Elogia for Movable Feasts
The movable celebrations, since by their very nature they change from year to year, cannot be assigned within the course of the months and days. They are therefore placed here, so that each of them, after the indication of the day and month, may be set immediately before the elogium of the Martyrology for that day on which it is to be celebrated in the given year.
1. First Sunday of Advent
The first Sunday of Advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, the season in which the first coming of the Son of God among men is recalled, while at the same time his second coming at the end of time is awaited.
2. The Sunday occurring within the octave of the Nativity of the Lord or, in its absence, December 29
The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, by whom the most holy examples are set before Christian families and from whom their timely help is invoked.
3. The Sunday occurring after January 6
The Feast of the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ, in which the beloved Son of God is wondrously made manifest, the waters are sanctified, man is purified, and the whole world rejoices.
4. Ash Wednesday
The Day of Ashes and the beginning of most sacred Lent: behold, the days of penance now come to redeem sins and to save souls; behold the acceptable time in which we ascend to the holy mountain of Easter.
5. First Sunday of Lent
The first Sunday in Lent, on which, our Lord Jesus Christ giving the example, the venerable sacrament of the annual Lenten observance has its beginning.
6. Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, when our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the prophecy of Zechariah, seated upon the colt of a donkey, entered Jerusalem, where the crowd came to meet him with branches of palm.
7. Thursday of Holy Week, Friday of the Passion of the Lord, and Holy Saturday
The reading of the Martyrology is omitted.
8. Easter Sunday in the Resurrection of the Lord
On this day, which the Lord has made, the solemnity of solemnities and our Passover: the Resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ according to the flesh.
Then the mention of the following day and month is announced, and the elogia of the following day are read.
9. The Ascension of the Lord
The Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, when on the fortieth day after the resurrection he was raised up into heaven in the sight of his disciples, to sit at the right hand of the Father until he shall come in glory to judge the living and the dead.
Where the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is not observed as a holy day of obligation, it is assigned, as its proper day, to the Seventh Sunday of Easter.
10. Pentecost Sunday
The Day of Pentecost, on which the sacred fifty days of Easter are brought to a close, and on which, together with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples at Jerusalem, are commemorated the beginnings of the Church and the start of the apostolic mission to all tribes, tongues, peoples, and nations.
11. Sunday after Pentecost
The Solemnity of the most holy and undivided Trinity, on which we confess and venerate one God in Trinity and the Trinity in unity.
12. Thursday or Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity
The Solemnity of the most holy Body and Blood of Christ, by which sacred nourishment he himself bestows the remedy of immortality and the pledge of resurrection.
Where the Solemnity of the most holy Body and Blood of Christ is not observed as a holy day of obligation, it is assigned, as its proper day, to the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity.
13. Friday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost
The Solemnity of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus, who, meek and humble of heart, lifted up upon the cross, became the fountain of life and of love, from which all the nations may draw.
14. Saturday after the Solemnity of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in which she, keeping the memory of the mysteries of salvation accomplished in her Son, ardently awaited their perfection in Christ.
15. Last Sunday in Ordinary Time: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
The Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. To him alone be dominion, glory, and majesty unto the infinite ages of ages.