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The seasons of the liturgical year · Editio Pre-1955 · 2026

  1. Tempus Adventus

    Advent
    29 Nov – 23 Dec
    Roráte cæli desuper

    Four weeks of expectant longing. The Church begins her year in violet, waiting for the Incarnation.

  2. Tempus Nativitatis

    Christmastide
    25 Dec – 30 Dec
    Puer natus est nobis

    From Christmas through the Octave to the Baptism of the Lord. The Word is made flesh.

  3. Tempus Epiphaniæ

    Epiphany season
    — in calendario nondum reperitur
    Ecce advénit dominátor Dóminus

    The manifestation of Christ to the nations, prolonged through the Sundays after Epiphany.

  4. Septuagesima

    Septuagesima
    — in calendario nondum reperitur
    Circumdedérunt me gémitus mortis

    A three-Sunday penitential overture to Lent — Septuagesima, Sexagesima, Quinquagesima.

  5. Quadragesima

    Lent
    — in calendario nondum reperitur
    Invocábit me, et ego exáudiam eum

    Forty days of fasting and almsgiving, the great preparation for the Paschal mystery.

  6. Tempus Passionis

    Passiontide
    — in calendario nondum reperitur
    Iúdica me, Deus

    The last two weeks of Lent, when the Church veils her crosses and turns wholly toward the Passion.

  7. Tempus Paschale

    Eastertide
    — in calendario nondum reperitur
    Resurréxi, et adhuc tecum sum

    Fifty days of Easter joy, from the Vigil to Pentecost. Alleluia returns in every hour.

  8. Tempus post Pentecosten

    Time after Pentecost
    24 May – 27 Nov
    Dómine, in tua misericórdia sperávi

    The long green season of the Church on pilgrimage: the Sundays after Pentecost, through to Advent.
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