The sacred rhythm of the Church year
Saint Justin, Martyr
Wednesday of the ninth week of Ordinary Time
Marcellinus and Peter, Pothinus, Blandina, and Companions
Saints Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Karoli Lwanga
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Norbert of Xanten
Monday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time
Anthony Mary Gianelli
Tuesday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time
Saint Hedwig of Poland
Wednesday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time
Ephrem the Syrian
Thursday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time
Bogumilus of Dobrów
Saint Barnabas, Apostle
Saturday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time
Blessed Antoni Julian Nowowiejski, Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Anthony of Padua
Monday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Blessed Michael Kozal
Tuesday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Vitus of Lucania, Yolanda of Poland
Wednesday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Benno of Meissen
Thursday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Sancha and Mafalda of Portugal
Friday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Gregory Barbarigo
Saturday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Romuald
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Silverius
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious
Tuesday of the twelfth week of Ordinary Time
John Fisher, Paulinus of Nola, Thomas More
Wednesday of the twelfth week of Ordinary Time
Joseph Cafasso
The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Friday of the twelfth week of Ordinary Time
William of Vercelli
Saturday of the twelfth week of Ordinary Time
Josemaría Escrivá, Pelagius of Córdoba
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cyril of Alexandria, Hemma of Gurk
Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr and Doctor of the Church
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Wednesday of the thirteenth week of Ordinary Time
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome, Otto of Bamberg
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint Justin, Martyr
Wednesday of the ninth week of Ordinary Time
Saints Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time
Wednesday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time
Thursday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time
Saint Barnabas, Apostle
Saturday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Wednesday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Thursday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Friday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Saturday of the eleventh week of Ordinary Time
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious
Tuesday of the twelfth week of Ordinary Time
Wednesday of the twelfth week of Ordinary Time
The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Friday of the twelfth week of Ordinary Time
Saturday of the twelfth week of Ordinary Time
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr and Doctor of the Church
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Wednesday of the thirteenth week of Ordinary Time
Thursday of the thirteenth week of Ordinary Time
Friday of the thirteenth week of Ordinary Time
Saint Thomas, Apostle
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.
