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Advent: December 11th
Monday of the Second Week of Advent; Optional Memorial of St. Damasus I, Pope
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Damasus I (306-384), who was Supreme Pontiff from 366 to 384. He was a very learned man, well versed in the Scriptures. He commissioned St. Jerome to complete the translation of... More
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Advent: December 10th
Second Sunday of Advent
“As the journey of Advent continues, as we prepare to celebrate the nativity of Christ, John the Baptist's call to conversion sounds out in our communities. It is a pressing invitation to open our hearts and to welcome the Son of God... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Advent: December 9th
Saturday of the First Week of Advent; Optional Memorial of St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (USA)
Today the Church in the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548), an Indian convert, to whom the Virgin Mary appeared as he was going to Mass in Tlatlelolco, Mexico. Our Lady... More
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Advent: December 8th
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the solemn dogma defined by Blessed Pope Pius IX in 1854. As Our Lady Immaculately Conceived is the patroness of the United States of America, this is a holy day of... More
Advent: December 7th
Memorial of St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor
The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Ambrose (340-397), who was born at Treves in Gaul, a territory which embraced modern France, Britain, Spain, and part of Africa. He studied in Rome and later became governor of Liguria... More
Advent: December 6th
Wednesday of the First Week of Advent; Optional Memorial of St. Nicholas, Bishop
Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Nicholas of Myra (d. 346). Not much is known about this 4th century bishop, but that doesn't diminish his popularity around the world, both in the East and West. It is... More
Advent: December 5th
Tuesday of the First Week of Advent
Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Sabbas (439-532), an anchorite who dedicated his life to prayer and manual labor. He is pictured as an abbot with an apple, as he was once tempted to eat an apple outside of... More
Advent: December 4th
Monday of the First Week of Advent; Optional Memorial of St. John Damascene, Priest and Doctor
Advent is the time for renewal or repentance for the coming of Christ. "Interior repentance is a radical reorientation of our whole life, a return, a conversion to God with all our heart, an end of sin, a turning away from evil, with... More
Advent: December 3rd
First Sunday of Advent
For Catholics, the new Liturgical Year commences with the First Sunday of Advent, opening the Advent season. In this new Liturgical Year, the Church not only wishes to indicate the beginning of a period, but the beginning of a... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Ordinary Time: December 2nd
Saturday in the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Bibiana (d. 363) who was martyred at Rome under Julian the Apostate in 363. The Church also commemorates St. Silverius (480-537), who was pope for a very short... More
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Ordinary Time: December 1st
Friday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates today the St. Charles Eugène de Foucauld (1858-1916), a French Catholic religious and priest, who lived among the Tuareg in the Sahara in Algeria. He was assassinated in 1916 outside the... More
