← The Liturgical Year
Volume 3
Christmas II
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
The Epiphany and Its Octave
- January 6The Epiphany of Our Lord
- The Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany
- January 7The Second Day within the Octave of the Epiphany
- January 8The Third Day within the Octave of the Epiphany
- January 9The Fourth Day within the Octave of the Epiphany
- January 10The Fifth Day within the Octave of the Epiphany
- January 11The Sixth Day within the Octave of the Epiphany; Saint Hyginus
- January 12The Seventh Day within the Octave of the Epiphany
- January 13The Octave of the Epiphany
- The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, and the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
The Saints of January and the Purification
- January 14Saint Hilary, Bishop and Confessor
- January 15Saint Paul, the First Hermit; Saint Maurus, Abbot
- January 16Saint Marcellus, Pope and Martyr
- January 17Saint Antony, Abbot
- January 18Saint Peter's Chair at Rome
- January 19Saint Canute, King and Martyr
- January 20Saint Fabian, Pope and Martyr, and Saint Sebastian, Martyr
- January 21Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
- January 22Saints Vincent and Anastasius, Martyrs
- January 23Saint Raymund of Pegnafort; Saint Ildephonsus
- January 24Saint Timothy, Bishop and Martyr
- January 25The Conversion of Saint Paul
- January 26Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr; Saint Paula, Widow
- January 27Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
- January 28Saint Agnes, her Second Feast; Blessed Charlemagne, Emperor
- January 29Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop
- January 30Saint Martina, Virgin and Martyr
- January 31Saint Peter Nolasco, Confessor
- The First Vacant Day after January 31. Saint Titus, Bishop and Confessor
- February 1Saint Ignatius, Bishop and Martyr
- February 2The Purification of the Blessed Virgin