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 Liturgical Calendar: December 2011


Mary and Elizabeth rejoicing in what God has done in them

Sunday's Readings: Cycle  A     Daily Readings: Cycle I



Saint Francis Xavier

Thursday, December 1st
zCruzVioleta.jpg I Week in Advent Time

Is 26: 1-6 / Mt 7: 21, 24-27
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118: 1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a
 
R/. "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord"

 

Friday, December 2nd
zCruzVioleta.jpg I Week in Advent Time
Is 29: 17-24 / Mt 9: 27-31
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 27: 1, 4, 13-14
  
R/. "The Lord is my light and my salvation"

Saturday, December 3rd
zCruzVioleta.jpg blancoI Week in Advent Time
Saint Francis Xavier, priest
Is 30: 19-21, 23-26 / Mt 9: 35--10: 1, 5a, 6-8
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 147: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6
  
R/. "Blessed are all those who wait for the Lord"



Saint Nicholas

Sunday, December 4th
zCruzVioleta.jpg II SUNDAY OF ADVENT                           Year B
Is 40: 1-5, 9-11 / 2 Pt 3: 8-14 / Mk 1: 1-8
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 85: 9-10, 11-12, 13-14

R/. "Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation"

Monday, December 5thzCruzVioleta.jpg
II Week in Advent Time
Is 35: 1-10 / Lk 5: 17-26
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 85: 9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14
 
R/.  "Our God will come to save us"


Tuesday, December 6th
zCruzVioleta.jpg blancoII Week in Advent Time
Saint Nicholas, Bishop
Is 40: 1-11 / Mt 18: 12-14
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 96: 1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13
 
R/. "The Lord our God comes with power"

 

Wednesday, December 7thzCruzVioleta.jpg
blancoII Week in Advent Time
Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Is 40: 25-31 / Mt 11: 28-30
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 103: 1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10  
R/. "O bless the Lord, my soul!"


Thursday, December 8th
blanco The Immaculate Concepction                        Solemnity
Gen 3: 9-15, 20 / Efesios 1, 3-6, 11-12 / Lucas 1, 26-38
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98: 1, 2-3ab, 3c-4  

R/.
"Sing to the Lord  a new song, for he has done marvelous deeds"

 

Friday, December 9th
zCruzVioleta.jpg blancoII Week in Advent Time
Saint Juan Diego
Is 48: 17-19 / Mt 11: 16-19
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 1: 1-2, 3, 4 and 6  
R/. "Those who follow you, Lord, will have the light of life"


Saturday, December 10th
zCruzVioleta.jpg II Week in Advent Time
Sir 48: 1-4, 9-11 / Mt 17: 9a, 10-13
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 80: 2ac and 3b, 15-16. 18-19  
R/. "Lord, ake us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved"


The Immaculate Conception

Saint Juan Diego


Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sunday, December 11th
zCruzVioleta.jpg III SUNDAY IN ADVENT                                   Year B                                
Is 61: 1-2a, 10-11 / 1 Thes 5: 16-24 / Jn 1: 6-8, 19-28
Responsorial Psalm: Lk 1: 46-48, 49-50, 53-54  
R/. 
"My soul rejoices in my God"
Saint Damasus I, pope

 

Monday, December 12th
zCruzVioleta.jpg blancoIII Week in Advent
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religiuos

Nm 24: 2-7, 15-17a / Mt 21: 23-27 
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 25: 4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9
R/.
"Teach me your ways, O Lord"

Proper of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Zec 2: 14-17 or Rv 11: 19a; 12: 1-6a, 10ab / Lk 1: 26-38
Responsorial Psalm: Jdt 13: 18bcde, 19
R/. " You are the highest honor of our race"

 

Tuesday, December 13th
zCruzRoja.gif (965 bytes)III Week in Advent Time
Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr
Zep 3: 1-2, 9-13 / Mt 21: 28-32
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 34: 2-3, 6-7, 17-18, 19 and 23
 
R/.  "The Lord hears the cry of the poor"


Wednesday, December 14th

zCruzVioleta.jpg blancoIII Week in Advent Time
Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church
Is 45: 6c-8, 18, 21c-25 / Lk 7: 18b-23 
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 85: 9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14  
R/.  "Let the clouds rain down the Just One, and the earth bring forth a Savior"


Thursday, December 15th
zCruzVioleta.jpg III Week in Advent Time
Is 54: 1-10 / Lk 7: 24-30 
Responsorial Psalm:  Ps 30: 2 and 4, 5-6, 11-12a and 13b
 
R/.  "I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me"

 

Friday, December 16th
zCruzVioleta.jpg III Week in Advent Time
Is 56: 1-3a, 6-8 / Jn 5: 33-36
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 67: 2-3, 5, 7-8 
R/. "O God, let all nations praise you!"


