Following the Rubrics of Pope St. Pius X for the Universal Calendar of the Church
~ December 2016 ~
Date
|
Day
|
*** Liturgical Day ***
|
Rank
|
Color
|
Fast/
|
*** Misc.***
|
Abstinence
|
||||||
1
|
Thursday
|
Ferial Day
|
Violet
|
|||
[Mass of preceding Sunday]
|
x
|
|||||
2
|
Friday
|
St. Bibiana, VM
|
sd
|
Red
|
Ab
|
First Friday
|
x
|
||||||
3
|
Saturday
|
St. Francis
Xavier, C
|
dm
|
White
|
First Saturday
|
|
4
|
Sunday
|
2nd Sunday of Advent
|
sd
|
Violet
|
||
St. Peter Chrysologus, BpCD
|
||||||
St.
Barbara, VM
|
||||||
5
|
Monday
|
Ferial Day
|
Violet
|
|||
[Mass of preceding Sunday]
|
x
|
|||||
St.
Sabbas, Ab
|
||||||
6
|
Tuesday
|
St. Nicholas,
BpC
|
d
|
White
|
||
7
|
Wednesday
|
St. Ambrose,
BpCD
|
d
|
White
|
Fast/Ab
|
|
Vigil of the Immaculate
Conception of the BVM
|
||||||
8
|
Thursday
|
Immaculate
Conception of the BVM
|
d1cl
|
White
|
Holy Day
|
|
9
|
Friday
|
Within the
Octave
|
sd
|
White
|
Ab
|
|
x
|
||||||
10
|
Saturday
|
Within the
Octave
|
sd
|
White
|
||
St.
Melchiades, PM
|
x
|
|||||
11
|
Sunday
|
3rd Sunday of Advent
|
sd
|
Violet / Rose
|
||
[Gaudete Sunday]
|
||||||
St.
Damasus, I, PC
|
||||||
Within
the Octave
|
||||||
12
|
Monday
|
Within the
Octave
|
sd
|
White
|
||
x
|
||||||
13
|
Tuesday
|
St. Lucy, VM
|
d
|
Red
|
||
Within
the Octave
|
||||||
14
|
Wednesday
|
Within the
Octave
|
sd
|
White
|
Fast/P. Ab
|
Ember Wednesday
|
15
|
Thursday
|
Octave Day of
the Immaculate Conception
|
dm
|
White
|
||
16
|
Friday
|
St. Eusebius, BpM
|
sd
|
Red
|
Fast/Ab
|
Ember Friday
|
17
|
Saturday
|
Ferial Day
|
Violet
|
Fast/P. Ab
|
Ember
Saturday
|
|
18
|
Sunday
|
4th Sunday of Advent
|
sd
|
Violet
|
||
19
|
Monday
|
Ferial Day
|
Violet
|
|||
[Mass of preceding Sunday]
|
||||||
20
|
Tuesday
|
Vigil of St. Thomas
|
Violet
|
|||
21
|
Wednesday
|
St. Thomas, Ap
|
d2cl
|
Red
|
||
22
|
Thursday
|
St. Frances
Xavier Cabrini, V
|
d2cl
|
White
|
||
23
|
Friday
|
Ferial Day
|
Violet
|
Ab
|
||
[Mass of preceding Sunday]
|
||||||
24
|
Saturday
|
Vigil of the Nativity
|
Violet
|
Fast/Ab
|
||
25
|
Sunday
|
Nativity of Our
Lord
|
d1cl
|
White
|
Holy Day
|
|
[Christmas
Day]
|
||||||
St.
Anastasia, M [2nd Mass]
|
||||||
26
|
Monday
|
St. Stephen, First Martyr
|
d2cl
|
Red
|
||
Within
the Octave
|
||||||
27
|
Tuesday
|
St. John, ApEv
|
d2cl
|
White
|
||
Within
the Octave
|
||||||
28
|
Wednesday
|
The Holy Innocents, Mm
|
d2cl
|
Violet
|
||
Within the Octave
|
||||||
29
|
Thursday
|
St. Thomas of
Canterbury, BpM
|
d
|
Red
|
||
Within the Octave
|
||||||
30
|
Friday
|
Sunday within
the Octave of Christmas
|
sd
|
White
|
Ab
|
|
[Resumed]
|
||||||
Within
the Octave
|
||||||
31
|
Saturday
|
St. Sylvester I, PC
|
d
|
White
|
||
Within
the Octave
|
