Apologia: The Fullness of Christian Truth

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even as where Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church'' Ignatius of Antioch, 1st c. A.D

 
The Proper of Seasons: T
he Temporal Cycle

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Advent
Christmastide
Time after Epiphany
Septuagesima
Lent
Paschaltide
Time after Pentecost


 
 

Advent: We Anticipate Christ's Nativity and His Coming Again at the End of Time
First Sunday of Advent
1 Cl. Purple Missa 'Ad Te Levave'
Second Sunday of Advent
1 Cl. Purple Missa 'Populus Sion'
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
1 Cl. Rose Missa 'Gaudete'
Wednesday/Friday/Saturday of Advent Embertide (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the Third Sunday -- Gaudete Sunday -- of Advent)
2 Cl. Purple Missa 'Rorate Coeli'/Missa 'Prope es Tu'/Missa 'Veni'
Fourth Sunday of Advent
1 Cl. Purple Missa 'Rorate Coeli'
Christmastide: Christ is born! Alleluia!
Vigil of Christmas
1 Cl. Purple Missa 'Hodie Scietis'
Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas)
1 Cl. with Octave White First Mass at Midnight: Missa 'Dominus Dixit'
Second Mass at Dawn: Missa 'Lux Fulgebit'
Third Mass During the Daytime: Missa 'Puer Natus Est'
Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord
1 Cl. White Missa 'Dum Medium'
Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (the Sunday after Jan. 1, or Sunday after the Octave Day of the Nativity, or Jan. 2, or the Sunday between the Octave Day of the Nativity and the Epiphany)
2 Cl. White Missa 'In Nomine Jesu'
The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
1 Cl. White Missa 'Ecce Advenit'
First Sunday after Epiphany (Feast of the Holy Family)
2 Cl. White Missa 'Exsultat Gaudio'
Time after Epiphany: Christ reveals His Divinity

Depending on the date of Easter, some of the Sundays of the Time after Epiphany may be transferred to the Time after Pentecost

Second Sunday after Epiphany
2 Cl.. Green Missa 'Omnis Terra'
Third Sunday after Epiphany
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Adorate Deum'
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Adorate Deum'
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Adorate Deum'
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Adorate Deum'
Septuagesima: We prepare for Lent and recall the Babylonian Captivity
First Sunday of Septuagesima (Septuagesima Sunday)
2 Cl. Purple Missa 'Circumdederunt Me'
Second Sunday of Septuagesima (Sexagesima Sunday)
2 Cl. Purple Missa 'Exsurge'
Third Sunday of Septuagesima (Quinquagesima Sunday)
2 Cl. Purple Missa 'Esto Mihi'
Lent: We recall Christ's 40 Days in the Desert
Ash Wednesday
1 Cl. Purple Missa 'Misereris Omnium'
First Sunday of Lent (Quadragesima Sunday)
1 Cl. Purple Missa 'Invocabit Me'
Wednesday/Friday/Saturday of Lenten Embertide (Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the First Sunday of Lent)
2 Cl. Purple Missa 'Reminiscere Miserationum Tuarum'/Missa 'De Necessitatibus'/Missa 'Intret Oratio'
Second Sunday of Lent
1 Cl. Purple Missa 'Reminiscere Miserationum'
Third Sunday of Lent
1 Cl. Purple Missa 'Oculi Mei'
Fourth Sunday of Lent ("Laetare Sunday" or "Rose Sunday")
1 Cl. Rose Missa 'Laetare'
Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passion Sunday, which begins the two weeks of Passiontide)
1 Cl. Purple Missa 'Judica Me Deus'
Friday after Passion Sunday (Feast of the Seven Sorrows)
Com. White Missa 'Sabant Juxta'
Sixth Sunday of Lent and Second Sunday of Passiontide (Palm Sunday, which begins Holy Week)
1 Cl. Red Missa 'Domine Ne Longe'
Spy Wednesday (the Wednesday of Holy Week)
Purple Missa 'In Nomine Jesu'
Maundy Thursday (the Thursday of Holy Week. The three days called the "Sacred Triduum" begin now)
1 Cl. White Missa 'Nos Autem'
Good Friday (the Friday of Holy Week)
1 Cl. Black Mass of the Presanctified (not a true Mass, but a Communion Service using pre-sanctified Hosts)
Paschaltide: Christus resurrexit!
Holy Saturday (Eastertide begins with the Vigil Mass)
1 Cl. Purple No Mass, but an Easter Vigil Service which begins the Easter Season
Easter Sunday
1 Cl. with Octave White Missa 'Resurrexi'
Monday in Easter Week
1 Cl. White Missa 'Introduxit'
Tuesday in Easter Week
1 Cl. White Missa 'Aqua Sapientiae'
Wednesday in Easter Week
1 Cl. White Missa 'Venite'
Thursday in Easter Week
1 Cl. White Missa 'Victricem Manum Tuum'
Friday in Easter Week
1 Cl. White Missa 'Eduxit Eos Dominus'
Saturday in Easter Week
1 Cl. White Missa 'Eduxit Dominus'
First Sunday after Easter ("Low Sunday" or "Quasimodo Sunday" or "Divine Mercy Sunday")
1 Cl. White Missa 'Quasi Modo'
Second Sunday after Easter
White Missa 'Misericordia Domini'
Third Sunday after Easter
White Missa 'Jubilate Deo'
Fourth Sunday after Easter
White Missa 'Cantate Domino'
Fifth Sunday after Easter
White Missa 'Vocem Jucunditatis'
Outside of Eastertide: Missa "Protexisti'
Ascension Thursday
1 Cl. White Missa 'Viri Galilaei'
Vigil of the Pentecost
1 Cl. Red Missa 'Cum Sanctificatus'
Pentecost Sunday (Whitsunday)
1 Cl. with Octave Red Missa 'Spiritus Domini'
Wednesday/Friday/Saturday of Whit Embertide (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after Pentecost)
1 Cl./1 Cl./1 Cl. Red/Red/Red Missa 'Deus Dum Egredereris'/Missa 'Repleatur Os Meum'/Missa 'Caritas Dei'
Time after Pentecost: The Millennium
First Sunday after Pentecost (Trinity Sunday)
1 Cl. Green Missa 'Benedicta Sit'
Thursday after Trinity Sunday (Feast of Corpus Christi)
1 Cl. White Missa 'Cibavit Eos' and Procession
Second Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. White Missa 'Factus Est Dominus'
Friday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Feast of the Sacred Heart)
1 Cl. White Missa 'Cogitationes Cordis'
Third Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. White Missa 'Respice In Me'
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Dominus Illuminatio Mea'
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Exaudi Domine'
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Dominus Fortitudo'
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Omnes Gentes'
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Suscepimus Deus'
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Ecce Deus Adjuvat'
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Cum Clamarem'
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Deus In Loco'
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Deus in Adjutorum'
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Respice Domine'
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Protector Noster'
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Inclina Domine'
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Miserere Mihi Domine'
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Justus Es Domine'
Wednesday/Friday/Saturday of Michaelmas Embertide (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after September 14)
2 Cl. Purple Missa 'Exsultate Deo'/Missa 'Laetetur Cor'/Missa 'Venite Adoremus Deum'
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Da Pacem Domine'
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Salus Populi'
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Omnia Quae Fecisti'
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'In Voluntate Tua'
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Si Iniquitates Observaveris'
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Dicit Dominus'

Depending on the date of Easter, there may be as few as 23 and as many as 28 Sundays after Pentecost, so some of the Sundays below may not exist for a specific liturgical year. The Masses for these "extra" Sundays come from the Season after Epiphany, which is shortened if Easter comes early, thereby making the Season after Pentecost longer
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Dicit Dominus'
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Dicit Dominus'
Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Dicit Dominus'
Twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Dicit Dominus'
Last Sunday of Pentecost (no matter how many Sundays in Pentecost there are)
2 Cl. Green Missa 'Dicit Dominus'

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