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| Beginning of a new calendar year. Weekday Lectionary Cycle for Ordinary Time is 2. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Use (U.S.) Weekday Lectionary Vol III. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| white | The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD Holy Day of Obligation except when Jan 1 occurs on a Monday or Saturday or in Hawai`i or in the ecclesiastical province of Los Angeles (central and southern California). | Solemnity | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, Creed, Preface of the Solemnity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [18] Num 6: 22-27; Ps 67: 2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4: 4-7; Lk 2: 16-21. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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