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Liturgical Year 2015-2016, Vol. 6

Ordinary Time Completed

by Jennifer Gregory Miller and Darden Brock (editors)

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Book Description

This sixth volume of the 2015-2016 Liturgical Year series covers the second half of the long stretch of Ordinary Time between Pentecost and Advent (August 21 - November 26), providing a rich set of resources for families to use in living the liturgical year in the domestic church, that is, in their own families. Resources include biographies of the saints to match each feast day, histories of the various celebrations and devotions, spirituality, descriptions of customs from around the world, prayers, activities and recipes. The rich array of liturgical year resources on CatholicCulture.org was developed by two family and liturgical year experts, Jennifer Gregory Miller and Darden Brock. In this series, these resources are gathered together in eBooks, with one chapter for each day in the covered period. The body of each chapter includes the main biographical, historical and devotional texts for the day, with links to additional prayers, activities and recipes, and to the daily readings for the Mass. The 2015-2016 Liturgical Year series provides a wonderful way for parents, priests, and religious educators to learn how to get Catholicism into our very bones!

Table of Contents

  • Introduction to the Liturgical Year
  • Introduction to Ordinary Time (Part 3: August 21st - November 26th)
  • August 21st (Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • August 22nd (Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
  • August 23rd (Optional Memorial of St. Rose of Lima, virgin)
  • August 24th (Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle)
  • August 25th (Optional Memorials of St. Louis of France, King and St. Joseph Calasanz, priest)
  • August 26th (Friday of the Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time)
  • August 27th (Memorial of St. Monica)
  • August 28th (Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • August 29th (Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist )
  • August 30th (Tuesday of the Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time; St. Jeanne Jugan)
  • August 31st (Wednesday of the Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time)
  • September 1st (Thursday of the Twenty Second Week of Ordinary Time)
  • September 2nd (Friday of the Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary)
  • September 3rd (Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, pope and doctor)
  • September 4th (Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • September 5th (Monday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time: Blessed Teresa of Calcutta)
  • September 6th (Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time)
  • September 7th (Wednesday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time; Labor Day)
  • September 8th (Feast of the Nativity of Mary)
  • September 9th (Memorial of St. Peter Claver, priest)
  • September 10th (Saturday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time)
  • September 11th (Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • September 12th (Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
  • September 13th (Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor)
  • September 14th (Exaltation of the Holy Cross)
  • September 15th (Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows)
  • September 16th (Memorial of Sts. Cornelius, pope and martyr and Cyprian, bishop and martyr)
  • September 17th (Optional Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor)
  • September 18th (Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
  • September 19th (Optional Memorial of St. Januarius, bishop & martyr)
  • September 20th (Memorial of St. Andrew Kim, priest and martyr, St. Paul Chong, martyr, and Companions, martyrs)
  • September 21st (Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist)
  • September 22nd (Thursday of the Twenty Fifth Week in Ordinary Time)
  • September 23rd (Memorial of St. Padre Pio)
  • September 24th (Saturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time)
  • September 25th (Twenty-Six Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • September 26th (Optional Memorial of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, martyrs)
  • September 27th (Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, priest)
  • September 28th (Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslaus, martyr; St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, martyrs; St. Simón de Rojas O.SS. (Spain))
  • September 29th (Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels)
  • September 30th (Memorial of St. Jerome, priest and Doctor of the Church)
  • October 1st (Memorial St. Therese of the Child Jesus, virgin and Doctor of the Church)
  • October 2nd (Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • October 3rd (Monday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time)
  • October 4th (St. Francis of Assisi, confessor)
  • October 5th (Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time; St. Faustina Kowalska, virgin )
  • October 6th (Optional Memorial of St. Bruno, priest; Bl. Marie Rose Durocher, virgin)
  • October 7th (Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary)
  • October 8th (Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time)
  • October 9th (Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • October 10th (Monday of the Twenty-Eighth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • October 11th (Optional Memorial of St. John XXIII, pope )
  • October 12th (Wednesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • October 13th (Thursday of the Twenty-Eighth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • October 14th (Optional Memorial of St. Callistus I, pope and martyr)
  • October 15th (Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor)
  • October 16th (Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • October 17th (Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr)
  • October 18th (Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist)
  • October 19th (Memorial of Sts. Isaac Jogues and John de Brebeuf, priests and martyrs and companions, martyrs)
  • October 20th (Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, priest)
  • October 21st (Friday of the Twenty Ninth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • October 22nd (Optional Memorial of St. John Paul II)
  • October 23rd (Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • October 24th (Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret, bishop)
  • October 25th (Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time; Forty Martyrs of England & Wales (Eng & Wal))
  • October 26th (Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • October 27th (Thursday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • October 28th (Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles)
  • October 29th (Saturday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • October 30th (Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • October 31st (Monday of the Thirty-First Week of Ordinary Time; All Hallows' Eve)
  • November 1st (Solemnity of All Saints)
  • November 2nd (The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls))
  • November 3rd (Optional Memorial of St. Martin de Porres, religious)
  • November 4th (Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, bishop)
  • November 5th (Saturday of the Thirty-First Week of Ordinary Time)
  • November 6th (Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • November 7th (Monday of the Thirty-Second Week of Ordinary Time)
  • November 8th (Tuesday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Bl. John Duns Scotus, priest )
  • November 9th (Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica)
  • November 10th (Memorial of St. Leo the Great, pope and doctor)
  • November 11th (Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, bishop; Veterans Day (USA))
  • November 12th (Memorial of St. Josaphat, bishop and martyr)
  • November 13th (Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • November 14th (Monday of the Thirty-Third Week of Ordinary Time)
  • November 15th (Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great, bishop, confessor and doctor)
  • November 16th (Optional Memorials of St. Margaret of Scotland; St. Gertrude, virgin)
  • November 17th (Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious)
  • November 18th (Optional Memorials of the Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul, apostles; St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin (USA))
  • November 19th (Saturday of the Thirty-Third Week of Ordinary Time)
  • November 20th (Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe)
  • November 21st (Memorial of the Presentation of Mary)
  • November 22nd (Memorial of St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr)
  • November 23rd (Optional Memorials of St. Clement I, pope & martyr; St. Columban, abbot; Bl. Miguel Pro, priest and martyr)
  • November 24th (Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and martyr, and Companions, martyrs; Thanksgiving Day)
  • November 25th (Optional Memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr)
  • November 26th (Saturday of the Thirty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time)