The sacred rhythm of the Church year
Second Sunday of Easter or Sunday of Divine Mercy
The Annunciation of the Lord
Francisco
Tuesday of the second week of Easter
Richard of Chichester
Wednesday of the second week of Easter
Isidore of Seville
Thursday of the second week of Easter
Vincent Ferrer
Friday of the second week of Easter
Prudentius of Troyes
Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest
Hermann Joseph of Steinfeld, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Third Sunday of Easter
Julie Billiart
Monday of the third week of Easter
Casilda of Toledo
Tuesday of the third week of Easter
Fulbert of Chartres
Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr
Gemma Galgani, Stanislaus of Szczepanów
Thursday of the third week of Easter
Pope Julius I
Friday of the third week of Easter
Hermenegild, Martin I, Pope and Martyr
Saturday of the third week of Easter
Lidwina of Schiedam
Fourth Sunday of Easter
César de Bus
Monday of the fourth week of Easter
Bernadette Soubirous, Fructuosus of Braga
Tuesday of the fourth week of Easter
Donnán of Eigg
Wednesday of the fourth week of Easter
Idesbald of the Dunes
Thursday of the fourth week of Easter
Saint Leo IX, Pope, Blessed Marcel Callo
Friday of the fourth week of Easter
Agnes of Montepulciano
Saturday of the fourth week of Easter
Anselm of Canterbury, Conrad of Parzham
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Pope Caius
Monday of the fifth week of Easter
Adalbert of Prague, George the Martyr
Tuesday of the fifth week of Easter
Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Saint Mark, Evangelist
Thursday of the fifth week of Easter
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Friday of the fifth week of Easter
Our Lady of Montserrat
Saturday of the fifth week of Easter
Gianna Beretta Molla, Louis de Montfort, Peter Chanel
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Catherine of Siena
Monday of the sixth week of Easter
Pius V
Second Sunday of Easter or Sunday of Divine Mercy
The Annunciation of the Lord
Tuesday of the second week of Easter
Wednesday of the second week of Easter
Thursday of the second week of Easter
Friday of the second week of Easter
Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest
Third Sunday of Easter
Monday of the third week of Easter
Tuesday of the third week of Easter
Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr
Thursday of the third week of Easter
Friday of the third week of Easter
Saturday of the third week of Easter
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Monday of the fourth week of Easter
Tuesday of the fourth week of Easter
Wednesday of the fourth week of Easter
Thursday of the fourth week of Easter
Friday of the fourth week of Easter
Saturday of the fourth week of Easter
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Monday of the fifth week of Easter
Tuesday of the fifth week of Easter
Saint Mark, Evangelist
Thursday of the fifth week of Easter
Friday of the fifth week of Easter
Saturday of the fifth week of Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Monday of the sixth week of Easter
Tuesday of the sixth week of Easter
Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Saints Philip and James, Apostles
Friday of the sixth week of Easter
Saturday of the sixth week of Easter
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.
