November 2015 29 FIRST IN ADVENT; Purple; Liturgical 2016 begins; Sunday Cycle C, Daily Year 2; Omit Te Deum and Gloria on Sunday until Christmas; Creed; Use Preface of Advent until Christmas unless otherwise noted 30 St. Andrew, Apostle; Red; Proper hymns and lessons, Gloria; Preface of Apostles December 2015 1 Weekday of Advent; Purple 2 Weekday of Advent; Purple 3 Weekday of Advent; Purple 4 St. John Damascene; White; Preface of Saints 5 Weekday of Advent; Purple 6 SECOND IN ADVENT; Purple; Creed; Preface of Advent 7 St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan; White; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Apostles 8 Weekday of Advent; Purple 9 Weekday of Advent; Purple 10 Weekday of Advent; Purple 11 Weekday of Advent; Purple 12 Weekday of Advent; Purple 13 THIRD IN ADVENT; Purple; Creed; Preface of Advent 14 St. John of the Cross, Renewer of the Church; White; Preface of Saints
15 Weekday of Advent; Purple 16 Weekday of Advent; Purple 17 Weekday of Advent; Purple; Begin O Antiphons at Vespers; Vespers Antiphon: O Wisdom 18 Weekday of Advent; Purple; Vespers Antiphon: O Adonai 19 Weekday of Advent; Purple; Vespers Antiphon: O Root 20 FOURTH IN ADVENT; Purple; Creed; Preface of Advent; Vespers Antiphon: O Key 21 Weekday of Advent; Purple; Vespers Antiphon: O Dayspring 22 Weekday of Advent; Purple; Vespers Antiphon: O King 23 Weekday of Advent; Purple; Vespers Antiphon: O Emmanuel 24 Weekday of Advent; Purple; Vespers of following day 25 THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD (Christmas Day); White/Gold; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Use Preface of Christmas until Epiphany unless otherwise noted 26 St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr; Red; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Christmas; Vespers of Christmas 27 FIRST AFTER CHRISTMAS (The Holy Family); White/Gold; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Christmas 28 The Holy Innocents, Martyrs; Red; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Christmas; Vespers of Christmas 29 5th Christmas Day; White/Gold; Gloria 30 6th Christmas Day; White/Gold; Gloria 31 7th Christmas Day; White/Gold; Gloria; Vespers of following day
January 2016 1 THE NAME OF JESUS; White/Gold; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Christmas; octave of Christmas ends with Vespers 2 Weekday of Christmastide; White 3 SECOND AFTER CHRISTMAS; White/Gold; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Christmas 4 Weekday of Christmastide; White 5 Weekday of Christmastide; White; Vespers of following day 6 THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD; White/Gold; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Epiphany until Ash nesday unless otherwise indicated 7 Weekday of Christmastide; White 8 Weekday of Christmastide; White 9 Weekday of Christmastide; White 10 THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD (1st Sunday of the Year); White/Gold; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Epiphany; Christmastide ends with Vespers 11 Weekday (1st Week of the Year); Green 12 Weekday; Green 13 St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers; White; Preface of Saints 14 Weekday; Green 15 St. Maurus and St. Placid; White; Preface of Saints 16 Weekday; Green
17 SECOND OF THE YEAR (LBW 2 Epiphany); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Epiphany 18 The Confession of St. Peter; White; (RC February 22); Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Apostles; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins 19 Weekday; Green 20 Weekday; Green 21 Weekday; Green 22 Weekday; Green 23 Weekday; Green 24 THIRD OF THE YEAR (LBW 3 Epiphany); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Epiphany 25 The Conversion of St. Paul; White; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Apostles; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends 26 SS. Timothy and Titus; White; Preface of Saints 27 Weekday; Green 28 St. Thomas Aquinas; White; (LBW March 7); Preface of Saints 29 Weekday; Green 30 Weekday; Green 31 FOURTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 4 Epiphany); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Epiphany February 2016 1 Weekday; Green; Vespers of following day 2 THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD; White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Christmas
3 St. Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden; White; Preface of Epiphany 4 Weekday; Green 5 The Martyrs of Japan; Red; (RC February 6); Preface of Saints 6 Weekday; Green 7 FIFTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 5 Epiphany); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Epiphany 8 Weekday; Green 9 Weekday; Green 10 ASH WEDNESDAY; Purple; Omit Alleluia without exception until Easter; Omit Te Deum and Gloria on Sundays until Easter; use Preface of Lent until Sunday of the Passion unless noted otherwise 11 2nd Day of Lent; Purple 12 3rd Day of Lent; Purple 13 4th Day of Lent; Purple 14 FIRST IN LENT; Purple; Creed; Preface of Lent 15 5th Day of Lent; Purple 16 6th Day of Lent; Purple 17 7th Day of Lent; Purple 18 Blessed Martin Luther, Renewer of the Church; White; Preface of Saints 19 9th Day of Lent; Purple 20 10th Day of Lent; Purple
