Prepared by the Catholic Doors Ministry

LITURGICAL CALENDAR

August, 2008
(For Canada)

Friday, August 1, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Alphonsus Liguori, bishop, doctor
     White
     Mass: 294; Lect. 405
     Reading: Jer. 26:1-9
     Gospel: Mt. 13:54-58

Saturday, August 2, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 166; Lect. 406
     Reading: Jer. 26:11-16, 24
     Gospel: Mt. 14:1-12

     Or St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop
     White
     Mass: 295; Lect. 406 or 611

     Or Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest
     White
     Mass: 409-411; Lect. 406 or 719-724

     Or Our Lady's Saturday
     White or Green
     Mass: 385-387; Lect. 406 or 707-712)

Sunday, August 3, 2008
     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 4, 2008
     Memorial
     White
     Saint John Vianney, priest
     Mass: 296; Lect. 407
     Reading: Jer. 28:1-17
     Gospel: Mt. 14:22-36

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 174; Lect. 408
     Reading: Jer. 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22
     Gospel: Mt. 15:1-2, 10-14

     Or Dedication of St. Mary Major
     White
     Mass: 297; Lect. 408 or 613

     Or Blessed Frédéric Janssoone, priest
     White
     Mass: 297-A or 409-411: Lect. 408 or 613A

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
     Feast
     White
     Transfiguration of the Lord
     Mass: 298; Lect. 614
     Reading: Dan. 7:9-10, 13-14 OR 2 Pet. 1:16-19
     Gospel: Mt. 17:1-9

Thursday, August 7, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 175; Lect. 410
     Reading: Jer. 31:31-34
     Gospel: Mt. 16:13-23

     Or St. Sixtus II, pope, and companions, martyrs
     Red
     Mass: 299; Lect. 410 or 615

     Or St. Cajetan, priest
     White
     Mass: 300; Lect. 410 or 616

Friday, August 8, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Dominic, priest
     White
     Mass: 301; Lect. 411
     Reading: Nah. 1:15c, 2:2, 3:1-3, 6-7
     Gospel: Mt. 16:24-28

Saturday, August 9, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 176; Lect. 412
     Reading: Hab. 1:12-2:4
     Gospel: Mt. 17:14-20

     Or Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr
     Red
     Mass: 397-398 or 403; Lect. 412 or 713-718

     Or Our Lady's Saturday
     White or Green
     Mass: 385-387; Lect. 412 or 707-712)

Sunday, August 10, 2008
     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 11, 2008
     Memorial
     White
     St. Clare, virgin
     Mass: 303; Lect. 413
     Reading: Ezek. 1:2-5, 24-28c
     Gospel: Mt. 17:22-27

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 177; Lect. 414
     Reading: Ezek. 2:8 - 3:4
     Gospel: Mt. 18:1-5, 10, 12-14

     Or Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, religious
     White
     Mass: 375; Lect. 414

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 178; Lect. 415
     Reading: Ezek. 9:1-7, 10, 18-22
     Gospel: Mt. 18:15-20

     Or St. Pontian, pope and St. Hippolytus, priest, martyrs
     Red
     Mass: 304; Lect. 415 or 620

Thursday, August 14, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Maximilian Kolbe, priest, martyr
     Red
     Mass: 304-A or 397-398; Lect. 416
     Reading: Ezek. 12:1-16
     Gospel: 18:21-25 - 19:1

     Vigil
     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

Friday, August 15, 2008
     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

Saturday, August 16, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 179; Lect. 418
     Reading: Ezek. 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32
     Gospel: Mt. 19:13-15

     Or Saint Stephen of Hungary
     White
     Mass: 307; Lect. 418 or 623

     Or Our Lady's Saturday
     White or Green
     Mass: 385-387; Lect. 418 or 707-712)

Sunday, August 17, 2008
     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 18, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 180; Lect. 419
     Reading: Ezek. 24:15-24
     Gospel: Mt. 19:16-22

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 181; Lect. 420
     Reading: Ezek. 28:1-10
     Gospel: Mt. 19:23-30

     Or St. John Eudes, priest
     White
     Mass: 308; Lect. 420 or 624

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Bernard, abbot, doctor
     White
     Mass: 309; Lect. 421
     Reading: Ezek. 34:1-11
     Gospel: Mt. 20:1-16a

Thursday, August 21, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Pius X, pope
     White
     Mass: 310; Lect. 422
     Reading: Ezek. 36:23-28
     Gospel: Mt. 22:1-14

Friday, August 22, 2008
     Memorial
     Queenship of Mary
     White
     Mass: 311; Lect. 423
     Reading: Ezek. 37:1-14
     Gospel: Mt. 22:34-40

Saturday, August 23, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 182; Lect. 424
     Reading: Ezek. 43:1-7a
     Gospel: Mt. 23:1-12

     Or Saint Rose of Lima, virgin
     White
     Mass: 312; Lect. 424 or 707-712

Sunday, August 24, 2008
     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 25, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 183; Lect. 425
     Reading: 2 Thess. 1:1-5, 11b-12
     Gospel: Mt. 23:13-22

     Or Saint Louis,
     White
     Mass: 314; Lect. 425 or 630

     Saint Joseph Calasanz, priest
     White
     Mass: 315; Lect. 425 or 631

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 184; Lect. 392
     Reading: 2 Thess. 2:1-3a, 14-17
     Gospel: Mt. 23:23-26

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Monica
     White
     Mass: 164; Lect. 316
     Reading: 2 Thess. 3:6-10, 16-18
     Gospel: Mt. 23:27-32

Thursday, August 28, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Augustine, bishop, doctor
     White
     Mass: 317; Lect. 428
     Reading: 1 Cor. 1:1-9
     Gospel: Mt. 24:42-51

Friday, August 29, 2008
     Memorial
     Beheading of St. John the Baptist, martyr;
     Red
     Mass: 3187; Lect. 634
     Reading: Jer. 1:17-19
     Gospel: Mk. 6:17-29

Saturday, August 30, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 178; Lect. 430
     Reading: 1 Cor. 1:26-31
     Gospel: Mt. 25:14-30

     Or Our Lady's Saturday
     White or Green
     Mass: 385-387; Lect. 430 or 707-712

Sunday, August 31, 2008
     Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Green
     Mass: 177; Lect. 124
     First Reading: Jer. 20:7-9
     Second Reading: Rom. 12:1-2
     Gospel: Mt. 16:21-27