Liturgical Year 2024-2025, Vol. 1
Advent and Christmas
by Jennifer Gregory Miller (editor)
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Book Description
This first volume of the 2024-2025 Liturgical Year series covers all the days of Advent and Christmas, 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
- Advent
- December 1st (First Sunday of Advent)
- December 2nd (Monday of the First Week of Advent)
- December 3rd (Memorial of St. Francis Xavier, Priest)
- December 4th (Wednesday of the First Week of Advent; Opt. Mem. of St. John Damascene, Priest and Doctor)
- December 5th (Thursday of the First Week of Advent)
- December 6th (Friday of the First Week of Advent; Optional Memorial of St. Nicholas, Bishop)
- December 7th (Memorial of St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor)
- December 8th (Second Sunday of Advent)
- December 9th (Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
- December 10th (Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent; Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Loreto)
- December 11th (Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent; Optional Memorial of St. Damasus I, Pope)
- December 12th (Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (USA))
- December 13th (Memorial of St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr)
- December 14th (Memorial of St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor)
- December 15th (Third Sunday of Advent)
- December 16th (Monday of the Third Week of Advent)
- December 17th (December 17, O Wisdom)
- December 18th (December 18, O Lord and Ruler; Ember Wednesday)
- December 19th (December 19, O Root of Jesse)
- December 20th (December 20, O Clavis David (O Key of David); Ember Friday)
- December 21st (December 21, O Oriens (O Dayspring); Opt. Mem. of St. Peter Canisius, Priest & Doctor; Ember Saturday)
- December 22nd (Fourth Sunday of Advent; O King of the Nations (O Rex Gentium) )
- December 23rd (December 23, O Emmanuel; Optional Memorial of St. John of Kanty, Priest)
- December 24th (December 24)
- Christmas
- December 24th (December 24, Christmas Eve)
- December 25th (Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas))
- December 26th (Feast of St. Stephen, First Martyr)
- December 27th (Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist)
- December 28th (Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs)
- December 29th (Feast of the Holy Family)
- December 30th (Sixth Day within the Octave of Christmas)
- December 31st (Seventh Day within the Octave of Christmas; Opt. Mem. of St. Sylvester I, Pope)
- January 1st (Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas))
- January 2nd (Memorial of St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors)
- January 3rd (Friday of Christmas Time; Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus)
- January 4th (Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious (USA and CAN); Saturday of Christmas Time before Epiphany)
- January 5th (Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord)
- January 6th (Monday of Christmas Time after Epiphany; Opt. Mem. of St. André Bessette, religious (US); Epiphany (in some dioceses))
- January 7th (Tuesday of Christmas Time after Epiphany; Opt Mem of St. Raymond of Penyafort, Priest)
- January 8th (Wednesday of Christmas Time after Epiphany)
- January 9th (Thursday of Christmas Time after Epiphany )
- January 10th (Friday of Christmas Time after Epiphany)
- January 11th (Saturday of Christmas Time after Epiphany)
- January 12th (Feast of the Baptism of the Lord)