Saturday, December 17th
zCruzVioleta.jpg III Week in Advent Time

Gen 49: 2, 8-10 / Mt 1: 1-17
Responsorial Psalm:  Ps
72: 1-2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 17  
R/. "Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever"


Saint Jane de Chantal

Saint Lucy 



Saint Peter Canisius
 

Sunday, December 18th
zCruzVioleta.jpg IV SUNDAY OF ADVENT                                           Year B
2 Sm 7: 1-, 8b-12, 14a,16 / Rom 16: 25-27 / Lk 1: 26-38
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 89: 2-3, 4-5, 27, 29
R/. "Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord"
 

 

Monday, December 19thzCruzVioleta.jpg
IV Week in Advent Time
Jgs 13: 2-7, 24-25a / Lk 1: 5-25 
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 71: 3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17  
R/.  "
My mouth shall be filled with your praise, and I will sing your glory!"

 

Tuesday, December 20th
zCruzVioleta.jpg IV Week in Advent Time
Is 7: 10-14 / Lk 1: 26-38
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 24: 1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6  
R/. "Let the Lord enter; he is the king of glory"


Wednesday, December 21stzCruzVioleta.jpg
IV Week in Advent Time
Saint Peter Canisius, priest and doctor of the Church
Sg 2: 8-14 or Zep 3: 14-18a / Lk 1: 39-45
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33: 2-3, 11-12, 20-21
R/. "Exult, you just, in the Lord! Sing to him a new song"

 

Thursday, December 22nd
zCruzVioleta.jpg IV Week in Advent Time
1 Sm 1: 24-28 / Lk 1: 46-56
Responsorial Psalm: 1 Sm 2: 1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd
 
R/.  "My heart exults in the Lord, my Savior"

 

Friday, December 23rd
zCruzVioleta.jpg IV Week in Advent Time
Saint John of Kanty, priest
Mal 3: 1-4, 23-24 / Lk 1: 57-66 
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 25: 4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14
 
R/. "Lift up your heads and see; your redemption is near at hand"

 

Saturday, December 24th
zCruzVioleta.jpg Mass in the Morning
2 Sm 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 / Lk 1: 67-79
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 89: 2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29    
R/. 
"Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord"

 

Christmas: Vigil Mass
Is 62: 1-5 / Acts 13: 16-17, 22-25 / Mt 1: 1-25 
Responsorial PSalm: Ps
89: 4-5, 16-17, 27, 29  
R./ "Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord"


Saint John of Kanty



 The Nativity of the Lord

Sunday, December 25th
blancoTHE NATIVITY OF THE LORD                                   

Mass at Midnight
Is 9: 1-6 / Ti 2: 11-14 / Lk 2: 1-14 
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 96: 1-2,  2-3, 11-12, 13
 
R./ "Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord"

 

Mass at Dawn
Is 62: 11-12 / Ti 3: 4-7 / Lk 2: 15-20 
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 97: 1, 6, 11-12

R./ "A light will shine on us today: the Lord is born for us"

 

Mass during the Day
Is 52: 7-10 / Heb 1: 1-6 / Jn 1: 1-18
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98: 1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 

R./
"All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power"
 

Monday, December 26thzCruzRoja.gif (965 bytes)
Second Day in the Octave of Christmas
Saint Stephen,  first martyr
Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59 / Mt 10: 17-22
Responsorial Psalm: Ps
31: 3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17  
R/.  "Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit"

Tuesday, December 27th
zCruzRoja.gif (965 bytes)Third Day in the Octave of Christmas
Saint John, apostle and evangelist
1 Jn 1: 1-4 / Jn 20: 1a. 2-8
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 97: 1-2, 5-6, 11-12
 
R./
"Rejoice in the Lord, you just!"

Wednesday, December 28thzCruzRoja.gif (965 bytes)
Fourth Day in the Octave of Christmas
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
1 Jn 1: 5--2: 2 / Mt 2: 13-18 
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 124: 2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8
 
R./
"Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler's snare"

 

Thursday, December 29th
blancoFifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Saint Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr

1 Jn 2: 3-11 / Lk 2: 22-35
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 96: 1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6
  
R./
"Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice!"

 

Friday, December 30th
blancoThe Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph            
Gn 15: 1-6; 21: 1-3 / Lk 2: 22-40 
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 128: 1-2, 3, 4-5
R./
"Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways"

 

Saturday, December 31th
blancoSevent Day in the Octave of Christmas

Saint Sylvester I, Pope
1 Jn 2: 18-21 / Jn 1: 1-18
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 96: 1-2, 11-12, 13-14   
R./ "Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice!"


Saint Stephen

Saint John Evangelist



 

 


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