Calendar of Lectionary Cycles and Movable Liturgical Feasts (1969 – 2100)

*Pre-Note: Since the length of the Advent Season varies (between three and four weeks, depending on which weekday Christmas falls), but in order to ensure that the readings for the 34th Week in Ordinary Time are read at the very end of each liturgical year, one entire week of Ordinary Time is often (but not always) omitted after the Easter Season.

For example, if the Monday and Tuesday just before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) belong to the 8th week of Ordinary Time (as in 2022, 2025, and 2028), then after Pentecost we continue with the 9th week of O.T. in some years (as in 2028), but skip to the 10th week of O.T. in most years (as in 2022 and 2025).

Past Years:

The Ordo Lectionum Missae was first approved by Pope Paul VI in his apostolic constitution, Missale Romanum, on April 3, 1969. The Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship directed that it be used beginning on November 30, 1969, the First Sunday of Advent for the 1970 liturgical year. Thus, while the tables published in the Lectionary itself begin with 1969, the first set of readings actually used was Cycle B (Sundays) and Year II (weekdays).

NOTES:

• Easter Sunday 2008 was almost as early as it can be, falling on March 23. It can be as early as March 22, but only very rarely (as it last was in 1818, but will not be again until 2285); even falling as early as March 23 is rare (in 1913 and 2008, but not again until 2160).
• On the other extreme, Easter Sunday 2011 was almost as late as possible, falling on April 24. It can be as late as April 25 (as it was in 1886 and 1943, and will be again in 2038).
• For the dates of Easter from 2001 to 2100, see also Easter Date Tables.
• Some published tables had typos in 1973 (there were only 9 weeks before Lent, not 10) and in 2001 (there were 8 weeks before Lent, not just 7).
   

Links to Related Pages on this Catholic-Resources Website:

• How long is the Season of Advent?

• Movable Feasts during the Christmas Season

• Solemnities and Feasts of the Lord and of the Saints
   

Links to Related Pages on Other Websites:

• Catholic Calendar - accurate and versatile; provides daily, monthly, and annual overviews; from Bob and Linda Easterbrooks

• Catholic Liturgical Calendar - Caution: This computer-generated monthly calendar has many errors!

• Jesuit Ordo for the United States and Canada - Detailed and accurate annual calendars (from 1990 to 2036); caution: includes some feasts that may not be celebrated in churches that are not affiliated with the "Society of Jesus" (Jesuits)

• Liturgical Year & Calendar - Lots of good information from the USCCB, including a downloadable PDF of the "Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the USA" for the current year.

• Wikipedia Article on Easter, esp. on the Date of Easter

• Wikipedia Article on Computus (calculation of the date of Easter)

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