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December 2028 Liturgical Calendar

December 2028 moves from Ordinary Time (week 34) into Advent (weeks 1–4) on December 3, then 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), St. John (Dec 27), Holy Innocents, Martyrs (Dec 28) and The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Dec 31), with 3 memorials. Sundays follow Year C of the Lectionary, weekdays Cycle II; Year A and Cycle I begin on December 3.

Updated October 20, 2026

In this month

2 solemnities
5 feasts
3 memorials
5 Sundays

Colors

2 green
16 violet
9 white
3 red
1 rose

Day by day

December 2028, day by day
Date	Celebration	Rank	Color	Lectionary	Saint of the day	Mass readings (US)
1Fri	Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle II	Saint of the daySt. Edmund Campion	FirstRevelation 20:1-4, 11—21:2 PsalmPsalm 84:3, 4, 5-6a, 8a GospelLuke 21:29-33
2Sat	Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle II	Saint of the daySt. Bibiana	FirstRevelation 22:1-7 PsalmPsalm 95:1-2, 3-5, 6-7ab GospelLuke 21:34-36
3Sun	First Sunday of Advent	Sunday	Violet	Year A	Saint of the daySt. Francis Xavier	FirstIsaiah 2:1-5 PsalmPsalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 SecondRomans 13:11-14 GospelMatthew 24:37-44
4Mon	Monday of the First Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. John Damascene	FirstIsaiah 4:2-6 PsalmPsalm 122:1-2, 3-4b, 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9 GospelMatthew 8:5-11
5Tue	Tuesday of the First Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Sabas	FirstIsaiah 11:1-10 PsalmPsalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 GospelLuke 10:21-24
6Wed	Wednesday of the First Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Nicholas	FirstIsaiah 25:6-10a PsalmPsalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 GospelMatthew 15:29-37
7Thu	St. Ambrose,Bishop and Doctor of the Church	Memorial	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Ambrose	FirstIsaiah 26:1-6 PsalmPsalm 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a GospelMatthew 7:21, 24-27
8Fri	Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Solemnity	White	Year A	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
9Sat	Saturday of the First Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Juan Diego	FirstIsaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 PsalmPsalm 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 GospelMatthew 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8
10Sun	Second Sunday of Advent	Sunday	Violet	Year A	Saint of the daySt. John Roberts	FirstIsaiah 11:1-10 PsalmPsalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 SecondRomans 15:4-9 GospelMatthew 3:1-12
11Mon	Monday of the Second Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Damasus I	FirstIsaiah 35:1-10 PsalmPsalm 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14 GospelLuke 5:17-26
12Tue	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
13Wed	St. Lucy,Virgin and Martyr	Memorial	Red	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Lucy	FirstIsaiah 40:25-31 PsalmPsalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10 GospelMatthew 11:28-30
14Thu	St. John of the Cross,Priest and Doctor of the Church	Memorial	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. John of the Cross	FirstIsaiah 41:13-20 PsalmPsalm 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab GospelMatthew 11:11-15
15Fri	Friday of the Second Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa	FirstIsaiah 48:17-19 PsalmPsalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 GospelMatthew 11:16-19
16Sat	Saturday of the Second Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Adelaide	FirstSirach 48:1-4, 9-11 PsalmPsalm 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19 GospelMatthew 17:9a, 10-13
17Sun	Third Sunday of Advent 1	Sunday	Rose or violet	Year A	Saint of the daySt. John of Matha	FirstIsaiah 35:1-6a, 10 PsalmPsalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 SecondJames 5:7-10 GospelMatthew 11:2-11
18Mon	Monday 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
19Tue	Tuesday 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
20Wed	Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent	Weekday	Violet	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Dominic of Silos	FirstIsaiah 7:10-14 PsalmPsalm 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 GospelLuke 1:26-38
21Thu	Thursday of the Third 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
22Fri	Friday of the Third 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
23Sat	Saturday of the Third 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
24Sun	Fourth Sunday of Advent	Sunday	Violet	Year A	Saint of the daySts. Adam and Eve	FirstIsaiah 7:10-14 PsalmPsalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 SecondRomans 1:1-7 GospelMatthew 1:18-24
25Mon	The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)	Solemnity	White	Year A	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.
26Tue	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
27Wed	St. John,Apostle and Evangelist	Feast	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. John the Apostle	First1 John 1:1-4 PsalmPsalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 GospelJohn 20:1a and 2-8
28Thu	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
29Fri	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
30Sat	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
31Sun	The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph	Feast	White	Year A	Saint of the daySt. Sylvester I	FirstSirach 3:2-6, 12-14 PsalmPsalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 SecondColossians 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 GospelMatthew 2:13-15, 19-23

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

Where this comes from

Computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

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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