Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Perpetual calendar: Ordinary Time
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- The Ordinary Time has a first phase, that starts following Christmas Time (after the Baptism of the Lord). The next day is the Monday of the 1st Week of Ordinary Time. This first phase extends until Ash Wednesday (for each, cf. the General Table).
- In its second phase, the Ordinary Time, reactivates when Easter is over. The following day after Pentecost is Monday of the 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th week of the Ordinary Time (for each year, cf. the General Table).
- The Ordinary Time includes three distinctive solemnities (with a triple cycle A, B y C): the Holy Trinity (next Sunday after Pentecost); Corpus Christi (second Sunday after Pentecost) and the Sacred Heart of Jesus (third Friday after Pentecost).
- The last Sunday of the liturgical year (Sunday of the 34th week) is always the solemnity of Christ the King (A, B y C). Saturday of this week ends the liturgical year and —the following day— starts the 1st Sunday of Advent.
- Throughout the Ordinary Time —in a smaller scale, also during the other liturgical times— proper of saints celebrations (cf. Holidays and Proper of Saints) are intercalated Generally, Sundays have priority over (they cannot be replaced by) the proper of a saint celebration.
December 28th
Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs
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December 27th
Feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist
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December 26th
Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyr
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