SUNDAY MISSAL GUIDE 2023
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Rev. Fr. Thomas Mroczka
2430 Spruce Place
White Bear Lake, MN 55110-4864

 

DECEMBER

Sunday, December 3, First Sunday of Advent, semi-double. Color: Violet. In Mass: 2nd Oration: St. Francis Xavier, Deus, qui Indiárum, Creed, Preface of the Holy Trinity, Benedicámus Dómino at the end of Mass. N.B. The organ is silent and the altar is not decorated with flowers.

Friday, December 8, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, double of the first class. Color: White. In Mass: Gloria, 2nd Oration: Ferial Day, Excita, Dómine, corda nostra, Creed, Preface of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Et te in Conceptióne Immaculáta]. N.B. Holyday of obligation. No abstinence from meat. The organ may be played and altar decorated with flowers.

Sunday, December 10, Second Sunday of Advent, semi-double. Color: Violet. In Mass: 2nd Oration: Octave of the Immaculate Conception, Déus qui per, 3rd Oration: St. Melchiades, Gregem tuum, Creed, Preface of the Holy Trinity, Benedicámus Dómino at the end of Mass. N.B. The organ is silent and the altar not decorated with flowers.

Sunday, December 17, Third Sunday of Advent [Gaudete or Rose Sunday], semi-double. Color: Rose or Violet. In Mass: 2nd Oration: Of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Déus qui de Beátae, 3rd Oration: Against the Persecutors of the Church, Ecclésiae tuae, or for the Pope, Deus, ómnium fidélium, Creed, Preface of the Holy Trinity, Benedicámus Dómino at the end of Mass. N.B. The organ may be played and the altar decorated with flowers.

Sunday, December 24, Vigil of the Nativity [4th Sunday of Advent], semi-double. Color: Violet. In Mass: 2nd Oration: The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Excíta, quæsumus, Creed, The versicle after the Gradual is said along with the Allelúia verse, The Last Gospel is In Princípio erat Verbum, [Jn 1, 1-14], Preface of the Holy Trinity, Benedicámus Dómino at the end of Mass. N.B. The organ is silent. N.B. No fast or abstinence from meat today.

Monday, December 25, The Nativity of Our Lord, double of the first class. Color: White. In Mass: There are three Masses proper for Christmas, i.e., the First Mass at Midnight, the Second Mass at Dawn, and the Third Mass During the Day. In all three Masses: Gloria, Creed, Preface of the Nativity, Proper Communicántes. N.B. At the Mass at Dawn, 2nd Oration: S. Anastasia, i.e., Da quaésumus omnípotens, At the Mass During the Day there is a Proper Last Gospel of the Epiphany, i.e., Cum nátus, [Mt 2, 1-12].

Sunday, December 31, Sunday Within the Octave of the Nativity, semi-double. Color: White. In Mass: Gloria, 2nd Oration: St. Sylvester, Gregem tuum, 3rd Oration: Octave of the Nativity: Concéde, quæsumus, Creed, Preface of the Nativity, Proper Communicántes in Canon of Mass.

Ember Days for 2023

Advent: December 20, 22, and 23.
Lent: March 1, 3, and 4.
Pentecost: May 31, June 2, and 3.
September: September 20, 22, and 23.

 

The Six Holy Days of Obligation in the USA

Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord, January 1.
Ascension Thursday, (May18).
Assumption of the B'VM, August 15.
All Saints' Day, November 1.
Immaculate Conception of the I3VM, December 8.
Nativity of Our Lord, [Christmas Day], December 25.

 

Traditional Law of Fast and Abstinence

Fast. All persons over twenty-one and under sixty years of age must fast on days appointed. On a day of fast one full meal may be eaten at the principal meal and two smaller meatless meals - the combination of which may not equal the amount eaten at the principal meal. Eating between meals is not allowed. Liquids, such as milk and fruit juices may be taken any time on a fast day. Please note that true medicine never breaks the fast including the Eucharist fast.

Days of Fast are the weekdays of Lent including Holy Saturday until 12:00 Noon; Ember Days, the Vigil of Pentecost, the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception, the Vigil of All Saints' Day, and the Vigil of Christmas.

Abstinence. All persons over seven years of age must abstain from meat on days appointed. On days of complete abstinence i.e., all Fridays, Ash Wednesday, the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception, and the Vigil of Christmas they must abstain from meat, meat gravy, or soup made with meat. On days of partial abstinence meat is allowed once a day but, only at the principal meal. Days of partial abstinence are Ember Wednesday and Saturday, the Vigil of Pentecost, and the Vigil of All Saints' Day.

 

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