Prepared by the Catholic Doors Ministry

LITURGICAL CALENDAR

August, 2002
(For Canada)

Thursday, August 1, 2002
     Memorial
     St. Alphonsus Liguori, bishop, doctor
     White
     Mass: 294; Lect. 404
     Reading: Jer. 18:1-6
     Gospel: Mt. 13:47-52

Friday, August 2, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     (Or white, St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop;
          Mass: 409-411; Lect. 405 or 719-724)
     Mass: 165; Lect. 405
     Reading: Jer. 26:1-9
     Gospel: Mt. 13:54-58

Saturday, August 3, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     (Or white or green, Our Lady's Saturday;
          Mass: 385-387; Lect. 406 or 707-712)
     Mass: 166; Lect. 406
     Reading: Jer. 26:11-16, 24
     Gospel: Mt. 14:1-12

Sunday, August 4, 2002
     Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time     
     Green
     Mass: 173; Lect. 112
     First Reading: Is. 55:1-3
     Second Reading: Rom. 8:35, 37-39
     Gospel: Mt. 14:13-21

Monday, August 5, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     (Or white, Dedication of St. Mary Major;
          Mass: 297; Lect. 407 or 613)
     (Or white, Blessed Frédéric Janssoone, priest;
          Mass: 297-A or 409-411; Lect. 407 or 613A)
     Mass: 167; Lect. 407
     Reading: Jer. 28:1-17
     Gospel: Mt. 14:22-36

Tuesday, August 6, 2002
     Feast
     Transfiguration of the Lord
     White
     Mass: 298; Lect. 614
     Reading: Dan. 7:9-10, 13-14 OR 2 Pet. 1:16-19
     Gospel: Mt. 17:1-9

Wednesday, August 7, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     (Or red, St. Sixtus II, pope, and companions, martyrs;
          Mass: 299; Lect. 409 or 615)
     (Or white, St. Cajetan, priest;
          Mass: 300; Lect. 409 or 616)
     Mass: 168; Lect. 409
     Reading: Jer. 31:1-7
     Gospel: Mt. 15:21-28

Thursday, August 8, 2002
     Memorial
     St. Dominic, priest
     White
     Mass: 301; Lect. 410
     Reading: Jer. 31:31-34
     Gospel: Mt. 16:13-23

Friday, August 9, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 169; Lect. 411
     Reading: Nah. 1:15c, 2:2, 3:1-3, 6-7
     Gospel: Mt. 16:24-28

Saturday, August 10, 2002
     Feast
     St. Lawrence, deacon, martyr
     Red
     Mass: 302; Lect. 618
     Reading: 2 Cor. 9:6-10
     Gospel: Jn. 12:24-26

Sunday, August 11, 2002
     Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Green
     Mass: 174; Lect. 115
     First Reading: 1 Kgs. 19:9, 11-13
     Second Reading: Rom. 9:1-5
     Gospel: Mt. 14:22-33

Monday, August 12, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 170; Lect. 413
     Reading: Ezek. 1:2-5, 24-28c
     Gospel: Mt. 17:22-27

Tuesday, August 13, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     (Or red, St. Pontian, pope and St. Hippolytus, priest, martyrs;
          Mass: 304; Lect. 414 or 620)
     Mass: 171; Lect. 414
     Reading: Ezek. 2:8 - 3:4
     Gospel: Mt. 18:1-5, 10, 12-14

Wednesday, August 14, 2002
     Memorial
     St. Maximilian Kolbe, priest, martyr
     Red
     Mass: 304-A or 397-398; Lect. 415
     Reading: Ezek. 9:1-7, 10, 18-22
     Gospel: Mt. 18:15-20

     VIGIL MASS
     White
     Vigil of the Assumption of Mary
     Mass: 305; Lect. 621
     First Reading: 1 Chr. 15:3-4, 15-16, 16:1-2
     Second Reading: 1 Cor. 15:54-57
     Gospel: Lk. 11:27-28

