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december 23, Sunday: Liturgy of the Sunday
Fourth Sunday of Advent
december 24, Monday: Nighttime Mass
december 25, Tuesday: The Nativity of the Lord
december 26, Wednesday: Memory of the Saints and the Prophets
Memory of Saint Stephen, deacon and protomartyr.
december 27, Thursday: Memory of the apostles
Memory of Saint John, apostle and evangelist, �the disciple whom Jesus loved,� and who, under the cross, took Mary to himself as his mother.
december 28, Friday: Memory of Jesus crucified
Memory of the Holy Innocents.
Prayer for all those who have died as victims of violence, from the mother�s breast to old age.
december 29, Saturday: Sunday Vigil
Memory of the prophet David.
Several psalms are attributed to him. For centuries the psalms have nourished the prayer of both Jews and Christians.
Memory of Saint Thomas Becket,
defender of the justice and the dignity of the Church.
december 30, Sunday: Liturgy of the Sunday
Sunday of the Holy Family.
Memory of Laurindo, a young Mozambican who died because of the war; with him we also remember Madora and all of the young people killed by war and by human violence.
december 31, Monday: Memory of the Church
Thanksgiving to the Lord for the past year.
january 1, Tuesday: Feast of Mary, Mother of God
Feast of the Mother of God and prayer for peace in the world and the end of every war.
january 2, Wednesday: Memory of the Saints and the Prophets
Memory of Saint Basil the Great (330-379),
bishop of Caesarea and father of Eastern monasticism,
and of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (330-389)
doctor of the Church and Patriarch of Constantinople.
january 3, Thursday: Memory of the Church
january 4, Friday: Memory of Jesus crucified
january 5, Saturday: Sunday Vigil
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