DECEMBER IN THE YEAR OF MAN'S SALVATION MMIV
Date	Day	Liturgical Day	Rank	Color	F/A	Other
01	WE	Ferial Day	f	Vx
		[Mass of preceding Sunday]
02	TH	St. Bibiana, VM	sd	Rx
03	FR	St. Francis Xavier, C	dm	W	A	1st FR
04	SA	St. Peter Chrysologus, BpCD	d	W		1st SA
		St. Barbara, VM
05	SU	2nd Sunday of Advent	sd	V
		St. Sabbas, Ab
06	MO	St. Nicholas, BpC	d	W
07	TU	St. Ambrose, BpCD	d	W	F, A
		Vigil of the Immaculate Conception
08	WE	IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BVM	d1cl	W		HOLY DAY
09	TH	Within the Octave	sd	Wx
10	FR	Within the Octave	sd	Wx	A
		St. Melchiades, PM
11	SA	St. Damasus I, PC	sd	Wx
		Within the Octave
12	SU	3rd Sunday of Advent	sd	V (Rose)
		[Gaudete Sunday]
		Within the Octave
13	MO	St. Lucy, VM	d	R
		Within the Octave
14	TU	Within the Octave	sd	Wx
15	WE	Octave Day of the Immaculate Conception	dm	W	F, PA	Ember WE
16	TH	St. Eusebius, BpM	sd	Rx
17	FR	Ferial Day	f	V	F, A	Ember FR
18	SA	Ferial Day	f	V	F, PA	Ember SA
19	SU	4th Sunday of Advent	sd	V
20	MO	Vigil of St. Thomas	v	V
21	TU	ST. THOMAS, Ap	d2cl	R
22	WE	ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI, V	d2cl	W
23	TH	Ferial Day	f	V
		[Mass of preceding Sunday]
24	FR	Vigil of the Nativity	v	V	F, A
25	SA	THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD INCARNATE, MAN'S REDEEMER	d1cl	W		HOLY DAY
		Christ's Mass
		St. Anastasia, M [2nd Mass]
26	SU	ST. STEPHEN, First Martyr	d2cl	R
		Within the Octave
27	MO	ST. JOHN, ApEv	d2cl	W
		Within the Octave
28	TU	THE HOLY INNOCENTS, Mm	d2cl	V
		Within the Octave
29	WE	St. Thomas of Canterbury, BpM	d	R
		Within the Octave
30	TH	Sunday within Octave of the Nativity	sd	W
		[resumed]
		Within the Octave
31	FR	St. Sylvester I, PC	d	W	A
		Within the Octave

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