Prepared by the Catholic Doors Ministry

LITURGICAL CALENDAR

September, 2005
(For Canada)

Thursday, September 1, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 186; Lect. 434
     Reading: Col. 1:9-14
     Gospel: Lk. 5:1-11

Friday, September 2, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 187; Lect. 435
     Reading: Col. 1:15-20
     Gospel: Lk. 5:33-39

(Labour Day Weekend)

Saturday, September 3, 2005
     Memorial
     White
     St. Gregory the Great, pope, doctor
     Mass: 319; Lect. 436
     Reading: Col. 1:21-23
     Gospel: Lk. 6:1-5

Sunday, September 4, 2005
     Green
     Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Mass: 178; Lect. 127
     First Reading: Ez. 33:7-9
     Second Reading: Rom. 13:8-10
     Gospel: Mt. 18:15-20

Monday, September 5, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 18; Lect. 437
     Reading: Col. 1:24-2:3
     Gospel: Lk. 6:6-11

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

Tuesday, September 6, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 189; Lect. 438
     Reading: Col. 2:6-15
     Gospel: Lk. 6:12-19

Wednesday, September 7, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 173; Lect. 439
     Reading: Col. 3:1-11
     Gospel: Lk. 6:20-26

Thursday, September 8, 2005
     Feast
     White
     Birth of Mary
     Mass: 320; Lect. 636
     First Reading: Rom. 8:28-30
                Or: Mic. 5:2-5a
     Gospel: Mt. 1:1-16, 18-23

Friday, September 9, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 157; Lect. 441
     Reading: 1 Tim. 1:1-2, 12-14
     Gospel: Lk. 6:39-42

     Or St. Peter Clever, priest
     White
     Mass: 409-411; Lect. 441 or 719-724

Saturday, September 10, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 158; Lect. 442
     Reading: 1 Tim. 1:15-17
     Gospel: Lk. 6:43-49

     Or Our Lady's Saturday
     White or green
     Mass: 385-387; Lect. 442 or 707-712

Sunday, September 11, 2005
     Green
     Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
     First Reading: Sir. 27:30-28:7
     Second Reading: Rom. 14:7-9
     Gospel: Mt. 18:21-35

Monday, September 12, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 159; Lect. 443
     Reading: 1 Tim. 2:1-7++
     Gospel: Lk. 7:1-10

Tuesday, September 13, 2005
     Memorial
     White
     St. John Chrysostom, bishop, doctor
     Mass: 321; Lect. 444
     Reading: 1 Tim. 3:1-13
     Gospel: Lk. 7:11-17

Wednesday, September 14, 2005
     Feast
     Red
     Triumph of the Cross
     Mass: 322; Lect. 638
     First Reading: Numb. 21:4-9 
     Second Reading:  Phil. 2:6-11
     Gospel: Jn. 3:13-17

Thursday, September 15, 2005
     Memorial
     White
     Our Lady of Sorrows
     Mass: 323; Lect. 639
     Reading: Heb. 5:7-9
     Gospel: Lk. 2:33-35
         Or: Jn. 19:25-27

Friday, September 16, 2005
     Memorial
     Red
     St. Cornelius, pope, and St. Cyprian, bishop, martyrs
     Mass: 324; Lect. 447
     Reading: 1 Tim. 6:2c-12
     Gospel: Lk. 8:1-3

Saturday, September 17, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 160; Lect. 448
     Reading: 1 Tim. 6:13-16
     Gospel: Lk. 8:4-15

     Or St. Robert Bellarmine, bishop, doctor
     White
     Mass: 325; Lect. 448 or 641

     Or Our Lady's Saturday
     White or green
     Mass: 385-387; Lect. 448 or 707-712

Sunday, September 18, 2005
     Green
     Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Mass: 180; Lect. 133
     First Reading: Is. 55:6-9
     Second Reading: Phil. 1:20-24, 27
     Gospel: Mt. 20:1-16

Monday, September 19, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 161; Lect. 449
     Reading: Ezra 1:1-6
     Gospel: Lk. 8:16-18

     Or St. Januarius, bishop, martyr
     Red
     Mass: 326; Lect. 449 or 642

Tuesday, September 20, 2005
     Memorial
     Red
     St. Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions, martyrs
     Mass: 326-A or 392-396; Lect. 450
     Reading: Ezra 4:4-5; 6:1a, 6ad-8, 12b, 14-20++
     Gospel: Lk. 8:19-21

Wednesday, September 21, 2005
     Feast
     Red
     St. Matthew
     Mass: 327; Lect. 643
     Reading: Ephes. 4:1-7, 11-13
     Gospel: Mt. 9:9-13

Thursday, September 22, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 162; Lect. 452
     Reading: Hag. 1:1-8
     Gospel: Lk. 9:7-9

Friday, September 23, 2005
     Memorial
     White
     Mass: 409-411; Lect. 453
     Reading: Hag. 2:1-9
     Gospel: Lk. 9:18-22

Saturday, September 24, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 163; Lect. 454
     Reading: Zech. 2:1-5, 10-11
     Gospel: Lk. 9:43b-45

     Or Our Lady's Saturday
     White or green
     Mass: 385-387; Lect. 454 or 707-712

Sunday, September 25, 2005
     Green
     Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
     (Needs of the Church in Canada)
     Mass: 181; Lect. 136
     First Reading: Ezek. 18:25-28
     Second Reading: Phil. 2:1-11
     Gospel: Mt. 21:28-32

Monday, September 26, 2005
     Feast
     Red
     St. John de Brébeuf and St. Isaac Jogues, priests, and
          companions, martyrs, secondary patrons of Canada
     Mass: 346; Lect. 662
     First Reading: Rev. 7:9-17 
     Second Reading: 2 Cor. 4:7-15
     Gospel: Lk. 9:23-26

Tuesday, September 27, 2005
     Memorial
     White
     St. Vincent de Paul, priest
     Mass: 329; Lect. 456
     Reading: Zech. 8:20-23
     Gospel: Lk. 9:51-56

Wednesday, September 28, 2005
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 164; Lect. 457
     Reading: Neh. 2:1-8
     Gospel: Lk. 9:57-62

     Or. St. Wenceslaus, martyr
     Red
     Mass: 330; Lect. 457 or 646

     Or Saint Lawrence Ruiz and companions, martyrs
     Red
     Mass: 330-A or 392-396; Lect. 457 or 713-718

Thursday, September 29, 2005
     Feast
     White
     St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, archangels
     Mass: 331; Lect. 647
     First Reading: Rev. 7-12a
                 Or Rev. 7:9-10, 13-14
     Gospel: Jn. 1:47-51

Friday, September 31, 2005
     Memorial
     White
     St. Jerome, priest, doctor
     Mass: 332; Lect. 459
     Reading: Bar. 1:15-22
     Gospel: Lk. 10:13-16