LITURGICAL CALENDAR
FOR THE DIOCESES OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2025

1 Mon Advent Weekday violet
Is 4:2-6 (second choice)/Mt 8:5-11 (175)
2 Tue Advent Weekday violet
Is 11:1-10/Lk 10:21-24 (176)
3 Wed Saint Francis Xavier, Priest, white
Memorial
Is 25:6-10a/Mt 15:29-37 (177)
4 Thu Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church]
Is 26:1-6/Mt 7:21, 24-27 (178)
5 Fri Advent Weekday violet
Is 29:17-24/Mt 9:27-31 (179)
6 Sat Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Nicholas, Bishop]
Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Mt 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8 (180)
7 SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Is 11:1-10/Rom 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12 (4) Pss II
8 Mon THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE white
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(Patronal Feastday of the United States of America)
Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]
Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 (689) Pss Prop
9 Tue Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin]
Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14 (182)
10 Wed Advent Weekday violet/white
[Our Lady of Loreto]
Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30 (183)
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11 Thu Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Damasus I, Pope]
Is 41:13-20/Mt 11:11-15 (184)
12 Fri USA: Our Lady of Guadalupe white
Feast
Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 (690A),
or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary (707-712) Pss Prop
13 Sat Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr red
Memorial
Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 (186)
14 SUN THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet or rose
Is 35:1-6a, 10/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11 (7) Pss III
15 Mon Advent Weekday violet
Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a/Mt 21:23-27 (187)
16 Tue Advent Weekday violet
Zep 3:1-2, 9-13/Mt 21:28-32 (188)
17 Wed Advent Weekday violet
Gn 49:2, 8-10/Mt 1:1-17 (193)
18 Thu Advent Weekday violet
Jer 23:5-8/Mt 1:18-25 (194)
19 Fri Advent Weekday violet
Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Lk 1:5-25 (195)
20 Sat Advent Weekday violet
Is 7:10-14/Lk 1:26-38 (196)
21 SUN FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet
Is 7:10-14/Rom 1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24 (10) Pss IV
22 Mon Advent Weekday violet
1 Sm 1:24-28/Lk 1:46-56 (198)
23 Tue Advent Weekday violet
[Saint John of Kanty, Priest]
Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Lk 1:57-66 (199)
24 Wed Advent Weekday violet
Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Lk 1:67-79 (200)
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25 Thu THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas) white
Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]
Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 (13)
Night: Is 9:1-6/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 (14)
Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20 (15)
Day: Is 52:7-10/Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 (16) Pss Prop
26 Fri Saint Stephen, the First Martyr red
Feast
Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22 (696) Pss Prop
27 Sat Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist white
Feast
1 Jn 1:1-4/Jn 20:1a, 2-8 (697) Pss Prop
28 SUN THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH white
Feast
Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 (17) Pss Prop
29 Mon Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
[Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr]
1 Jn 2:3-11/Lk 2:22-35 (202) Pss Prop
30 Tue Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
1 Jn 2:12-17/Lk 2:36-40 (203) Pss Prop
31 Wed Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
[Saint Sylvester I, Pope]
1 Jn 2:18-21/Jn 1:1-18 (204) Pss Prop