Tridentine Latin Rite Missal Project

The Ordinary of Holy Mass

Liturgical Calendar

Table of Liturgical Days

 

Proper of Seasons

Proper of Saints

Ritual Masses

Advent Lent January July Nuptial Service
Christmastide Passiontide February August Masses for the Dead
After Epiphany Eastertide March September Votive Masses
Septuagesima After Pentecost April October  
    May November  
    June December  
         
    Common of the Blessed Virgin Common of the Saints  


There are many faithful Catholics who feel "attached to some previous liturgical and disciplinary forms" of the liturgy of the Holy Mass. Pope John Paul II facilitated these "rightful aspirations" in the motu proprio Ecclesia Dei Adflicta, which in effect allowed the sacrifice of the Holy Mass to be offered according the the disciplines and rubrics in effect in 1962, with permission of the local ordinary. More recently, Pope Benedict XVI expanded the use of this form of the Mass to any priest of the Latin Rite through the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum. Many Catholics (including ourselves) have availed themselves of these opportunities, but the availability of Missals for these masses is limited, though the situation is improving.

We consider Missals absolutely necessary at Mass, either at the New Mass or the Tridentine. Pope St. Pius X has written:

The Holy Mass is a prayer itself, even the highest prayer that exists. It is the Sacrifice, dedicated by our Redeemer at the Cross, and repeated every day on the Altar. If you wish to hear Mass as it should be heard, you must follow with eye, heart, and mouth all that happens at the Altar. Further, you must pray with the Priest the holy words said by him. You have to associate your heart with the holy feelings which are contained in these words and in this manner you ought to follow all that happens on the Altar. When acting in this way, you have prayed Holy Mass.
How, then, can the Faithful hope to do this unless they have ready access to the words said by the Priest, and their vernacular equivalent?

An effort has been made to solve this problem in many cases by publishing the Order of the Mass online at several different places. The Coalition in Support of Ecclesia Dei also has an excellent (and inexpensive) reference available. This basically consists of an annotated Order of the Mass. However, there is no way that we know, short of purchasing a Missal, of finding the Proper of Seasons or the Proper of the Saints.

This, therefore, is the reason for this project: to provide the texts of the Proper of Seasons and Proper of the Saints to those faithful Catholics who wish a greater understanding of the beauty of the old Latin Mass. The sources for this page include the following:

Missale Romanum, Imprimatur by C. Eykens, Vical General of Antwerp, 24 Feb 1963.
Breviarium Romanum, Imprimatur by Caietanus Cardinal Cicognani, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, 29 May 1961.
Liber Usualis, Imprimatur by J. Thomas, Vicar General of Tornai, Belgium, 26 Oct 1961.

A diversity of opinion exists regarding the validity and efficacy of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, the validity of the papacy of Benedict XVI, the canonical status of SSPX, and many other matters. It is not the purpose of this page to insinuate itself into any of these arguments. The content on these pages is for everyone's use, regardless of ecclesiological position. Please do not send email attempting to proselytize us to one side or another.

The Masses below are listed by the first words of their respective Introits. It's important to note that even though the Masses on two different dates may have the same Introits, they may vary in other ways.

If you would like to email us with requests, comments, or questions, you may do so by clicking this link. Please make some reference to the Latin Mass in the subject line of your email, lest it be mistaken for spam and deleted.

We dedicate this project to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Conceived Without Sin, Patroness of the United States.


The Ordinary of the Holy Mass


The Proper of Seasons

The calendar below shows links to each feast on the Proper of Seasons. For years 2009-2020, you can check the extended liturgical calendar.


January 2012

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

February 2012

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29

March 2012

1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31

April 2012

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30

May 2012

1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31

June 2012

1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

July 2012

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

August 2012

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31

September 2012

1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30

October 2012

1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31

November 2012

1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30

December 2012

1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31

All Holy Days of Obligation in the United States are denoted in black bold font, below.

Advent:

 

Christmastide:

 

The Time After the Epiphany:

 

Septuagesima:

 

Lent:

 

Passiontide:

Note on the Revised Ordo of Holy Week, promulgated Nov 1955.

 

Easter:

 

The Time After Pentecost:

   The Ember Days in September are celebrated during the week following the calendar week in which September 14 falls. They are found after the 17th Sunday after Pentecost in the Missale Romanum.

   Easter being variable, the number of Sundays from Pentecost to the First Sunday of Advent is, of course, variable also; but there cannot be less than twenty-three, nor more than twenty-eight. The Mass for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, below, is always said on the Sunday preceding Advent. If there are more than twenty-four Sundays after Pentecost, the Introit, Gradual, Offertory, and Communion of the twenty-third Sunday are repeated on all the remaining Sundays. But the Prayers, Epistle and the Gospel are taken from the Masses of the Sundays omitted after the Epiphany, in the following order:


The Proper of Saints

Holy Days of Obligation for the United States are in black bold face.
First Class Feasts are denoted in red bold face.
Second Class Feasts are denoted in red italics.
Third Class Feasts are denoted in black Roman lettering.
Fourth Class Commemorations are denoted in italics.

January:

February:

March1:

April:

May2:

June3:

July4:

August:

September:

October5:

November6:

December:

 

Common of the Feasts of the Blessed Virgin:

Common of the Saints: