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CONTENTS

THE ECCLESIASTICAL OR LITURGICAL YEAR

PROPER OF THE SEASON

FIRST PART OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR

THE CHRISTMAS-EPIPHANY CYCLE

I. Season of Advent

First Sunday in Advent.Second Sunday in AdventThird Sunday in AdventThe Ember Days

Ember Wednesday in Advent

Ember Friday in AdventEmber Saturday in AdventFourth Sunday of Advent

II. Christmastide

Vigil of the Nativity: Christmas Eve (December 24)The Nativity of our Lord: Christmas Day (December 25)

First Mass: in the NightSecond Mass: at DawnThird Mass: on the Day of the Nativity of Our Lord

St Stephen, First Martyr (December 26)St John, Apostle and Evangelist (December 27)

The Holy Innocents (December 28)Sunday in the Octave of the NativityMasses in the Octave of the Nativity: December 29 (cm. St Thomas),

30, and 31 (cm. St Sylvester I)Octave of the Nativity: Circumcision, New Years Day (January 1)Sunday after the Octave of the Nativity, orFeast of the Holy Name of Jesus: Sunday after the Octave of the Nativity

or, on Jan 2, or 3Vigil of the Epiphany: Epiphany EveThe Epiphany of Our LordFirst Sunday after Epiphany; or Feast of the Holy FamilyMass for Missionary Work of the Church OverseasOctave of the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord

III. Season after the Epiphany

Second Sunday after EpiphanyThird Sunday after EpiphanyFourth Sunday after EpiphanyFifth Sunday after EpiphanySixth Sunday after Epiphany


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SECOND PART OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR

THE EASTER-PENTECOST CYCLE

I. Septuagesimatide

Septuagesima SundaySexagesima SundayQuinquagesima Sunday

II Lent

Ash WednesdayThursday after Ash WednesdayFriday after Ash WednesdaySaturday after Ash Wednesday

First Sunday in LentMonday of the First Week in LentTuesday of the First Week in LentWednesday of Ember Week in LentThursday of the First Week in LentFriday of Ember Week in LentSaturday of Ember Week in Lent

Second Sunday in LentMonday of the Second Week in LentTuesday of the Second Week in LentWednesday of the Second Week in LentThursday of the Second Week in LentFriday of the Second Week in LentSaturday of the Second Week in Lent

Third Sunday in LentMonday in the Third Week in LentTuesday in the Third Week in LentWednesday in the Third Week in LentThursday in the Third Week in LentFriday in the Third Week in LentSaturday in the Third Week in Lent

Fourth Sunday in LentMonday in the Fourth Week in LentTuesday in the Fourth Week in LentWednesday in the Fourth Week in Lent

Thursday in the Fourth Week in LentFriday in the Fourth Week in LentSaturday in the Fourth Week in Lent

III. PassiontidePassion SundayMonday in Passion WeekTuesday in Passion WeekWednesday in Passion Week


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V. Season after Trinity

Trinity SundayFeast of Corpus Christi (Thursday after Trinity Sunday)

The First Sunday after TrinityFeast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday after Trinity I)

The Second Sunday after TrinityThe Third Sunday after TrinityThe Fourth Sunday after TrinityThe Fifth Sunday after TrinityThe Sixth Sunday after TrinityThe Seventh Sunday after TrinityThe Eighth Sunday after TrinityThe Ninth Sunday after TrinityThe Tenth Sunday after TrinityThe Eleventh Sunday after TrinityThe Twelfth Sunday after TrinityThe Thirteenth Sunday after TrinityThe Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

The Fifteenth Sunday after TrinityThe Sixteenth Sunday after TrinityThe Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

Ember Wednesday in SeptemberEmber Friday in SeptemberEmber Saturday in September

The Eighteenth Sunday after TrinityThe Nineteenth Sunday after TrinityThe Twentieth Sunday after TrinityThe Twenty-first Sunday after TrinityThe Twenty-Second Sunday after TrinityThe Twenty-Third Sunday after TrinityThe Twenty-Fourth Sunday after TrinityThe Sunday Next Before Advent, orThe Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King, The Sunday Next BeforeAdvent

