← The Liturgical Year
Volume 2
Christmas I
Dom Prosper Guéranger · translated by Dom Laurence Shepherd
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Before Christmas
The Season of Christmas
- Chapter I. The History of Christmas
- Chapter II. The Mystery of Christmas
- Chapter III. Practice during Christmas
- Chapter IV. Morning and Night Prayers for Christmas
- Chapter V. On Hearing Mass during the Season of Christmas
- Chapter VI. On Holy Communion during Christmas
- Chapter VII. On the Office of Vespers for Sundays and Feasts during Christmas
- Chapter VIII. On the Office of Compline during Christmas
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Within the Octave
- December 26Saint Stephen, the First Martyr
- December 27Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
- December 28The Holy Innocents
- December 29Saint Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr
- December 30The Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
- December 31Saint Sylvester, Pope and Confessor
- January 1The Circumcision of Our Lord
- January 2The Octave of Saint Stephen
- January 3The Octave of Saint John
- January 4The Octave of the Holy Innocents
- January 5The Octave of Saint Thomas of Canterbury; the Vigil of the Epiphany