Thursday, August 15, 2002  
     Solemnity
     Assumption of Mary
     White
     Mass: 306 Lect. 622
     First Reading: Rev. 11:19a, 12:1-6a, 10ab
     Second Reading: 1 Cor. 15:20-26
     Gospel: Lk. 1:39-56

Friday, August 16, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     (Or white, St. Stephen of Hungary;
          Mass: 307; Lect. 417 or 623)
     Mass: 172; Lect. 417
     Reading: Ezek. 16:1-15, 60, 63 OR Ezek. 16:59-63
     Gospel: Mt. 19:3-12

Saturday, August 17, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     (Or white or green, Our Lady's Saturday;
          Mass: 385-387; Lect. 418 or 707-712)
     Mass: 173; Lect. 418
     Reading: Ezek. 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32
     Gospel: Mt. 19:13-15

Sunday, August 18, 2002
     Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Green
     Mass: 175; Lect. 118
     First Reading: Is. 56:1, 6-7
     Second Reading: Rom. 11:13-15, 29-32
     Gospel: Mt. 15:21-28

Monday, August 19, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     (Or white, St. John Eudes, priest;
          Mass: 308; Lect. 419 or 624)
     Mass: 174; Lect. 419
     Reading: Ezek. 24:15-24
     Gospel: Mt. 19:16-22

Tuesday, August 20, 2002
     Memorial
     St. Bernard, abbot, doctor
     White
     Mass: 309; Lect. 420
     Reading: Ezek. 28:1-10
     Gospel: Mt. 19:23-30

Wednesday, August 21, 2002
     Nemorial
     St. Pius X, pope
     White
     Mass: 310; Lect. 421
     Reading: Ezek. 34:1-11
     Gospel: Mt. 20:1-16a

Thursday, August 22, 2002
     Memorial
     Queenship of Mary
     White
     Mass: 311; Lect. 422
     Reading: Ezek. 36:23-28
     Gospel: Mt. 22:1-14

Friday, August 23, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     (Or white, St. Rose of Lima, virgin;
          Mass: 312; Lect. 423 or 628)
     Mass: 175; Lect. 423
     Reading: Ezek. 37:1-14
     Gospel: Mt. 22:34-40

Saturday, August 24, 2002
     Feast
     St. Bartholomew, apostle
     Red
     Mass: 313; Lect. 629
     Reading: Rev. 21:9b-14
     Gospel: Jn. 1:45-51

Sunday, August 25, 2002
     Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Green
     Mass: 176; Lect. 121
     First Reading: Is. 22:15, 19-23
     Second Reading: Rom. 11:33-36
     Gospel: Mt. 16:13-20

Monday, August 26, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 376; Lect. 425
     Reading: 2 Thess. 1:1-5, 11b-12
     Gospel: Mt. 23:13-22

Tuesday, August 27, 2002
     Memorial
     St. Monica
     White
     Mass: 316; Lect. 426
     Reading: 2 Thess. 2:1-3a, 14-17
     Gospel: Mt. 23:23-26

Wednesday, August 28, 2002
     Memorial
     St. Augustine, bishop, doctor
     White
     Mass: 164; Lect. 427
     Reading: 2 Thess. 3:6-10, 16-18
     Gospel: Mt. 23:27-32

Thursday, August 29, 2002
     Memorial
     Beheading of St. John the Baptist, martyr;
     Red
     Mass: 318; Lect. 634
     Reading: Jer. 1:17-19
     Gospel: Mk. 6:17-29

Friday, August 30, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 177; Lect. 429
     Reading: 1 Cor. 1:17-25
     Gospel: Mt. 25:1-13

Saturday, August 31, 2002
     Ferial
     Green
     (Or white or green, Our Lady's Saturday;
          Mass: 385-387; Lect. 430 or 707-712)
     Mass: 178; Lect. 430
     Reading: 1 Cor. 1:26-31
     Gospel: Mt. 25:14-30