Second Week of Christmas Time · 2026
A Ferial weekday in Christmas Time. No feast or memorial is kept today — only the steady rhythm of the week, and the Mass given for the weekday.
No feast is kept today
An ordinary day in Christmas Time
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.
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- Barbara Cho Chŭng-iMártir Coreana · Testemunha Fiel
- Barbara Cho Chŭng-iKorean Martyr · Faithful Witness
- Barbara Cho Chŭng-iMęczennica koreańska · Wierna Świadek
- Barbara Cho Chŭng-iMártir Coreana · Testigo Fiel
- Elisabeth Chŏng Chŏng-hyeKorean Martyr · Faithful Witness
- Elisabeth Chŏng Chŏng-hyeMártir Coreana · Testigo Fiel
- Elisabeth Chŏng Chŏng-hyeMártir Coreana · Testemunha Fiel
- Elżbieta Czong Czong-hyeMęczennica Koreańska · Wierna Świadek
- Enrique Juan RequenaHiszpański Ksiądz · Wierny Pasterz
- Enrique Juan RequenaSpanish Priest · Faithful Shepherd
- Enrique Juan RequenaSacerdote español · Pastor fiel
- Enrique Juan RequenaSacerdote Espanhol · Pastor Fiel
- São Trófimo de ArlesBispo Fundador de Arles
- Tomás BecketArcebispo · Mártir Inglês
- Tomás BecketArzobispo · Mártir Inglés
- Tomasz BecketArcybiskup · Męczennik Angielski
- Trofim z ArlesBiskup założyciel Arles
- Trofimo de ArlésObispo Fundador de Arlés
- Trophimus of ArlesFounding Bishop of Arles
- William Howard, 1. wicehrabia StaffordMęczennik Royalistyczny · Wierny Obrońca
- William Howard, 1er Vizconde de StaffordMártir Realista · Defensor Fiel
- William Howard, 1º Visconde de StaffordMártir Realista · Defensor Fiel
- William Howard, 1st Viscount StaffordRoyalist Martyr · Faithful Defender
Christmas Time
We are in Christmas Time — the Church wears white.
The Church celebrates the Incarnation: the Word made flesh, and the mystery of divine light breaking into the world. Today keeps no feast — just the ordinary, unhurried rhythm of the week.
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