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Wednesday, December 16
Wednesday, December 16

Third Week of Advent · 2026

A Ferial weekday in Advent. No feast or memorial is kept today — only the steady rhythm of the week, and the Mass given for the weekday.

Liturgical color — VioletferiaAdvent
The feast of the day

No feast is kept today

An ordinary day in Advent

Most days of the year keep no feast or memorial — and that is not a gap. The Church simply prays the Mass of the weekday and keeps walking through the season. A good day to carry one quiet intention, and to let prayer be unhurried.

The season

Advent

We are in the Third Week of Advent — the Church wears violet.

A season of patient, watchful waiting — preparing the heart for the coming of Christ in the darkness of winter. Today keeps no feast — just the ordinary, unhurried rhythm of the week.

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