The sacred rhythm of the Church year
Monday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Suitbert of Kaiserswerth
Tuesday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Agnes of Bohemia
Wednesday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Katharine Drexel
Thursday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Casimir
Friday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Gerasimus of the Jordan
Saturday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Fridolin of Säckingen
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Perpetua and Felicity
Monday of the ninth week of Ordinary Time
John of God
Tuesday of the ninth week of Ordinary Time
Frances of Rome
Ash Wednesday
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Eulogius of Córdoba
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Angela Salawa
Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Roderick of Córdoba
First Sunday of Lent
Matilda of Ringelheim
Monday of the first week of Lent
Louise de Marillac
Tuesday of the first week of Lent
Heribert of Cologne
Wednesday of the first week of Lent
Patrick of Ireland
Thursday of the first week of Lent
Cyril of Jerusalem
Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saturday of the first week of Lent
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
Second Sunday of Lent
Enda of Aran
Monday of the second week of Lent
Nicholas Owen
Tuesday of the second week of Lent
Turibius of Mogrovejo
Wednesday of the second week of Lent
Óscar Romero
The Annunciation of the Lord
Friday of the second week of Lent
Ludger of Münster
Saturday of the second week of Lent
Rupert of Salzburg
Third Sunday of Lent
Stephen Harding
Monday of the third week of Lent
Ludolph of Ratzeburg
Tuesday of the third week of Lent
John Climacus
Wednesday of the third week of Lent
Balbina of Rome
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Wednesday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Thursday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Friday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Saturday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday of the ninth week of Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the ninth week of Ordinary Time
Ash Wednesday
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Saturday after Ash Wednesday
First Sunday of Lent
Monday of the first week of Lent
Tuesday of the first week of Lent
Wednesday of the first week of Lent
Thursday of the first week of Lent
Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saturday of the first week of Lent
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
The Annunciation of the Lord
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
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.
