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Liturgical Calendar 2024 - 2025 | Year C — Weekday Cycle Year I
Important Days, Holy Days, Feast Days & Solemnities in the Church
Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother Of God Wednesday, January 01, 2025 New Year's Day - Our Lady's divine maternity
Ash Wednesday March 05, 2025 The first day of Lent (day of fasting and abstinence)
Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord April 13, 2025
Holy Thursday April 17, 2025 Maundy Thursday - Mass of the Lord's Supper
Good Friday April 18, 2025 Our Lord's Passion and Death (day of fasting and abstinence)
Easter Vigil Saturday, April 19, 2025 Holy Saturday (Paschal Vigil)
Easter Sunday April 20, 2025 Resurrection Sunday - The Solemnity of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ - Solemnity of Solemnities
2nd Sunday of Easter April 27, 2025 Divine Mercy Sunday
7th Sunday of Easter June 01, 2025 Ascension of Our Lord
Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday, June 08, 2025 The Gift of the Holy Spirit
11th Sunday Ordinary Time June 15, 2025 Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
12th Sunday Ordinary Time June 22, 2025 Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Feast of Corpus Christi - Our Lord's Real Presence in the Blessed Sacrament
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Into Heaven Friday, August 15, 2025
All Saints Day Saturday, November 01, 2025
34th Sunday Ordinary Time November 23, 2025 Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe - Feast of Christ the King
First Sunday of Advent November 30, 2025 (symbolizes Hope) 1st Sunday of Church Year
Feast of the Immaculate Conception Monday, December 08, 2025 The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Thursday, December 25, 2025 Christmas
Other Moveable Feast Days
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Friday, June 27, 2025
The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, June 28, 2025
For a more detailed list including Stations of the Cross on Lenten Fridays, Liturgical seasons (
Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent, Paschal Triduum, Easter, Ordinary Time after Pentecost Sunday
), go to:
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Why the Holy Mass is SO Powerful
“The Mass is the most perfect form of prayer!” Pope Paul VI
The Mass is a Gift from Jesus that He Commands Us to Celebrate
The Mass is the Re-presentation of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
Mass is a Communal, Family Prayer
Mass is where Jesus is Really, Truly Present in the Eucharist
What are the purposes for which the Mass is offered?
First, to adore God as our Creator and Lord.
Second, to thank God for His many favours.
Third, to ask God to bestow His blessings on all men.
Fourth, to satisfy the justice of God for the sins committed against Him.
At the hour of death the Holy Masses you have heard devoutly will be your greatest consolation.
Holy Days of Obligation
On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Holy Mass. - (Canon Law 1244-1253)
Holy days of obligation are feast days on which Catholics are required to attend Holy Mass and to avoid (to the extent that they are able) servile work. The faithful go to Mass on these days to rejoice. The Church invites the faithful to Mass on these holy days to recall that there is a reason to rejoice -
"
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
" (John 3: 16.)
From this perspective, holy days of obligation are a gift. The faithful take a step back from preoccupations to remember what is true, good, and beautiful.
Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy.
For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the
Lord
your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son, or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the
Lord
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore, the
Lord
blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.
Exodus 20: 8 - 11
Every Sunday
, the Lord's Day, is recognized as a holy day of obligation and Catholics are bound to participate in Holy Mass on Sunday or at an anticipated Mass on Saturday in the late afternoon or evening.
There are 10 Holy Days of Obligation in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church:
Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother Of God - January 1
Epiphany - January 6
Solemnity of St. Joseph - March 19
Ascension of Our Lord
Corpus Christi, the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul - June 29
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Into Heaven - August 15
All Saints Day - November 1
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - December 8
Christmas, the Nativity of Our Lord - December 25
Ref:
Holy Days of Obligation
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Liturgical Calendar
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Most Important Solemnities & Feasts
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