| The liturgical calendar lists the date and rank of fixed feasts and either a table of movable feasts or a notation of how to calculate them. It is divided in to two parts, the temporal and the Sanctoral. | |||
| Temporal 'The Proper of the Time' | |||
| Christmas Cycle | |||
| Adventus Advent (Preparation) | |||
| Begins on fourth Sunday before Christmas | |||
| Christmastide (Celebration) | |||
| Christmas Eve | |||
| In nativitate Domini Christmas [small caps = principal feasts] | |||
| In circumcisione domini Circumcision (Jan. 1) | |||
| In epiphania domini Epiphany (Jan. 6) | |||
| Sunday in the octave of Epiphany (Prolongation) | |||
| Sundays after Epiphany | |||
| Easter Cycle | |||
| Septuagesima Season (Preparation) | |||
| Three Sundays before Lent | |||
| (Septuagesima, Sexagesima, Quinquagesima) | |||
| Tempus quadragesimæ Lent | |||
| Feria quarta cinerum Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent) | |||
| First Sunday of Lent (Quadragesima) | |||
| Second to fourth Sundays of Lent | |||
| Passiontide | |||
| Dominica passionis Passion Sunday I | |||
| Dominica in ramis palmarum Passion Sunday II (Palm Sunday) | |||
| Holy Week | |||
| Sacrum Triduum | |||
| Holy Thursday — first day of the solemn Sacrum Triduum | |||
| Good Friday | |||
| Holy Saturday — Easter Vigil or Paschal Vigil (after mid—day) | |||
| Paschal Time/Eastertide (Celebration) | |||
| Dominica resurrectionis Easter Sunday | |||
| 8va of Easter | |||
| Dominica in albis Low Sunday (First Sunday after Easter) | |||
| Dominicæ post pascha Second to fifth Sundays after Easter | |||
| In ascensione domini Ascension (Thursday, 40 days after Easter) | |||
| Sunday after Ascension (Last Sunday in Eastertide) | |||
| Dominica pentecostes Pentecost | |||
| 8va of Pentecost | |||
| Sundays after Pentecost (Prolongation) | |||
| Dominica trinitatis Trinity Sunday (First Sunday after Pentecost) | |||
| Corpus christi Corpus Christi (Thursday after Trinity Sunday) | |||
| [Corpus Domini] | |||
| Second to twenty—third Sunday after Pentecost | |||
| One to five additional Sundays possible | |||
| Sundays in the time after Epiphany and after the 8va of Corpus Christi are also called per annum 'Sundays of the Year' | |||
| Sanctoral 'Proper of the Saints' | |||
| The feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) and various Saints whose dates of celebration occur on specific, normally unchanging, dates. These feasts are ranked according to their importance and according to local use. This ranking effects the music used | |||
| Important feasts include: | |||
| Feasts of the BVM ''Blessed Virgin Mary' (in Latin: BMV: Beata Maria Virgo Mother of God) | |||
| Feb. 2 Purificatio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Candlemas/Purification of the BVM (Medieval emphasis on Mary, also the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. | |||
| Mar. 25 Annuntiatio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Annunciation of the BVM | |||
| Aug.15 Assumptio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Assumption (reception of the BVM into Heaven) | |||
| Sep. 8 Nativitas Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Nativity of the BVM | |||
| Dec. 8 Conceptio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Conception of the BVM | |||
| Feasts of the Saints: | |||
| Jan. 21 St. Agnes, Virgin/Martyr | |||
| Jan. 25 Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle | |||
| Feb. 5 St. Agatha, Virgin/Martyr | |||
| Feb. 22 St. Peter's Chair | |||
| Feb. 24 St. Matthias, Apostle | |||
| Apl. 25 St. Mark, Evangelist | |||
| May 1 Sts. Philip and James, Apostles | |||
| May 3 Finding (Inventio) of the Cross |
| The Liturgical Year | ||
