April A.D. 2004
Month of the Holy Ghost
Dominical Letter: dc; Golden Number 10; Epact: viii; Roman Indiction: 12
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begins on February 25th, Ash Wednesday. As noted the weekdays
(Ferials) of Lent are traditionally observed with the Lenten Fast; one
full meal and two collations. Days of abstinence are marked with a
fish. All of the days of Lent should be observed with extra
prayer, meditation, spiritual reading, and good works.
§ A plenary indulgence is granted under the usual conditions on each Friday of Lent and Passiontide to those who after Holy Communion piously recite the prayer before a crucifix, "Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus"; on other days of the year the indulgence is partial. (Enchiridion #22) |
1 Feria [Fast] Stn: St. Apollinaris Purple 3rd Cl. |
2 7 Sorrows BVM [Fast] First Friday Com: Feria Stn: St. Stephen St. Francis of Paulo, C White 3rd Cl.  |
3 Our Lady of Hope First Saturday Com: Feria Stn: St. John at the Latin gate White 3rd Cl. |
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| 4 Palm Sunday Stn: St. John Lateran Blessing of Palms St. Isidore, B.C.DC Purple 1st Cl. |
5 Feria [Fast] Stn: St. Praxedes St. Vincent Ferrer, C Purple 1st Cl. |
6 Feria [Fast] Stn: St. Prisca Purple 1st Cl. |
7 Feria [Fast] (Spy Wednesday) Stn: St. Mary Major Purple 1st Cl. |
8 Holy Thursday [Fast] Stn: St. John Lateran Mass of Chrism (sede), of Reposition White 1st Cl. |
9 Good Friday [Fast] Stn: Holy Cross in Jerusalem Mass of Presanctified Black 1st Cl. |
10 Holy Saturday Stn: St. John Lateran Fast & abstain to end of vigil Mass Purple/White 1st Cl. |
| 11 * Easter Sunday Stn: St. Mary Major St. Leo I, P.DC White 1st Cl. |
12 Easter Monday Stn: St. Peter St. Julius I, P White 1st Cl. |
13 Easter Tuesday Stn: St. Paul extra muros St. Hermenegild, M White 1st Cl. |
14 Easter Wednesday Stn: St. Lawrence extra muros St. Justin, M Sts. Tiburtus, Valerian, & Maximian White 1st Cl. |
15 Easter Thursday Stn: 12 Apostles White 1st Cl. |
16 Easter Friday Stn: St. Mary of the Martyrs Dispense Abstinence White 1st Cl. |
17 Easter Saturday Stn: St. John Lateran St. Anicetus, P.M White 1st Cl. |
| 18 Low Sunday Stn: St. Pancratius White 1st Cl. |
19 St. Leo IX, P White 3rd Cl. |
20 St. Agnes of Montepulciano, V White 3rd Cl. |
21 14th Anniversary Consecration OLGH St. Anselm, B.C.DC White 1st Cl. |
22 Sts. Soter & Caius, PP.MM Red 3rd Cl. |
23 St. George, M Patron of Scouts Red 3rd Cl. |
24 St. Fidelis Sigmaringen, M Red 3rd Cl. |
| 25 2nd Sunday of Easter St. Mark, Ap.Ev. Stn: St. Peter's Greater Litanies White 1st Cl. |
26 Mother of Good Counsel Sts. Cletus & Marcellinus, MM White 3rd Cl. |
27 St. Peter Canisius, DC White 3rd Cl. |
28 St. Paul of the Cross, C St. Louis de Montfort, C.DC White 3rd Cl. |
29 St. Peter, Martyr Red 3rd Cl. |
30 St. Catherine of Sienna, V.DC White 3rd Cl. |
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*Easter
Week, April 11-17, is the octave of Easter, a privileged octave of the
first order. The proper Mass given in the Missal is said on each
day, with the Credo, Preface of Easter, and a proper Communicántes
and Hanc ígitur. "Ite, missa est, allelúja,
allelúja" and "Deo grátias, allelúja,
allelúja" replace the "Benedicámus
Dómino" of Lent.
Catholics are required to Confess their serious sins and receive Holy Communion at least once between the First Sunday of Lent and Trinity Sunday. |
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