21 SECOND IN LENT; Purple; Creed; Preface of Lent 22 11th Day of Lent; Purple 23 St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr; Red; Preface of Saints 24 13th Day of Lent; Purple 25 14th Day of Lent; Purple 26 15th Day of Lent; Purple 27 16th Day of Lent; Purple 28 THIRD IN LENT; Purple; Creed; Preface of Lent 29 17th Day of Lent; Purple March 2016 1 18th Day of Lent; Purple 2 19th Day of Lent; Purple 3 20th Day of Lent; Purple 4 21st Day of Lent; Purple 5 22nd Day of Lent; Purple 6 FOURTH IN LENT; Purple; Creed; Preface of Lent 7 St. Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs; Red; Preface of Saints 8 24th Day of Lent; Purple
9 St. Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop; White; (LBW June 14); Preface of Holy Trinity 10 26th Day of Lent; Purple 11 27th Day of Lent; Purple 12 St. Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome; White; (RC September 3); Preface of Saints 13 FIFTH IN LENT; Purple; Creed; Preface of Lent 14 29th Day of Lent; Purple 15 30th Day of Lent; Purple 16 31st Day of Lent; Purple 17 St. Patrick, Bishop; White; Preface of Saints 18 33rd Day of Lent; Purple 19 St. Joseph, Guardian of Our Lord; White; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Saints; Vespers of following Day 20 DAY OF THE PASSION (Palm Sunday); Red; Procession with Palms; Creed; Preface of the Passion 21 day in Holy Week; Red; Preface of the Passion 22 sday in Holy Week; Red; Preface of the Passion 23 nesday in Holy Week; Red; Preface of the Passion 24 MAUNDY THURSDAY; White; Mass of the Lord s Supper replaces Vespers; bell rung before Mass then silent until Easter; Preface of the Passion; Paschal Triduum begins with Mass of the Lord s Supper 25 GOOD FRIDAY; Good day Liturgy in the afternoon replaces Mass; no bell 26 HOLY SATURDAY; no Mass in morning; no bell; Vespers of Holy urday VIGIL OF EASTER; White/Gold; Vigil Mass begins Easter; Bell rung at Gloria; no Creed; Preface of Easter; Omit Compline
27 THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD (Easter Day); White/Gold; Gloria each day in Easter Week; Sequence Hymn (LBW #137) before Gospel through 2nd Sunday of Easter; use Preface of Easter until Ascension unless noted otherwise; Paschal Candle lighted for all services through Pentecost; Paschal Triduum ends with Vespers 28 day in Easter Week; White/Gold; Gloria; Sequence Hymn 29 sday in Easter Week; White/Gold; Gloria; Sequence Hymn 30 nesday in Easter Week; White/Gold; Gloria; Sequence Hymn 31 rsday in Easter Week; White/Gold; Gloria; Sequence Hymn April 2016 1 day in Easter Week; White/Gold; Gloria; Sequence Hymn 2 urday in Easter Week; White/Gold; Gloria; Sequence Hymn; Vespers of following day 3 SECOND OF EASTER; White/Gold; Gloria; Sequence Hymn; Creed; Preface of Easter; Octave of Easter ends with Vespers; Vespers of the Day 4 THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD (transferred from March 25); White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Christmas 5 10th Day of Easter; White 6 11th Day of Easter; White 7 12th Day of Easter; White 8 13th Day of Easter; White 9 Blessed Dietrich Bonhoeffer, teacher; White; Preface of Saints 10 THIRD OF EASTER; White/Gold; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Easter
11 16th Day of Easter; White 12 17th Day of Easter; White 13 18th Day of Easter; White 14 19th Day of Easter; White 15 20th Day of Easter; White 16 21st Day of Easter; White 17 FOURTH OF EASTER; White/Gold; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Easter 18 23rd Day of Easter; White 19 24th Day of Easter; White 20 25th Day of Easter; White 21 St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury; White; Preface of Christmas 22 27th Day of Easter; White 23 28th Day of Easter; White 24 FIFTH OF EASTER; White/Gold; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Easter 25 St. Mark, Evangelist; Red; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Saints 26 31st Day of Easter; White 27 32nd Day of Easter; White 28 33rd Day of Easter; White 29 St. Catherine of Siena, teacher; White; Preface of Saints
30 35th Day of Easter; White May 2016 1 SIXTH OF EASTER; White/Gold; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Easter 2 St. Anthanasius, Bishop of Alexandria; White; Preface of Christmas 3 38th Day of Easter; White 4 St. ica, Mother of Augustine; White; (RC August 27); Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Saints; Vespers of following day 5 THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD; White/Gold; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of the Ascension until Pentecost unless noted otherwise 6 41st Day of Easter; White 7 42nd Day of Easter; White 8 SEVENTH OF EASTER; White/Gold; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Ascension 9 St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople; White; (LBW June 14; RC January 2); Preface of Holy Trinity 10 45th Day of Easter; White 11 SS. Odo, Maiolus, Odilo, Hugh, and Blessed Peter, Abbots of Cluny; White; Preface of Saints 12 47th Day of Easter; White 13 48th Day of Easter; White 14 St. Matthias, Apostle; Red; (LBW February 24); Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Apostles; Vespers of following day 15 THE DAY OF PENTECOST; Red; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Pentecost; Eastertide ends with Vespers today; Paschal Candle removed after Vespers
16 Weekday (7th Week of the Year; LBW 7 Epiphany); Green; Until Advent use Preface of Weekday unless otherwise noted 17 Weekday; Green 18 St. Erik, King of Sweden, Martyr; Red; Preface of Saints 19 St. Celestine; White; Preface of Saints 20 Weekday; Green 21 Weekday; Green 22 THE HOLY TRINITY; White; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Holy Trinity 23 Weekday (8th Week of the Year; LBW 8 Epiphany); Green 24 Weekday; Green 25 St Bede, the Venerable; White; (LBW June 9); Preface of Saints; Vespers of following day 26 CORPUS CHRISTI; White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed, Preface of Christmas 27 Weekday; Green 28 Weekday; Green 29 NINTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 2 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 30 Weekday; Green; Vespers of following day 31 THE VISITATION; White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Christmas June 2016 1 St. Justin, Martyr at Rome; Red; Preface of Saints
2 Weekday; Green 3 The Martyrs of Uganda (RC Charles Lwanga and Companions); Red; Preface of Saints 4 Weekday; Green 5 TENTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 3 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 6 Weekday; Green 7 Weekday; Green 8 Weekday; Green 9 St. Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon; White; Preface of Saints 10 Weekday; Green 11 St. Barnabas, Apostle; Red; Preface of Apostles 12 ELEVENTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 4 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 13 Weekday; Green 14 St. Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea; White; (RC January 2); Preface of Trinity 15 Weekday; Green 16 Weekday; Green 17 Weekday; Green 18 Weekday; Green 19 TWELFTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 5 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 20 Weekday; Green
21 Weekday; Green 22 Weekday; Green 23 Weekday; Green; Vespers of following day 24 THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST; White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Advent 25 Presentation of the Augsburg Confession; White; Propers of Reformation Day; Preface for Weekdays 26 THIRTEENTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 6 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 27 Weekday; Green 28 St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons; White; Preface of Christmas; Vespers of following day 29 ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL, APOSTLES; Red; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Apostles 30 Weekday; Green July 2016 1 Weekday; Green 2 Weekday; Green 3 FOURTEENTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 7 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 4 Independence Day; Green; Preface of Weekday 5 Weekday; Green 6 Weekday; Green 7 Weekday; Green
8 Weekday; Green 9 Weekday; Green 10 FIFTEENTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 8 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday; Vespers of following day 11 ST. BENEDICT, ABBOT; White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Saints 12 Weekday; Green 13 Weekday; Green 14 Weekday; Green 15 St. Vladimir, first Christian ruler of Russia; White; Preface of Saints 16 Weekday; Green 17 SIXTEENTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 9 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 18 Weekday; Green 19 Weekday; Green 20 Elijah, Prophet; White; Preface of Saints; Lessons: I Kings 17:1-6; Matthew 17:9-13 21 Weekday; Green 22 St. Mary Magdalene; White; Preface of Easter 23 St. Birgitta of Sweden; White; Preface of Saints 24 SEVENTEENTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 10 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 25 St. James the Elder, Apostle; Red; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Apostles 26 The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary; White; Preface of Saints
27 Weekday; Green 28 Weekday; Green 29 SS. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany; White; Preface of Saints 30 Weekday; Green 31 EIGHTEENTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 11 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday August 2016 1 Weekday; Green 2 Weekday; Green 3 Weekday; Green 4 Weekday; Green 5 Weekday; Green; Vespers of following day 6 THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD; White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Epiphany 7 NINETEENTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 12 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 8 St. Dominic; White; Preface of Saints 9 Weekday; Green 10 St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr; Red; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Saints 11 Weekday; Green 12 Weekday; Green