| The liturgical calendar lists the date and rank of fixed feasts and either a table of movable feasts or a notation of how to calculate them. It is divided in to two parts, the temporal and the Sanctoral. | ||
| Temporal 'The Proper of the Time' | ||
| Christmas Cycle | ||
| Adventus Advent (Preparation) | ||
| Begins on fourth Sunday before Christmas | ||
| Christmastide (Celebration) | ||
| Christmas Eve | ||
| In nativitate Domini Christmas [small caps = principal feasts] | ||
| In circumcisione domini Circumcision (Jan. 1) | ||
| In epiphania domini Epiphany (Jan. 6) | ||
| Sunday in the octave of Epiphany (Prolongation) | ||
| Sundays after Epiphany | ||
| Easter Cycle | ||
| Septuagesima Season (Preparation) | ||
| Three Sundays before Lent | ||
| Tempus quadragesimæ Lent | ||
| Feria quarta cinerum Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent) | ||
| First Sunday of Lent (Quadragesima) | ||
| Second to fourth Sundays of Lent | ||
| Passiontide | ||
| Dominica passionis Passion Sunday I | ||
| Dominica in ramis palmarum Passion Sunday II (Palm Sunday) | ||
| Holy Week | ||
| Sacrum Triduum | ||
| Holy Thursday — first day of the solemn Sacrum Triduum | ||
| Paschal Time/Eastertide (Celebration) | ||
| Dominica resurrectionis Easter Sunday | ||
| 8va of Easter | ||
| Dominica in albis Low Sunday (First Sunday after Easter) | ||
| Dominicæ post pascha Second to fifth Sundays after Easter | ||
| In ascensione domini Ascension (Thursday, 40 days after Easter) | ||
| Sunday after Ascension (Last Sunday in Eastertide) | ||
| Dominica pentecostes Pentecost | ||
| 8va of Pentecost | ||
| Sundays after Pentecost (Prolongation) | ||
| Dominica trinitatis Trinity Sunday (First Sunday after Pentecost) | ||
| Corpus christi Corpus Christi (Thursday after Trinity Sunday) | ||
| Second to twenty—third Sunday after Pentecost | ||
| One to five additional Sundays possible | ||
| Sundays in the time after Epiphany and after the 8va of Corpus Christi are also called per annum 'Sundays of the Year' | ||
| Sanctoral 'Proper of the Saints' | ||
| The feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) and various Saints whose dates of celebration occur on specific, normally unchanging, dates. These feasts are ranked according to their importance and according to local use. This ranking effects the music used | ||
| Important feasts include: | ||
| Feasts of the BVM ''Blessed Virgin Mary' (in Latin: BMV: Beata Maria Virgo Mother of God) | ||
| Feb. 2 Purificatio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Candlemas/Purification of the BVM (Medieval emphasis on Mary, also the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. | ||
| Mar. 25 Annuntiatio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Annunciation of the BVM | ||
| Aug.15 Assumptio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Assumption (reception of the BVM into Heaven) | ||
| Sep. 8 Nativitas Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Nativity of the BVM | ||
| Dec. 8 Conceptio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Conception of the BVM | ||
| Feasts of the Saints: | ||
| Jan. 21 St. Agnes, Virgin/Martyr | ||
| Jan. 25 Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle | ||
| Feb. 5 St. Agatha, Virgin/Martyr | ||
| Feb. 22 St. Peter's Chair | ||
| Feb. 24 St. Matthias, Apostle | ||
| Apl. 25 St. Mark, Evangelist | ||
| May 1 Sts. Philip and James, Apostles | ||
| May 3 Finding (Inventio) of the Cross | ||
| Jun. 11 St. Barnabas, Apostle | ||
| Jun. 24 NATIVITAS S. JOANNIS BAPTISTÆ, Nativity of St. John Baptist | ||
| Jun. 29 SS. PETRI EI PAULI APOSTOLORUM, Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles | ||
| Jun. 30 Commemoration of St. Paul | ||
| Jul. 22 St. Mary Magdalen | ||
