Feast Day | First Reading | Second Reading | Gospel |
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Immaculate Conception (December 8) |
The Fall; Protoevangelium; Mother of all the living (Genesis 3:9-15) |
All called to be holy without blemish (Ephesians 1:3-12) |
The Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38) |
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15) |
The Ark of the Covenant (Revelation 11-12) Queen of Heaven (Psalm 45) |
Jesus, the new Adam (1 Corinthians 15:20-27) |
The Visitation (Luke 1:39-56) |
Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 22) |
That we may be made worthy (2 Thes 1) |
n/a | Kingdom of Heaven (Matt 23) |
Mary, Mother of God (January 1) |
The Aaronic Blessing (Numbers 6:22-27) |
Adopted as sons, crying out Abba, Father! (Galations 4:4-7) |
The Nativity & Circumcision (Luke 2:16-21) |
Ever Virgin (not a feast day) |
A virgin will conceive and bear a son (Isaiah 7:14) |
Miraculous Birth (Isaiah 66:7) |
The Annunciation to St. Joseph (Matthew 1:16-21) |