13 Wigbert, Abbot and Missionary; White; Preface of Saints 14 TWENTIETH OF THE YEAR (LBW 13 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday; Vespers of following day 15 MARY, MOTHER OF OUR LORD; White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Saints 16 Weekday; Green 17 Weekday; Green 18 Weekday; Green 19 Weekday; Green 20 St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux; White; Preface of Saints 21 TWENTY-FIRST OF THE YEAR (LBW 14 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 22 Weekday; Green 23 Weekday; Green 24 St. Bartholomew, Apostle; Red; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria: Preface of Apostles 25 Weekday; Green 26 Weekday; Green 27 Weekday; Green; Vespers of following day 28 ST. AUGUSTINE, BISHOP OF HIPPO; White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Saints 29 Beheading of St. John the Baptist; Red; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Saints 30 Weekday (22nd Week of the Year; LBW 15 Pentecost; Green 31 Weekday; Green
September 2016 1 Weekday; Green 2 Weekday; Green 3 Weekday; Green 4 TWENTY-THIRD OF THE YEAR (LBW 16 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 5 Weekday; Green 6 Weekday; Green 7 Weekday; Green 8 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; White; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Christmas 9 Weekday; Green 10 Weekday; Green 11 TWENTY-FOURTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 17 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 12 Weekday; Green 13 St. John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople; White; Preface of Epiphany; Vespers of following day 14 HOLY CROSS DAY; Red; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of the Passion 15 Weekday; Green 16 Weekday; Green 17 Weekday; Green 18 TWENTY-FIFTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 18 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday
19 Weekday; Green 20 Weekday; Green 21 St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist; Red; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Apostles 22 Weekday; Green 23 Weekday; Green 24 Weekday; Green 25 TWENTY-SIXTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 19 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 26 Weekday; Green 27 St. Vincent DePaul; White; Preface of Saints 28 Weekday; Green 29 St. Michael and All Angels; White; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Trinity 30 St. Jerome, translator and teacher; White; Preface of Epiphany October 2016 1 Weekday; Green 2 TWENTY-SEVENTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 20 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 3 Weekday; Green 4 St. Francis of Assisi, Renewer of the Church; White; Preface of Saints 5 Weekday; Green
6 Weekday; Green 7 Weekday; Green 8 Weekday; Green 9 TWENTY-EIGHTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 21 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 10 Weekday; Green 11 Weekday; Green 12 Weekday; Green; Vespers of the following day 13 DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH (2008); White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Dedication (Fr. Arthur C. Kreinheder, d. 1989) 14 Weekday; Green 15 St. Teresa of Avila, Renewer of the Church (LBW December 14); White; Preface of Saints 16 TWENTY-NINTH OF THE YEAR (LBW 22 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 17 St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr; Red; Preface of Saints 18 St. Luke, Evangelist; Red; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Saints 19 Weekday; Green 20 Weekday; Green 21 Weekday; Green 22 Weekday; Green 23 THIRTIETH OF THE YEAR (LBW 23 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday
24 Weekday; Green 25 Weekday; Green 26 Weekday; Green 27 St. Frumentius, Bishop; White; Preface of Saints. 28 St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles; Red; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Apostles 29 Weekday; Green 30 THIRTY-FIRST OF THE YEAR (LBW 24 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 31 Reformation Day; Red; Preface of Weekday; Vespers of following day November 2016 1 ALL SAINTS DAY; White; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Saints 2 Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls); Purple/Black; Proper Psalms, hymns, and lessons; Preface for Burial of the Dead (LBW Ministers Edition, pg. 190) 3 Martin de Porres; White; Preface of Saints 4 Weekday; Green 5 Weekday; Green 6 THIRTY-SECOND OF THE YEAR (LBW 25 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 7 Weekday; Green 8 Weekday; Green 9 Weekday; Green
10 St. Leo the Great; White; Preface of Saints 11 St. Martin of Tours, Bishop; White; Proper hymns and lessons; Gloria; Preface of Saints 12 Weekday; Green 13 THIRTY-THIRD OF THE YEAR (LBW 26 Pentecost); Green; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 14 Weekday; Green 15 Weekday; Green 16 Weekday; Green 17 St. Elizabeth of ringia, Princess of Hungary; White; Preface of Saints 18 Weekday; Green 19 Weekday; Green 20 CHRIST THE KING (34th Sunday of the Year); White; Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sunday 21 Weekday; Green (use collect for LBW 27 Pentecost) 22 Weekday; Green 23 St. Clement, Bishop of Rome; White; Preface of Saints 24 Thanksgiving Day; White; Te Deum; Gloria; Preface of Holy Trinity 25 Weekday; Green 26 St. Silvester Gozzolini; White; Preface of Saints 27 FIRST IN ADVENT; Purple; Liturgical 2017 begins; Sunday Cycle A, Daily Year 1; Omit Te Deum and Gloria on Sunday until Christmas; Creed; Use Preface of Advent until Christmas unless otherwise noted
28 Weekday of Advent; Purple 29 Weekday of Advent; Purple 30 St. Andrew, Apostle; Red; Proper hymns and lessons, Gloria; Preface of Apostles