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Table of Contents, from the Westminster Benedictional

Editor’s Notes i

PONTIFICAL BLESSING 1

TEMPORALE or PROPER of the SEASON

1st Sunday of Advent

2d Sunday of Advent 

3d Sunday of Advent 

Ember Wednesday in Advent 

Ember Friday in Advent

Ember Saturday in Advent

4th Sunday of Advent

Vigil of Nativity 

Cock-Crow Mass (Nativity)

Dawn Mass (Nativity)

Day Mass (Nativity)

St. Stephen, Deacon & Proto-martyr

Holy Evangelist John

Holy Innocents of Bethlehem, MM.

6th Day of Nativity

St. Sylvester of Rome, b, c.

Circumcision of Our Lord

Vigil of Theophany or Epiphany 

Theophany of Our Lord

1st Sunday after Theophany or Epiphany (Octave)

2d Sunday after Theophany Octave

3d Sunday after Theophany Octave

4th Sunday after Theophany Octave

5th Sunday after Theophany Octave

Septuagesima Sunday

Sexagesima Sunday

Quinquagesima Sunday 

Head of the Fast (Ash Wednesday)

1st Sunday of Lent (Quadragesima)

Ember Wednesday in Lent

Ember Friday in Lent

Ember Saturday in Lent

2d Sunday of Lent

3d Sunday of Lent

4th Sunday of Lent

Passion Sunday

Palm Sunday

Holy Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday of Holy Week 

Thursday of the Lord’s Supper

Vigil of Pascha

HOLY PASCHA

Monday in the Octave of Pascha

Tuesday in the Octave of Pascha

Wednesday in the Octave of Pascha

Thursday in the Octave of Pascha

Friday in the Octave of Pascha

Saturday in the Octave of Pascha

1st Sunday after Pascha

2d Sunday after Pascha 

3d Sunday after Pascha 

4th Sunday after Pascha

5th Sunday after Pascha

Rogation Days

Vigil of Ascension

Ascension of Our Lord

Sunday after Ascension

Vigil of Pentecost

Pentecost Day

Pentecost Week

Wednesday of Pentecost

Friday of Pentecost

Saturday of Pentecost

Feast of the Most Holy Trinity

Ember Wednesday in June

Ember Friday in June

Ember Saturday in June

1st & 2d Sundays after Trinity

3d Sunday after Trinity

4th Sunday after Trinity

5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Sundays

9th, 10th & 11th Sundays

12th, 13th & 14th Sundays

15th, 16th & 17th Sundays

18th, 19th & 20th Sundays

21st, 22d & 23d Sundays

24th & Remaining Sundays

Ember Wednesday in September

Ember Friday in September

Ember Saturday in September

 

SANCTORALE or PROPER of the SAINTS

Sts. Fabian & Sebastian, mm. (20 Jan.)

St. Agnes, v. (21 Jan.)

St. Vincent, m. (22 Jan.)

Conversion of St. Paul (25 Jan.)

2nd Feast of St. Agnes (28 Jan.)

Purification of the Mother of God (2 Feb.)

St. Blaise, b, m. (3 Feb.)

St. Agatha, v, m. (5 Feb.)

Sts. Vedastus & Amandus, bb. (6 Feb.)

St. Scholastica, v. (10 Feb.)

Chair of St. Peter (22 Feb.)

St. Matthias, Ap. (24 or 25 Feb.)

St. Gregory, pope (12 Mar.)

St. Edward, king & m. (18 Mar.)

St. Cuthbert, b, c. (20 Mar.)

St. Benedict, ab. (21 Mar.)

Annunciation to Our Lady (25 Mar.)  

St. Alphege, abp of Canterbury, m. (19 Apr.)

St. Mark, Ev. (25 Apr.)

Sts. Philip & James, App. (1 May)

Finding of the Holy Cross (3 May)

St. John the Apostle before the Latin Gate (6 May)

St. Dunstan, abp, c. (19 May)

St. Augustine, Apostle of England (26 May)

St. Barnabas, Ap. (11 June)

Vigil of St. John Baptist (23 June)

Nativity of St. John Baptist (24 June)

Vigil of Sts. Peter & Paul, App. (28 June)

Sts. Peter & Paul, App. (29 June)

Comm. of St. Paul, Ap. (30 June)

Octave of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul (6 July)

Tr. of St. Benedict the Great (11 July)

Tr. of St. Swithin of Winchester, b. (15 July)

St. Margaret of Antioch, v. (20 July)

St. Mary Magdalene (22 July)

St. James the Greater, Ap. (25 July)

Chains of St. Peter (1 Aug.)

Finding of St. Stephen, proto-m. (3 Aug.)

Transfiguration (6 Aug.) - see Ember Saturday in Lent

Vigil of St. Laurence, d, m. (9 Aug.)

St. Laurence, deacon, m. (10 Aug.)

Vigil of Assumption (14 Aug.)

Assumption of the Mother of God (15 Aug.)

St. Bartholomew, Ap. (24 Aug.)

St. Augustine of Africa, b, doctor (28 Aug.)

Beheading of St. John Baptist (29 Aug.)

Vigil of Our Lady’s Nativity (7 Sept.)

Nativity of Holy Mary (8 Sept.)

Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14 Sept.)

Vigil of St. Matthew (20 Sept.)

St. Matthew, Ap. (21 Sept.)

St. Michael Archangel (29 Sept.)

St. Jerome, presbyter of Bethlehem (30 Sept.)

Sts. Dionysius, Eleutherius & Rusticus, MM of Paris (9 Oct.)

Feast of the Holy Relics (15 Oct.)

St. Luke, Evangelist (18 Oct.)

Vigil of Apostles Simon & Jude (27 Oct.)

Sts. Simon & Jude, Apostles (28 Oct.)

Vigil of All Saints (31 Oct.)

All Saints (1 Nov.)

Commemoration of Departed Souls (2 Nov.)

St. Martin of Tours, b, c. (11 Nov.)

St. Edmund of E. Anglia, king, m. (20 Nov.)

Presentation of Holy Mary in the Temple (21 Nov.)

St. Cecilia, v, m. (22 Nov.)

St. Clement, pope, m. (23 Nov.)

St. Katherine, v, m. (25 Nov.)

Vigil of St. Andrew, Ap. (29 Nov.)

St. Andrew, Ap. (30 Nov.)

St. Nicholas, b, c. (6 Dec.)

Conception of Holy Mary (8 Dec.)

St. Lucy, v, m. (13 Dec.)

St. Thomas, Ap. (21 Dec.)

 

COMMON

Sundays throughout the Year

Mondays

Tuesdays

Wednesdays

Thursdays

Fridays

Saturdays (ferias)

Holy Cross (Friday Votives)

Saturdays, of Holy Mary

Vigil of Apostles

Apostles

One Martyr

Many Martyrs 

One Confessor & Bishop

Many Confessors

A Virgin Martyr

A Virgin Not Martyr

Many Virgin Martyrs

Many Virgins Not Martyrs

For the King

At the Ordination of a Bishop

Bishop’s Natality

For a Congregation, or the Profession, of Monks

Over Nuns

For Any Departed Man

For Any Departed Woman 

For Many Departed

For All Faithful Departed

Dedication of a Church

Dedication Anniversary 

For Peace

Commemoration of Angels, & St. Gabriel

For Travellers

For Warriors, & Against Pagans

For Them That Sail or Fly in an Æroplane

Over the Newly Baptised

For Any Sick Man or Woman

At the Nuptials

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