Prepared by the Catholic Doors Ministry

LITURGICAL CALENDAR

September, 2003
(For Canada)

Monday, September 1, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 167; Lect. 431
     Reading: 1 Thess. 4:13-18
     Gospel: Lk. 4:16-30

     Or Labour Day
     Mass: 532-533; Lect. 846-850

Tuesday, September 2, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 168; Lect. 432
     Reading: 1 Thess. 5:1-6, 9-11
     Gospel: Lk. 4:31-37

Wednesday, September 3, 2003
     Memorial
     St. Gregory the Great, pope, doctor
     White
     Mass: 319; Lect. 433
     Reading: Col. 1:1-8
     Gospel: Lk. 4:38-44

Thursday, September 4, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 169; Lect. 434
     Reading: Col. 1:9-14
     Gospel: Lk. 5:1-11

     Or Blessed Dina Bélanger, religious
     White
     Mass: 423-429; Lect. 434 or 635A)

Friday, September 5, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 170; Lect. 435
     Reading: Col. 1:15-20
     Gospel: Lk. 5:33-39

Saturday, September 6, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 171; Lect. 436
     Reading: Col. 1:21-23
     Gospel: Lk. 6:1-5

     Or Our Lady's Saturday
     White
     Mass: 385-387; Lect. 436 or 707-712

Sunday, September 7, 2003
     Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Green
     Mass: 178; Lect. 128
     First Reading: Is. 35:4-7
     Second Reading: Jas. 2:1-5
     Gospel: Mk. 7:31-37

Monday, September 8, 2003
     Feast
     Birth of Mary
     White
     Mass: 320; Lect. 636
     First Reading: Rom. 8:28-30
                Or: Mic. 5:2-5a
     Gospel: Mt. 1:1-16, 18-23

Tuesday, September 9, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 172; Lect. 438
     Reading: Col. 2:6-15
     Gospel: Lk. 6:12-19

     Or St. Peter Clever, priest
     White
     Mass: 409-411; Lect. 438 or 719-724)

Wednesday, September 10, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 173; Lect. 439
     Reading: Col. 3:1-11
     Gospel: Lk. 6:20-26

Thursday, September 11, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 174; Lect. 440
     Reading: Col. 3:12-17
     Gospel: Lk. 6:27-38

Friday, September 12, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 175; Lect. 441
     Reading: 1 Tim. 1:1-2, 12-14
     Gospel: Lk. 6:39-42

Saturday, September 13, 2003
     Memorial
     St. John Chrysostom, bishop, doctor
     White
     Mass: 321; Lect. 442
     Reading: 1 Tim. 1:15-17
     Gospel: Lk. 6:43-49

Sunday, September 14, 2003
     Feast
     Triumph of the Cross
     Red
     Mass: 322; Lect. 638
     First Reading: Numb. 21:4-9 
     Second Reading:  Phil. 2:6-11
     Gospel: Jn. 3:13-17

Monday, September 15, 2003
     Memorial
     Our Lady of Sorrows
     White
     Mass: 323; Lect. 639
     Reading: Heb. 5:7-9
     Gospel: Lk. 2:33-35
         Or: Jn. 19:25-27

Tuesday, September 16, 2003
     Memorial
     St. Cornelius, pope, and St. Cyprian, bishop, martyrs
     Red
     Mass: 324; Lect. 444
     Reading: 1 Tim. 3:1-13
     Gospel: Lk. 7:11-17

Wednesday, September 17, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 176; Lect. 445
     Reading: 1 Tim. 3:14-16
     Gospel: Lk. 7:31-35

     Or St. Robert Bellarmine, bishop, doctor
     White
     Mass: 325; Lect. 445 or 641

Thursday, September 18, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 177; Lect. 446
     Reading: 1 Tim. 4:12-16
     Gospel: Lk. 7:36-50

Friday, September 19, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 178; Lect. 447
     Reading: 1 Tim. 6:2c-12
     Gospel: Lk. 8:1-3

     Or St. Januarius, bishop, martyr
     Red
     Mass: 326; Lect. 447 or 642

Saturday, September 20, 2003
     Memorial
     St. Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, Paul Chong Hasang,
          and companions, martyrs
     Red
     Mass: 326-A or 392-396; Lect. 448
     Reading: 1 Tim. 6:13-16
     Gospel: Lk. 8:4-15

Sunday, September 21, 2003
     Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Green
     Mass: 180; Lect. 134
     First Reading: Wis. 2:12, 17-20
     Second Reading: Jas. 3:16-4:3
     Gospel: Mk. 9:30-37

Monday, September 22, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 179; Lect. 449
     Reading: Ezra 1:1-6
     Gospel: Lk. 8:16-18

Tuesday, September 23, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 180; Lect. 450
     Reading: Ezra 4:4-5; 6:1a, 6ad-8, 12b, 14-20
     Gospel: Lk. 8:19-21

Wednesday, September 24, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 181; Lect. 451
     Reading: Ezra 9:5-9
     Gospel: Lk. 9:1-6

Thursday, September 25, 2003
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 182; Lect. 452
     Reading: Hag. 1:1-8
     Gospel: Lk. 9:7-9

Friday, September 26, 2003
     Feast
     St. John de Brébeuf and St. Isaac Jogues, priests, and
          companions, martyrs, secondary patrons of Canada
     Red
     Mass: 346; Lect. 662
     Reading: Rev. 7:9-17 
          Or: 2 Cor. 4:7-15
     Gospel: Lk. 9:23-26

Saturday, September 27, 2003
     Memorial
     St. Vincent de Paul, priest
     White
     Mass: 329; Lect. 454
     Reading: Zech. 2:1-5, 10-11
     Gospel: Lk. 9:43b-45

Sunday, September 28, 2003
     Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Green
     Mass: 181; Lect. 137
     First Reading: Numb. 11:16a, 17c, 25-29
     Second Reading: Jas. 5:1-6
     Gospel: Mk. 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

Monday, September 29, 2003
     Feast
     St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, archangels
     White
     Mass: 331; Lect. 647
     First Reading: Rev. 12:1-12a
                Or: Dan. 7:9-11, 13-14
     Gospel: Jn. 1:47-51

Tuesday, September 30, 2003
     Memorial
     St. Jerome, priest, doctor
     White
     Mass: 332; Lect. 456
     Reading: Zech. 8:20-23
     Gospel: Lk. 9:51-56