Prepared by the Catholic Doors Ministry

LITURGICAL CALENDAR

September, 2008
(For Canada)

Monday, September 1, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 186; Lect. 431
     Reading: 1 Cor. 2:1-5
     Gospel: Lk. 4:16-30

     Or Labour Day

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 187; Lect. 432
     Reading: 1 Cor. 2:10b-16
     Gospel: Lk. 4:31-37

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Gregory the Great, pope, doctor
     White
     Mass: 319; Lect. 433
     Reading: 1 Cor. 3:1-9
     Gospel: Lk. 4:38-44

Thursday, September 4, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 188; Lect. 434
     Reading: 1 Cor. 3:18-23
     Gospel: Lk. 5:1-11

     Blessed Dina Bélanger, religious
     White, Memorial
     Mass: 429-430; Lect. 430 or 637-742

Friday, September 5, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 189; Lect. 435
     Reading: 1 Cor. 4:1-5
     Gospel: Lk. 5:33-39

Saturday, September 6, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 156; Lect. 436
     Reading: 1 Cor. 4:6-15
     Gospel: Lk. 6:1-5

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

Sunday, September 7, 2008
     Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Green
     Mass: 178; Lect. 127
     First Reading: Ezek. 33:7-9
     Second Reading: Rom. 13:8-10
     Gospel: Mt. 18:15-20

Monday, September 8, 2008
     Feast
     White
     Birth of Mary
     Mass: 320; Lect. 636
     Reading: Rom. 8:28-30 or Mic. 5:2-5a
     Gospel: Mt. 1:1-16, 18-23

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 157; Lect. 438
     Reading: 1 Cor. 6:1-11
     Gospel: Lk. 6:12-19

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

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 158; Lect. 439
     Reading: 1 Cor. 7:1, 17, 25-31
     Gospel: Lk. 6:20-26

Thursday, September 11, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 159; Lect. 440
     Reading: 1 Cor. 8:1b-7, 11-13
     Gospel: Lk. 6:27-38

Friday, September 12, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 160; Lect. 441
     Reading: 1 Cor. 9:16-19, 22b-27
     Gospel: Lk. 6:39-42

     Or Holy Name of Mary
     White
     Mass: 385-391; Lect. 441 or 707-712

Saturday, September 13, 2008
     Memorial
     White
     Saint Chrysostom, bishop, doctor
     Mass: 321; Lect. 442
     Reading: 1 Cor. 10:14-22a
     Gospel: Lk. 6:43-49

Sunday, September 14, 2008
     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, 2008
     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

Tuesday, September 16, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Cornelius, pope, and St. Cyprian, bishop, martyrs
     Red
     Mass: 324; Lect. 324
     Reading: 1 Cor. 12:12-14, 27-31a
     Gospel: Lk. 7:11-17

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 161; Lect. 445
     Reading: 1 Cor. 12:31-13:13
     Gospel: Lk. 7:31-35

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

Thursday, September 18, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 162; Lect. 446
     Reading: 1 Cor. 15:1-11
     Gospel: Lk. 7:36-50

Friday, September 19, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 163; Lect. 447
     Reading: 1 Cor. 15:12-20
     Gospel: Lk. 8:1-3

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

Saturday, September 20, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions, martyrs
     Red
     Mass: 326-A or 392-396; Lect. 448
     Reading: 1 Cor. 15:35-37, 42-50
     Gospel: Lk. 8:4-15

Sunday, September 21, 2008
     Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Green
     Mass: 180; Lect. 133
     First Reading: Is. 55:6-9
     Second Reading: Phil. 1:20-24, 27
     Gospel: Mt. 20:1-16

Monday, September 22, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 164; Lect. 449
     Reading: Prov. 3:27-34
     Gospel: Lk. 8:16-18

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
     Memorial
     White
     Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
     Mass: 409-411; Lect. 450
     Reading: Prov. 21:1-6, 10-13
     Gospel: Lk. 8:19-21

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 165; Lect. 451
     Reading: Prov. 30:5-9
     Gospel: Lk. 9:1-6

Thursday, September 25, 2008
     Ferial
     Green
     Mass: 166; lect. 452
     Lect. Ecc. 1:2-11
     Gospel: Lk. 9:7-9

Friday, September 26, 2008
     Feast
     St. John de Brébeuf and St. Isaac Jogues, priests, and
          companions, martyrs, secondary patrons of Canada
     Red
     Mass: 346; Lect. 462
     First Reading: Rev. 7:9-17
     second Reading: 2 Cor. 4:7-15
     Gospel: Lk. 9:23:26

Saturday, September 27, 2008
     (World Tourism Day)
     Memorial
     St. Vincent de Paul, priest
     White
     Mass: 329; Lect. 454
     Reading: Ecc. 11:9-12:8
     Gospel: Lk. 9:43b-45

Sunday, September 28, 2008
     Needs of the Church in Canada
     Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Green
     Mass: 181; Lect. 136
     First Reading: Ezek. 18:25-28
     Second Reading: Phil. 2:1-11
     Gospel: Mt. 21:28-32

Monday, September 29, 2008
     Feast
     White
     St. Micheal, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael
     Mass: 331; Lect. 647
     Reading: Rev. 12:7-12a or Dan. 7:9-10, 13-14
     Gospel: Jn. 1:47-51

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
     Memorial
     St. Jerome, priest
     White
     Mass: 332; Lect. 456
     Reading: Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23
     Gospel: Lk. 9:51-56