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December 2026 Liturgical Calendar

December 2026 moves from Advent (weeks 1–4) into Christmas Time on December 25. Solemnities and feasts: The Immaculate Conception (Dec 8), Our Lady of Guadalupe (Dec 12), Christmas (Dec 25), St. Stephen (Dec 26), The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Dec 27) and Holy Innocents, Martyrs (Dec 28), with 3 memorials. Sundays follow Year B of the Lectionary, weekdays Cycle I.

Updated October 20, 2026

In this month

2 solemnities
4 feasts
3 memorials
4 Sundays

Colors

18 violet
10 white
2 red
1 rose

Day by day

December 2026, day by day
Date	Celebration	Rank	Color	Lectionary	Saint of the day	Mass readings (US)
1Tue	Tuesday of the First Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Edmund Campion	FirstIsaiah 11:1-10 PsalmPsalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 GospelLuke 10:21-24
2Wed	Wednesday of the First Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Bibiana	FirstIsaiah 25:6-10a PsalmPsalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 GospelMatthew 15:29-37
3Thu	St. Francis Xavier,Priest	Memorial	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Francis Xavier	FirstIsaiah 26:1-6 PsalmPsalm 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a GospelMatthew 7:21, 24-27
4Fri	Friday of the First Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. John Damascene	FirstIsaiah 29:17-24 PsalmPsalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 GospelMatthew 9:27-31
5Sat	Saturday of the First Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Sabas	FirstIsaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 PsalmPsalm 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 GospelMatthew 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8
6Sun	Second Sunday of Advent	Sunday	Violet	Year B	Saint of the daySt. Nicholas	FirstIsaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 PsalmPsalm 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14 Second2 Peter 3:8-14 GospelMark 1:1-8
7Mon	St. Ambrose,Bishop and Doctor of the Church	Memorial	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Ambrose	FirstIsaiah 35:1-10 PsalmPsalm 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14 GospelLuke 5:17-26
8Tue	Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Solemnity	White	Year B	Saint of the dayBlessed Virgin Mary	FirstGenesis 3:9-15, 20 PsalmPsalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 SecondEphesians 1:3-6, 11-12 GospelLuke 1:26-38
9Wed	Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Juan Diego	FirstIsaiah 40:25-31 PsalmPsalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10 GospelMatthew 11:28-30
10Thu	Thursday of the Second Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. John Roberts	FirstIsaiah 41:13-20 PsalmPsalm 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab GospelMatthew 11:11-15
11Fri	Friday of the Second Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Damasus I	FirstIsaiah 48:17-19 PsalmPsalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 GospelMatthew 11:16-19
12Sat	Our Lady of Guadalupe	Feast	White	Cycle I	Saint of the dayBlessed Virgin Mary	FirstZechariah 2:14-17 PsalmJudith 13:18bcde, 19 GospelLuke 1:26-38
13Sun	Third Sunday of Advent 1	Sunday	Rose or violet	Year B	Saint of the daySt. Lucy	FirstIsaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11 PsalmLuke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54 Second1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 GospelJohn 1:6-8, 19-28
14Mon	St. John of the Cross,Priest and Doctor of the Church	Memorial	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. John of the Cross	FirstNumbers 24:2-7, 15-17a PsalmPsalm 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9 GospelMatthew 21:23-27
15Tue	Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa	FirstZephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 PsalmPsalm 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-18, 19 and 23 GospelMatthew 21:28-32
16Wed	Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Adelaide	FirstIsaiah 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25 PsalmPsalm 85:9ab, 10, 11-12, 13-14 GospelLuke 7:18b-23
17Thu	Thursday of the Third Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. John of Matha	FirstGenesis 49:2, 8-10 PsalmPsalm 72:1-2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 17 GospelMatthew 1:1-17
18Fri	Friday of the Third Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Flannan	FirstJeremiah 23:5-8 PsalmPsalm 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19 GospelMatthew 1:18-25
19Sat	Saturday of the Third Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Anastasius I	FirstJudges 13:2-7, 24-25a PsalmPsalm 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17 GospelLuke 1:5-25
20Sun	Fourth Sunday of Advent	Sunday	Violet	Year B	Saint of the daySt. Dominic of Silos	First2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 PsalmPsalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29 SecondRomans 16:25-27 GospelLuke 1:26-38
21Mon	Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Peter Canisius	FirstSong of Songs 2:8-14 PsalmPsalm 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21 GospelLuke 1:39-45
22Tue	Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySts. Chaeremon and Ischyrion	First1 Samuel 1:24-28 Psalm1 Samuel 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd GospelLuke 1:46-56
23Wed	Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. John of Kanty	FirstMalachi 3:1-4, 23-24 PsalmPsalm 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14 GospelLuke 1:57-66
24Thu	Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySts. Adam and Eve	First2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 PsalmPsalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29 GospelLuke 1:67-79
25Fri	The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)	Solemnity	White	Year B	Saint of the daySt. Anastasia	FirstIsaiah 52:7-10 PsalmPsalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 SecondHebrews 1:1-6 GospelJohn 1:1-18 Mass during the Day. Also: Vigil Mass; Mass during the Night; Mass at Dawn.
26Sat	St. Stephen,First Martyr	Feast	Red	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Stephen	FirstActs 6:8-10; 7:54-59 PsalmPsalm 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17 GospelMatthew 10:17-22
27Sun	The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph	Feast	White	Year B	Saint of the daySt. John the Apostle	FirstSirach 3:2-6, 12-14 PsalmPsalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 SecondColossians 3:12-21 GospelLuke 2:22-40
28Mon	Holy Innocents, Martyrs	Feast	Red	Cycle I	Saint of the dayThe Holy Innocents	First1 John 1:5—2:2 PsalmPsalm 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8 GospelMatthew 2:13-18
29Tue	The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Thomas Becket	First1 John 2:3-11 PsalmPsalm 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6 GospelLuke 2:22-35
30Wed	The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Egwin	First1 John 2:12-17 PsalmPsalm 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10 GospelLuke 2:36-40
31Thu	The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Sylvester I	First1 John 2:18-21 PsalmPsalm 96:1-2, 11-12, 13 GospelJohn 1:1-18

1Gaudete Sunday: rose vestments may be worn; violet is also correct.

Where this comes from

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar.

Psalm citations keep the Hebrew numbering the US Lectionary prints; the chapter links open the CPDV, which numbers the Psalms as the Vulgate does (Psalm 85 there is Psalm 84). The calendar is the US one; seasons, colors and ranks are as Bless ships them, with known data errors corrected.

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