ORDINARY AND CANON OF THE MASS

PROPER OF SAINTS

November30 St. Andrew the Apostle

December3 St. Francis Xavier5 St. John Damascene6 St. Nicholas8 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary12 B.V.M. Our Lady of Guadalupe13 St. Lucy20 The Vigil of St Thomas.21 St. Thomas the Apostle


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January14 St. Hilary15 cm. Richard Meux Benson, SSJE16 St. Kentigern17 St. Anthony18 A Votive Mass of St Peter: Christian Unity Octave

19 St. Henry21 St. Agnes22 St. Vincent24 St. Timothy & St. Titus25 The Conversion of St. Paul The Apostle26 St. Polycarp27 St. John Chrysostom27 The Refounding of the Canadian Diocese29 St. Francis de Sales30 Charles Stuart, King and Martyr

February1 St. Ignatius of Antioch

2 The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, or The Purification of theBlessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas)3 St. Anskar or Ansgarius4 St. Gilbert of Sempringham,5 St. Agatha6 The Accession of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II6 The Martyrs of Japan9 St. Cyril of Alexandria10 St. Scholastica11 St. Caedmon11 Our Lady of Lourdes14 St. Valentine, Bishop17 The Martyrs of China

20 The African Missionaries and Martyrs22 The Chair of St Peter (Sarum)23 Vigil of St Matthias The Apostle24 St. Matthias the Apostle27 cm. George Herbert

March1 St. David of Wales2 St. Chad3 St. Aelred of Riveaulx6 St. Perpetua & St. Felicitas7 St. Thomas Aquinas8 cm. Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln

9 St. Gregory of Nyssa12 St. Gregory the Great, Apostle of the English17 St. Patrick Apostle of the Irish18 St. Cyril of Jerusalem19 St. Joseph of Nazareth, Spouse Of The BVM20 St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne21 St. Benedict,22 cm. Thomas Ken


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25 The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary29 cm.John Keble

Saint Mary In Passiontide (Friday after Passion Week)

April3 St. Richard

4 St. Ambrose11 St. Leo the Great12 cm. Restoration of the Canadian Episcopate19 St. Alphege21 St. Anselm23 St. George of England24 St. Wilfrid of York25 St. Mark the Evangelist30 St. Catherine of Siena

May1 St. Philip & St. James the Apostles2 St. Athanasius3 The Invention [Finding] of the Holy Cross4 St. Monica6 St. John in Eastertide7 St. Stanislaus9 St. Gregory of Nazianzus11 St. Cyril & St. Methodius14 St. Pachomius19 St. Dunstan20 cm. Council of Nica.25 St. Aldhelm25 Martyrs of Mexico,26 St. Augustine of Canterbury

26 St. Philip Neri27 St. Bede The Venerable30 St. Joan of Arc31 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

June1 St. Justin Martyr5 St. Boniface9 St. Columba,11 St. Barnabas14 St. Basil the Great18 St. Ephraim of Syria18 Bernard Mizeki

22 St. Alban, Protomartyr of England23 cm. Carmino Joseph de Catanzaro23 Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist24 Nativity of St. John the Baptist28 St. Irenus29 St. Peter and St. Paul the Holy Apostles


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July1 Canada Day, Octave Day of St. John the Baptist6 Octave Day of St Peter and St Paul7 St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher8 St. Elisabeth of Portugal11 St. Benedict

14 St. Bonaventure15 St. Swithun16 St. Vladimir16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel19 St. Vincent de Paul20 St. Margaret of Antioch22 St. Mary Magdalene.24 Vigil of St James The Apostle25 St. James the Apostle.26 St. Anne, Mother Of The Blessed Virgin Mary29 St. Olaf29 St. Martha of Bethany31 St. Ignatius of Loyola

