Liturgical Calendar

August 1997

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All feast days shown are according to the 1962 calendar.
Votive Masses listed are those said at Mater Dei and may be different for different places.

Date

Class

Feast Day

Epistle

Gospel

July 27 Sunday II TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 1 Cor. 12:2-11 Luke 18:9-14
July 28 Monday III Sts. Nazarius, Celsus (M), Victor I, Pope (M); Innocent I, Pope (C) Wis. 10:17-20 Luke 21:9-19
July 29 Tuesday III St. Martha (V)
Comm. Sts. Felix II, Simplicius, Faustinus, Beatrice (M)
2 Cor. 10:17-18;11:1,2 Luke 10:38-42
July 30 Wednesday IV Feria Day, Comm. Sts. Abdon and Sennen (M) 2 Cor. 6:4-10 Matt. 5:1-12
July 31 Thursday III St. Ignatius of Loyola (C) 2 Tim. 2:8-10;3:10-12 Luke 10:1-9
Aug. 1 Friday IV Feria Day, Votive: Sacred Heart of Jesus
Comm. The Holy Machabees (M)
Eph. 3:8-12,14-19 John 19:31-37
Aug. 2 Saturday III St. Alphonsus Mary de Liguori, Doctor of the Church (B.C)
Comm. St. Stephen I, Pope (M)
2 Tim. 2:1-7 Luke 10:1-9
Aug. 3 Sunday II ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 1 Cor. 15:1-10 Mark 7:31-37
Aug. 4 Monday III St. Dominic (C) 2 Tim. 4:1-8 Luke 12:35-40
Aug. 5 Tuesday III Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of the Snows (Mary Major) Ecclus. 24:14-16 Luke 11:27-28
Aug. 6 Wednesday II The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Comm. Sts. Sixtus II, Pope; Felicissimus and Agapitus (M)
2 Pet. 1:16-19 Matt. 17:1-9
Aug. 7 Thursday III St. Cajetan (C)
Comm. St. Donatus (B,M)
Ecclus. 31:8-11 Matt. 6:24-33
Aug. 8 Friday III St. John Mary Vianney
Comm. Sts. Cyriacus, Largus, Smaragdus (M)
Ecclus. 31:8-11 Luke 12:35-40
Aug. 9 Saturday IV Feria Day*, Saturday Mass of Our Lady
Comm. St. Romanus (M)
Ecclus. 24:14-16 Luke 11:27-28
Aug. 10 Sunday II TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
No Comm. St. Lawrence (M)
2 Cor. 3:4-9 Luke 10:23-37
Aug. 11 Monday IV Feria Day
Comm. Sts. Tiburtius and Susanna (V,M)
2 Cor. 3:4-9 Luke 10:23-37
Aug. 12 Tuesday III St. Clare (V) 2 Cor 10:17-18; 11:1,2 Matt. 25:1-13
Aug. 13 Wednesday IV Feria Day
Comm. Sts. Hippolytus and Cassian (M)
2 Cor. 3:4-9 Luke 10:23-37
Aug. 14 Thursday II The Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Comm. St. Eusebius (C)
Ecclus. 24:23-31 Luke 11:27-28
Aug. 15 Friday I The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Holy Day of Obligation)
Judith 13:22-25; 15:10 Luke 1:41-50
Aug. 16 Saturday II St Joachim (C), Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ecclus. 31:8-11 Matt. 1:1-16
Aug. 17 Sunday II THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Gal. 3:16-22 Luke 17:11-19
Aug. 18 Monday IV Feria Day
Comm. St. Agapitus (M)
Gal. 3:16-22 Luke 17:11-19
Aug. 19 Tuesday III St. John Eudes (C) Ecclus. 31:8-11 Luke 12:35-40
Aug. 20 Wednesday III St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church (A) Ecclus. 39:6-14 Matt. 5:13-19
Aug. 21 Thursday III St. Jane Frances de Chantal (W) Prov. 31:10-31 Matt. 13:44-52
Aug. 22 Friday II The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Comm. Sts. Tomothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian (M)
Ecclus. 24:23-31 John 19:25-27
Aug. 23 Saturday III St. Philip Benizi (C) 1 Cor. 4:9-14 Luke 12:32-34
Aug. 24 Sunday II FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
No Comm. St. Bartholomew, Apostle
Gal. 5:16-24 Matt. 6:24-33
Aug. 25 Monday III St. Louis, King (C) Wis. 10:10-14 Luke 19:12-26
Aug. 26 Tuesday IV Feria Day, Comm. St. Zephyrinus, Pope (M) 1 Pet. 5:1-4,10-11 Matt. 16:13-19
Aug. 27 Wednesday III St. Joseph Calasanctius (C) Wis. 10:10-14 Matt. 18:1-5
Aug. 28 Thursday III St. Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church (B,C)
Comm. St. Hermes (M)
2 Tim. 4:1-8 Matt. 5:13-19
Aug. 29 Friday III The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Comm. St. Sabina (M)
Jer. 1:17-19 Mark 6:17-29
Aug. 30 Saturday III St. Rose of Lima (V)
Comm. Sts. Felix and Adauctus (M)
2 Cor. 10:17-18; 11:1,2 Matt. 25:1-13
Aug. 31 Sunday II FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Gal. 5:25-26;6:1-10 Luke 7:11-16

A=Abbot | B=Bishop | C=Confessor | D=Deacon | M=Martyr | V=Virgin | W=Widow

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* Because the feast of St. Lawrence falls on a Sunday and is thus only commemorated the vigil is omitted.