The sacred rhythm of the Church year
Thursday of the third week of Lent
Hugh of Grenoble
Friday of the third week of Lent
Francisco
Saturday of the third week of Lent
Richard of Chichester
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Isidore of Seville
Monday of the fourth week of Lent
Vincent Ferrer
Tuesday of the fourth week of Lent
Prudentius of Troyes
Wednesday of the fourth week of Lent
Hermann Joseph of Steinfeld, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Thursday of the fourth week of Lent
Julie Billiart
Friday of the fourth week of Lent
Casilda of Toledo
Saturday of the fourth week of Lent
Fulbert of Chartres
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Gemma Galgani, Stanislaus of Szczepanów
Monday of the fifth week of Lent
Pope Julius I
Tuesday of the fifth week of Lent
Hermenegild, Martin I, Pope and Martyr
Wednesday of the fifth week of Lent
Lidwina of Schiedam
Thursday of the fifth week of Lent
César de Bus
Friday of the fifth week of Lent
Bernadette Soubirous, Fructuosus of Braga
Saturday of the fifth week of Lent
Donnán of Eigg
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
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
Monday within the Octave of Easter
Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
Wednesday within the Octave of Easter
Thursday within the Octave of Easter
Friday within the Octave of Easter
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
Monday of the fifth week of Lent
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
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
Monday within the Octave of Easter
Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
Wednesday within the Octave of Easter
Thursday within the Octave of Easter
Friday within the Octave of Easter
Saturday within the Octave 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.
