The sacred rhythm of the Church year
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Saint Joseph the Worker, Peregrine Laziosi
Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Athanasius of Alexandria
Saints Philip and James, Apostles
Wednesday of the sixth week of Easter
Florian of Lorch, Ladislas of Gielniów
Thursday of the sixth week of Easter
Gotthard of Hildesheim
Friday of the sixth week of Easter
Dominic Savio
Saturday of the sixth week of Easter
John of Beverley
The Ascension of the Lord
Monday of the seventh week of Easter
Pachomius the Great
Tuesday of the seventh week of Easter
Damien of Molokai, John of Ávila
Wednesday of the seventh week of Easter
Ignatius of Laconi
Thursday of the seventh week of Easter
Nereus and Achilleus, Pancras of Rome
Friday of the seventh week of Easter
Our Lady of Fátima
Saint Matthias, Apostle
Pentecost Sunday
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Tuesday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time
Paschal Baylon
Wednesday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time
John I, Pope and Martyr
Thursday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time
Ivo of Kermartin
Friday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time
Bernardine of Siena
Saturday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time
Christopher Magallanes and Companions
The Most Holy Trinity
Monday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
John Baptist de Rossi
Tuesday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Mary, Help of Christians
Wednesday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Bede the Venerable, Gregory VII, Pope, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi
Saint Philip Neri, Priest
Friday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Augustine of Canterbury
Saturday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Germanus of Paris
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Monday of the ninth week of Ordinary Time
Ferdinand III of Castile, Joan of Arc
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Saints Philip and James, Apostles
Wednesday of the sixth week of Easter
Thursday of the sixth week of Easter
Friday of the sixth week of Easter
Saturday of the sixth week of Easter
The Ascension of the Lord
Monday of the seventh week of Easter
Tuesday of the seventh week of Easter
Wednesday of the seventh week of Easter
Thursday of the seventh week of Easter
Friday of the seventh week of Easter
Saint Matthias, Apostle
Pentecost Sunday
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Tuesday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time
Wednesday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time
Thursday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time
Friday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time
Saturday of the seventh week of Ordinary Time
The Most Holy Trinity
Monday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Wednesday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Saint Philip Neri, Priest
Friday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
Saturday of the eighth week of Ordinary Time
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Monday of the ninth week of Ordinary Time
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint Justin, Martyr
Thursday of the ninth week of Ordinary Time
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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.
