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Catholic Culture Trusted Commentary

Liturgical Year 2018-2019, Vol. 2

Ordinary Time before Lent

by Jennifer Gregory Miller and Darden Brock (editors)

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Book Description

This second volume of the 2018-2019 Liturgical Year series covers all the days of Ordinary Time between Christmas and Lent, 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, descriptions of customs from around the world, prayers, activities and recipes.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction to the Liturgical Year
  • Introduction to Ordinary Time
  • January 14th (Monday of the First Week of Ordinary Time)
  • January 15th (Tuesday of the First Week of Ordinary Time; Our Lady of Prompt Succor; Black Christ of Esquipulas (Guatemala) )
  • January 16th (Wednesday of the First Week of Ordinary Time)
  • January 17th (Memorial of St. Anthony, abbot)
  • January 18th (Friday of the First Week of Ordinary Time)
  • January 19th (Saturday of the First Week of Ordinary Time)
  • January 20th (Second Sunday of Ordinary Time )
  • January 21st (Memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr; Our Lady of High Grace (Dominican Republic))
  • January 22nd (Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children)
  • January 23rd (Optional Memorials of St. Vincent of Saragossa, deacon & martyr; St. Marianne Cope)
  • January 24th (Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor; Optional memorial of Our Lady of Peace)
  • January 25th (Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle)
  • January 26th (Memorial of Sts. Timothy and Titus, bishops)
  • January 27th (Third Sunday in Ordinary Time )
  • January 28th (Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor)
  • January 29th (Tuesday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time)
  • January 30th (Wednesday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time)
  • January 31st (Memorial of St. John Bosco, priest)
  • February 1st (Friday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time; Feast of St. Brigid, Virgin (Ireland) (NZ, Opt. Mem.))
  • February 2nd (Feast of the Presentation of the Lord)
  • February 3rd (Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • February 4th (Monday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • February 5th (Memorial of St. Agatha, virgin and martyr)
  • February 6th (Memorial of St. Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs)
  • February 7th (Thursday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • February 8th (Optional Memorials of St. Jerome Emiliani, priest; St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin)
  • February 9th (Saturday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time; St. Teilo (Wales))
  • February 10th (Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time )
  • February 11th (Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes)
  • February 12th (Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • February 13th (Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • February 14th (Memorial of Sts. Cyril, monk and St. Methodius, bishop)
  • February 15th (St. Claude de la Colombiere, priest (some places))
  • February 16th (Saturday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • February 17th (Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time)
  • February 18th (Monday of the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • February 19th (Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time)
  • February 20th (Bls. Francisco & Jacinta Marto (Portugal))
  • February 21st (Optional Memorial of St. Peter Damian, bishop and doctor)
  • February 22nd (Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, apostle)
  • February 23rd (Optional Memorial of St. Polycarp of Smyrna, bishop and martyr)
  • February 24th (Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time)
  • February 25th (Monday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time)
  • February 26th (Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time)
  • February 27th (Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time )
  • February 28th (Thursday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time)
  • March 1st (Friday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time)
  • March 2nd (Saturday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time)
  • March 3rd (Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
  • March 4th (Optional Memorial of St. Casimir of Poland )
  • March 5th (Tuesday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time)