August1 St. Peter Ad Vincula or St Peters Chains4 St. Dominic5 Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major5 St. Oswald6 Transfiguration of Our Lord7 The Holy Name of Jesus8 St. John Vianney9 St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross10 St. Lawrence11 St. Clare of Assisi

13 St. Hippolytus14 St. Maximilian Kolbe14 cm. Jeremy Taylor14 Vigil of the Assumption15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary16 St. Maximus the Confessor18 St. Helena, Queen and Matron20 St. Bernard of Clairvaux21 St. Jane Frances de Chantal22 The Octave of the Assumption: Immaculate Heart of The Blessed

Virgin Mary23 Roland Ford Palmer, SSJE23 Vigil of St Bartholomew

24 St. Bartholomew the Apostle25 St. Louis28 St. Augustine of Hippo29 The Beheading of St. John Baptist30 St. Rose of Lima31 St. Aidan


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September1 St. Giles2 The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea2 St. Stephen King of Hungary8 The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary12 The Holy Name of Mary

13 St. Cyprian14 Holy Cross Day15 St. Mary at the Cross16 St. Ninian17 cm. Edward Pusey19 St. Theodore of Tarsus, and Canterbury20 John Coleridge Patteson.20 The Martyrs of Korea20 Vigil of St Matthew21 St. Matthew, the Apostle and Evangelist25 cm. Lancelot Andrewes25 St. Sergius of Radonezh26 The Proto-Martyrs of Canada

28 St. Wenceslas, Duke29 St. Michael and All Angels30 St. Jerome30 St. Gregory the Enlightener

October1 St. Remigius2 Holy Guardian Angels3 St. Therese of the Child Jesus4 St. Francis of Assisi6 St. Bruno7 The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8 St. Bridget9 St. Denys of France9 The Martyrs of Spain9 Blessed John Henry Newman10 St. Paulinus11 The Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary13 St. Edward, the Confessor15 St. Teresa of Avila16 Our Lady of Walsingham17 St. Etheldreda18 St. Luke the Evangelist21 St. Hilarion23 St James, St Jude, Kinsmen of the Lord

25 St. Crispin and St. Crispinian26 St. Cedd27 St. Alfred, King27 Vigil of St Simon and St Jude28 St. Simon & St. Jude the Apostles29 The Martyrs of Uganda31 Vigil of All Saints


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November1 All Saints Day2 All Souls Day3 cm.St. Martin de Porres4 cm. St. Charles Borromeo6 cm. St. Leonard

7 cm. St. Willibrord8 The Octave Day of All Saints8 For Anglican Blesseds9 Dedication of the ArchBasilica of St. Saviour11 St. Martin15 St Albert the Great16 St. Margaret of Scotland17 St. Hilda18 St. Hugh19 St. Elisabeth of Hungary20 St. Edmund of East Anglia21 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary22 St. Cecilia

23 St. Clement24 St. John of the Cross,24 The Martyrs of Vietnam.25 St. Catherine of Alexandria26 cm. C.S. Lewis29 Vigil of St Andrew

COMMON OF THE SAINTS

I. VIGIL OF AN APOSTLEMass 1: Ego autem

II. COMMON OF ONE OR MANY HOLY POPESMass 2: Si diligis

III. COMMON OF MARTYRS

A.Common of a Martyr (Outside Eastertide)Mass 3: Statuit of a Martyr BishopMass 4: Sacerdotes Dei of a Martyr BishopMass 5: In virtute of a Martyr not a Bishop

B. Common of Several Martyrs(Out of Eastertide)Mass 6: Intret of Several Martyrs.

IV. COMMON OF A MARTYR OR MARTYRS (In Eastertide)Mass 7: Protexisti of an Apostle, Martyr Bishop, or

Martyr(s)

