Traditional Roman calendar

December 2023

The general Roman calendar of the 1962 Missal, with traditional liturgical colors and historical U.S. fasting and abstinence notes.

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What the colors mean

White: joyful feasts of Our Lord, Our Lady, and saints who were not martyrs.

Red: martyrs, the Holy Spirit, and feasts connected with Christ's Passion.

Green: ordinary Sundays and weekdays outside penitential seasons.

Violet: Advent, Lent, and other penitential days.

Rose: the two lighter, hopeful Sundays in Advent and Lent.

Black: Masses for the dead, where it is used.

The fish symbol marks an abstinence day. “Fast” marks a fasting day.

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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Green

Feria, Mass of the 24th Sunday after Pentecost

Abstinence day

Red

St. Vivian

Violet

I Sunday of Advent

White

St. Peter Chrysologus

Commemoration: Feria II after I Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria III after I Sunday of Advent

Commemoration: St. Sabbas

White

St. Nicholas

Commemoration: Feria IV after I Sunday of Advent

White

St. Ambrose

Commemoration: Feria V after I Sunday of Advent

Abstinence dayFast

White

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Violet

Sabbato after I Sunday of Advent

Violet

II Sunday of Advent

White

St. Damasus I

Commemoration: Feria II after II Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria III after II Sunday of Advent

Red

St. Lucy

Commemoration: Feria IV after II Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria V after II Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria VI after II Sunday of Advent

Abstinence day

Red

St. Eusebius

Commemoration: Sabbato after II Sunday of Advent

Rose

III Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria II after III Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria III after III Sunday of Advent

Violet

Ember Wednesday of Advent

Abstinence dayFast

Red

St. Thomas

Commemoration: Feria V after III Sunday of Advent

Violet

Ember Friday of Advent

Abstinence dayFast

Violet

Ember Saturday of Advent

Abstinence dayFast

Violet

Vigil of Christmas

White

The Nativity of Our Lord

Red

St. Stephen

Commemoration: For Octave of the Nativity

White

St. John the Evangelist

Commemoration: For Octave of the Nativity

Red

Holy Innocents

Commemoration: For Octave of the Nativity

White

Feria in the Octave of Christmas

Commemoration: St. Thomas Becket

Abstinence day

White

Feria in the Octave of Christmas

White

Sunday in the Octave of Christmas

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Calendar data: Missale Meum, Marcin Molenda, drawing on Divinum Officium, with 1962 Ordo cross-checks. Commemorations are reviewed against the period rubrics. Source and reuse notices.

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1962 Roman Missal · Traditional Calendar

December 2023

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SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Green

Feria, Mass of the 24th Sunday after Pentecost

Red

St. Vivian

Violet

I Sunday of Advent

White

St. Peter Chrysologus

Comm.: Feria II after I Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria III after I Sunday of Advent

Comm.: St. Sabbas

White

St. Nicholas

Comm.: Feria IV after I Sunday of Advent

White

St. Ambrose

Comm.: Feria V after I Sunday of Advent

Fast

White

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Violet

Sabbato after I Sunday of Advent

Violet

II Sunday of Advent

White

St. Damasus I

Comm.: Feria II after II Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria III after II Sunday of Advent

Red

St. Lucy

Comm.: Feria IV after II Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria V after II Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria VI after II Sunday of Advent

Red

St. Eusebius

Comm.: Sabbato after II Sunday of Advent

Rose

III Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria II after III Sunday of Advent

Violet

Feria III after III Sunday of Advent

Violet

Ember Wednesday of Advent

Fast

Red

St. Thomas

Comm.: Feria V after III Sunday of Advent

Violet

Ember Friday of Advent

Fast

Violet

Ember Saturday of Advent

Fast

Violet

Vigil of Christmas

White

The Nativity of Our Lord

Red

St. Stephen

Comm.: For Octave of the Nativity

White

St. John the Evangelist

Comm.: For Octave of the Nativity

Red

Holy Innocents

Comm.: For Octave of the Nativity

White

Feria in the Octave of Christmas

Comm.: St. Thomas Becket

White

Feria in the Octave of Christmas

White

Sunday in the Octave of Christmas

Colors follow the 1962 rubrics · Class I and II observances are in bold · Comm. = commemoration · fish = abstinence day · Fast = fasting day. Fasting and abstinence notes describe 1962 U.S. discipline and are not current obligations.