent
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
Wednesday of the fifth week of Lent
Enda of Aran
Thursday of the fifth week of Lent
Nicholas Owen
Friday of the fifth week of Lent
Turibius of Mogrovejo
Saturday of the fifth week of Lent
Óscar Romero
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Monday of Holy Week
Tuesday of Holy Week
Wednesday of Holy Week
Thursday of Holy Week
Friday of the Passion of the Lord
Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil
Second Sunday of Lent
Monday of the second week of Lent
Tuesday of the second week of Lent
Wednesday of the second week of Lent
Thursday of the second week of Lent
Friday of the second week of Lent
Saturday of the second week of Lent
Third Sunday of Lent
Monday of the third week of Lent
Tuesday of the third week of Lent
Wednesday of the third week of Lent
Thursday of the third week of Lent
Friday of the third week of Lent
Saturday of the third week of Lent
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Monday of the fourth week of Lent
Tuesday of the fourth week of Lent
Wednesday of the fourth week of Lent
Thursday of the fourth week of Lent
Friday of the fourth week of Lent
Saturday of the fourth week of Lent
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tuesday of the fifth week of Lent
Wednesday of the fifth week of Lent
Thursday of the fifth week of Lent
Friday of the fifth week of Lent
Saturday of the fifth week of Lent
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Monday of Holy Week
Tuesday of Holy Week
Wednesday of Holy Week
Thursday of Holy Week
Friday of the Passion of the Lord
Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil
On the First Sunday of Advent, four Sundays before Christmas — so the Church's year opens in late November or early December, not in January.
Advent, Christmas, Lent, the Sacred Paschal Triduum, Easter and Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is the longest, and falls in two stretches: between Christmas and Lent, and between Pentecost and Advent.
Green for Ordinary Time, violet for Advent and Lent, white for Christmas, Easter and most feasts of the Lord, Our Lady and non-martyr saints, and red for Pentecost, Palm Sunday, Good Friday and the martyrs.
They are ranks. A solemnity is the highest and keeps its own Mass with Gloria and Creed; a feast ranks below it; a memorial lower still, and an optional memorial may be kept or passed over at the priest's discretion.
A day on which the faithful are bound to attend Mass and to rest from work that would hinder it. Every Sunday is one, along with a handful of solemnities that vary by country.
