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

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