Liturgical Year (Table of Litutgical Days)

TABLE OF LITURGICAL DAYS

From the General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the New General Roman Calendar, nos. 59-61

The order of precedence for liturgical days is governed solely by the following table.

Part I

1. Easter triduum of the Lord’s passion and resurrection

2. Christmas, Epiphany, Ascension, and Pentecost, Sundays of Advent, Lent, and the season of Easter

Ash Wednesday

Weekdays of Holy Week, Monday to Thursday inclusive

Days within the octave of Easter

3. Solemnities of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and saints listed in the general calendar, All Souls’ Day

4. Proper Solemnities, namely:

a) Solemnity of the principal patron of the place, city or state

b) Solemnity of the dedication and anniversary of the dedication of a particular Church

c) Solemnity of the titular saint of a particular Church

d) Solemnity of the titular saint, founder, or principal patron of an order or congregation

Part II

5. Feasts of the Lord in the general calendar

6. Sundays of the Christmas season and Sundays in ordinary time

7. Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the saints in the general calendar

8. Proper feasts, namely:

a) Feast of the principal patron of the diocese

b) Feast of the Anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral

c) Feast of the principal patron of the territory, province, country, or more extensive territory

d) Feast of the titular saint, founder, or principal patron of an order, congregation, or religious province, observing the directives in no. 4

e) Other feasts proper to an individual church

f) Other feasts listed in the calendar of the diocese, order, or congregation

9. Weekdays of Advent from December 17 to December 24 inclusive

Days within the octave of Christmas

Weekdays of Lent

Part III

10. Obligatory memorials in the general calendar

11. Proper obligatory memorials, namely:

a) Memorial of a secondary patron of the place, diocese, region or province, country, or more extensive territory; or of an order, congregation, or religious province

b) Obligatory memorials proper to an individual church

c) Obligatory memorials listed in the calendar of a diocese, order, or congregation

12. Optional memorials, as described in the instructions indicated for the Mass and office, may be observed even on the days in no.9

In the same manner obligatory memorials may be celebrated as optional memorials if they happen to fall on the Lenten weekdays

13. Weekdays of Advent up to December 16 inclusive

Weekdays of the Christmas season from January 2 until the Saturday after Epiphany

Weekdays of the Easter season from Monday after the octave of Easter until the Saturday before Pentecost inclusive

Weekdays in ordinary time

Celebrations on the Same Day

If several celebrations fall on the same day, the one that holds higher rank according to the above table is observed. A solemnity, however, which is impeded by a liturgical day that takes precedence over it should be transferred to the closest day which is not a day listed in nos. 1-8 in the table of precedence, the rule of no. 5 remaining in effect.

If on the same day vespers of the current office and first vespers of the following day are to be celebrated, the vespers of the day holding the higher rank in the table of liturgical days takes precedence; if both days are of the same rank, vespers of the current day takes precedence.