V. COMMON OF CONFESSORS (In or Out of Eastertide)Mass 8: Statuit of a BishopMass 9: Sacerdotes tui of a BishopMass 10: In medio of a DoctorMass 11: Deus misereatur of a Missionary


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Mass 12: Justus ut palma of a Teacher, Poet, ScholarMass 13: Os justi of Any SaintMass 14: Justus ut palma of a Religious FounderMass 15: Os justi of an Abbot

VI. COMMON OF VIRGINS AND HOLY WOMEN (In or Out of

Eastertide)Mass 16: Loquebar of a Virgin Martyr in or out of EastertideMass 17: Dilexi of a Virgin not a MartyrMass 18: Cognovi of a Matron or Holy Woman not a Martyr

VII. COMMON OF THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH

VIII. COMMON OF FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY1. Mass: Salve, Sancta Parens: For Some Feasts Without a Proper

According to different seasons:Mass 1: Rorate coeli (In Advent)Mass 2: Vultum tuum (From Christmastide to the Purification)

Mass 3: Salve, Sancta (From the Purification to Shrove Tuesday)Mass 4: Salve, Sancta (Eastertide)Mass 5: Salve, Sancta (From Trinity Sunday to Advent)

VOTIVE MASSES

Monday. Mass of the Most Holy TrinityTuesday. Mass of the Holy AngelsWednesday.

1. Mass of St Joseph of Nazareth2. Mass of SS Peter and Paul the Apostles3. Votive Mass of St Peter

4. Mass of All the Holy Apostles5. Mass of the Patron SaintThursday.

1. Mass of the Holy Ghost2. Mass of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist3. Mass of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest4. Votive Mass for the Unity of the Christian Church

Friday.1. Mass of the Holy Cross2. Mass of the Passion of the Lord

Saturday.1. Mass of All Saints

2. Mass of St Mary on Saturday: see VIII for Common of Feasts ofthe Blessed Virgin Mary, and Seasonal Masses of the BVM


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Votive Masses for Various Occasions1. Mass for the Election of a Pope, Primate or Diocesan Bishop2. Mass for the Anniversary of the Election, Translation or

Consecration of a Bishop3. Mass on the Anniversary of Ordination4. Mass for the Propagation of the Faith

5. Mass for the Sick6. Mass at a Conference or Retreat7. Mass at a Synod or Rural Deanery8. Mass for a Parochial Mission9. Mass for Pilgrims or Travellers10. Mass for Protection Against the Heathen, or In Time of War11. Mass in Any Necessity

NUPTIAL MASS

MASSES FOR NATIONAL OCCASIONS

Accession Day (February 6th) or Birthday of the Sovereign

Canada Day (see July 1st,

Octave Day of St. John the Baptist)Labour DayThanksgiving DayBlessings of the Harvest (Harvest Thanksgiving)Masses for Those Serving in the Queens Canadian ForcesRemembrance Day, and Remembrance Sunday

REQUIEM MASSES

Masses for the Dead1. Mass for the Dead: Daily2. Mass for the Dead: Another Mass for All Souls Day3. Mass for the Dead: Other Occasions

4. Various Prayers for the Dead5. Mass for Children

EXPLANATORY NOTES:

It will be observed that most Masses have two Introits and two Gradualsor Tracts separated by the word Or. The first is labelled EG followed bya number: EG refers to Dr. Burgess' The English Gradual Part II - TheProper; or to The English Gradual Supplement or Supp. The Introits inthese books are both from the Sarum Rite and, where it differs, the LatinRite. Both these books as well as The English Gradual Part I -The Ordinary

are available from amazon.caThe second set of Introits and Gradual are those of the Book of CommonPrayer (Canada) 1962, and are numbered in accordance with the book ofIntroits and Graduals published by the Anglican Catholic Convent Society.

Finally, in some instances, before the Introit only AM occurs. This meansthat the Introit and Gradual, etc. of the first set are taken from TheAnglican Missal.


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