| Jul. 25 St. James, Apostle | ||
| Aug. 1 St. Peter's Chains | ||
| Aug. 6 Transfiguration of our Lord [from 1457] | ||
| Aug. 24 St. Bartholomew, Apostle | ||
| Aug. 28 St. Augustine (of Hippo), Bishop | ||
| Aug. 29 Beheading of St. John Baptist | ||
| Sep. 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross | ||
| Sep. 21 St. Matthew, Apostle/Evangelist | ||
| Sep. 29 St. Michael, Archangel | ||
| Oct. 18 St. Luke, Evangelist | ||
| Oct. 28 Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles | ||
| Nov. 1 OMNIUM SANCTORUM, All Saints | ||
| Nov. 2 All Souls (since 11th c; noted from 1350) | ||
| Nov. 9 St. Martin, Bishop/Confessor | ||
| Nov. 25 St. Catherine, Virgin/Martyr | ||
| Nov. 30 St. Andrew, Apostle | ||
| Dec. 6 St. Nicholas, Bishop/Confessor | ||
| Dec. 21 St. Thomas, Apostle | ||
| Dec. 26 St. Stephen, Martyr | ||
| Dec. 27 St. John, Apostle/Evangelist | ||
| Dec. 28 Holy Innocents | ||
| Dec. 29 St. Thomas | ||
| Dec. 31 St. Silvester, Pope/Confessor | ||
| Calendrical/Feast Terminology | ||
| Benediction: a rite of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament including the blessing of the people by the priest with the Host [of recent (17th c.) popularity] | ||
| Commemoration: The lowest rank of a feast usually reserved for minor Saints; sometimes called a memorial | ||
| Common: the liturgical text in the Office that are unchanging; also the liturgical texts of the Office and Mass that are shared by several similar feasts (Common of the BVM, Common of the Apostles, Commune Sanctorum) | ||
| Directorium: directions for the interpretation of the fixed and variable elements of the Liturgical Calendar. | ||
| Duples: double or major feast (festum duplex or duplum) | ||
| Ember Days: days of fasting and prayer occurring on Wed., Friday, and Sat. of the week after St. Lucy (in Advent), week after the 1st Sunday in Lent, the week of the 8va of Pentecost, and the week after Holy Cross Day (14 Sept.) | ||
| Festum 'Feast': commemoration of a specific vent, observance or saint. Major feasts include an octave of days (e.g., 8va of Easter); festal | ||
| Feria/ferial: term used to designate a weekday on which a feast is not celebrated. Originally the days of the week were numbered with Sunday as Feria I. Therefore, Monday is Feria II, Tuesday is Feria III, etc. Ferial identifies those chants which are son | ||
| Forty Hours: a devotion including Exposition and Benediction lasting for 40 hours (popular piety after the Counter–Reformation) | ||
| Gregorian calendar: introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. Supercedes Julian calendar. Not adopted in England until 1752. | ||
| Octave: The days following certain feasts are said to be within the octave of the feast with the first of eight days being the feast days itself. Therefore the days of the week after Easter are within the octave and the Sunday following Easter is the Octa | ||
| Principal feast: festum principalis: most important, solemn feasts (Christmas Day, Easter Day, etc.) | ||
| Rogation Days: The Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays preceding Ascension. The Lesser litanies are chanted on these days and traditionally they were days of procession. Also associated with prayers for crops. | ||
| Season: the liturgical portions of the year (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, etc.) | ||
| Semiduplex 'half double': a feast between simple and double | ||
| Simplex 'simple': a simple or lesser feast | ||
| Vigil: The term used to designate the eve of a major feast (i.e., Christmas Eve, Pentecost Eve). Technically the eve is the entire day (or after mid–day) preceding the feast and ceremonially begins with Vespers of the night before (e.g., Christmas Eve is |