ARCHIVED PROPERS DECEMBER 2006 and CHRISTMASTIDE
For the Ordinary of the Holy Mass, see HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
DECEMBER 2006

- December 1 Missa "Dicit Dóminus" - FERIA Day and FIRST FRIDAY Day of Abstinence. GREEN
- December 2 Missa "Salve, sancta parens" - Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday. FIRST SATURDAY. WHITE - END OF TIME AFTER PENTECOST AND THE 2006 LITURGICAL YEAR.

- December 3 Missa "Ad Te levavi" - FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT. VIOLET
- December 4 Missa "In medio Ecclesiae" - Double Feast of Saint Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church with a commemoration of Saint Barbara, Virgin and Martyr. WHITE
- December 5 Missa "Ad Te levavi" - Feria Day. VIOLET
- December 6 Missa "Statuit ei Dominus" - Double Feast of Saint Nicholas, Bishop and Confessor. WHITE
- December 7 Missa "In medio Ecclesiae" - Double Feast of Saint Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. It is also the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception and a day of fast and absolute abstinence. WHITE
- December 8 Missa "Gaudens gaudebo" - Double of the First Class Solemnity of THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Holy Day of Obligation. WHITE or GOLD
- December 9 Missa "Ad Te levavi" - Feria Day. VIOLET
- December 10 Missa "Populus Sion" - SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT. VIOLET
- December 11 Missa "Populus Sion" - Feria Day with a commemoration of Pope Saint Damasus I, Martyr. VIOLET
- December 12 Missa "Salve, sancta parens" - Double Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. WHITE
- December 13 Missa "Dilexisti justitiam" - Double Feast of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr. RED
- December 14 Missa "Populus Sion" - Feria Day. VIOLET
- December 15 Missa "Populus Sion" - FERIA Day. Day of Abstinence. VIOLET
- December 16 Missa "Populus Sion" - FERIA Day. VIOLET
- December 17 Missa "Gaudete in Domino" - THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT - Gaudete Sunday. ROSE
- December 18 Missa "Gaudete in Domino" - FERIA Day. VIOLET
- December 19 Missa "Gaudete in Domino" - FERIA Day. VIOLET
- December 20 Missa "Rorate, Caeli" - EMBER WEDNESDAY. Fast and Partial Abstinence. VIOLET
- December 21 Missa "Mihi autem nimis" - Double of the Second Class Feast of SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE. RED
- December 22 Missa "Tenuísti manum" - Double Feast of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin and Missionary with a commemoration of EMBER FRIDAY. Fast and Absolute Abstinence. WHITE
- December 23 Missa "Veni, et osténde" - EMBER SATURDAY. Fast and Partial Abstinence. VIOLET
- December 24 Missa "Hodie sciétis" - VIGIL OF THE NATIVITY. This supersedes the Fourth Sunday of Advent this year. VIOLET

- December 25 TRILOGY OF CHRISTMAS MASSES for THE SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. WHITE OR GOLD
- December 26 Missa "Sederunt principes" Double of the Second Class Feast of Saint Stephen, First Martyr. Within the Octave. RED
- December 27 Missa "In medio Ecclesiae" Double of the Second Class Feast of SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, APOSTLE. Within the Octave. WHITE
- December 28 Missa "Ex ore infantium" Double of the Second Class Feast of the Holy Innocents, Holy Martyrs. Within the Octave. VIOLET
- December 29 Missa "Gaudeamus omnes" Double Feast of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop and Martyr. Within the Octave Day of Abstinence. RED
- December 30 Missa "Puer natus est" Mass WITHIN THE OCTAVE. WHITE
- December 31 Missa "Dum medium" MASS OF THE SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS. WHITE
- January 1 Missa "Puer natus est" - Double of the Second Class Feast of the CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD. Holy Day of Obligation. WHITE
- January 2 Missa "In nomine Jesu" - Double of the Second Class Feast of the THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS. WHITE
- January 3 Missa "Puer natus est" - FERIA DAY - Mass of the Preceding Sunday. WHITE
- January 4 Missa "Puer natus est" - FERIA DAY - Mass of the Preceding Sunday. WHITE
- January 5 Missa "Puer natus est" - FERIA DAY - Mass of the Preceding Sunday. FIRST FRIDAY WHITE
- January 6 Missa "Ecce advenit" - Double of the First Class Feast of THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD FIRST SATURDAY. WHITE or GOLD
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