Proper of the Mass
for Sundays and Feasts
in Proportional Rhythm
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Except when Christmas Day is a Monday (and Epiphany is a Saturday), the first Sunday of Advent is the sixth Sunday before Epiphany.
First Sunday of Advent
Trope Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Second Sunday of Advent
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Third Sunday of Advent
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
*Christmas Eve - may fall (and take precedence) on the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
*Christmas Midnight
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
*Christmas Dawn
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
*Christmas Day
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Octave of Christmas (New Year's Day)
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Holy Name - Sunday between January 2 & 5 inclusive
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
*Epiphany
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Holy Family
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Third through Last Sundays after Epiphany
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Septuagesima is the ninth Sunday before Easter and the sixteenth before Pentecost; earliest possible date: January 18; latest: February 22.
Septuagesima
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
Sexagesima
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
Quinquagesima
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
*Ash Wednesday
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
First Sunday in Lent
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
Second Sunday in Lent
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
Third Sunday in Lent
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
Passion Sunday
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
Palm Sunday
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
*Holy Thursday
Introit Gradual Offertory Communion
*Good Friday
Tract (Responsory) I Tract (Responsory) II Ecce lignum Reproaches Antiphon I Hymn Crux fidelis Antiphon II Antiphon III Antiphon IV Hymn Vexilla Regis
*Easter Vigil
Tract (Canticle) I Tract (Canticle) II Tract (Canticle) III Tract (Canticle) IV Alleluia Tract V Ps. 150 Antiphon & Benedictus
Easter Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia Sequence Offertory Communion
Low Sunday
Introit Alleluia I Alleluia II Offertory Communion
Second Sunday after Easter
Introit Alleluia I Alleluia II Offertory Communion
Third Sunday after Easter
Introit Alleluia I Alleluia II Offertory Communion
Fourth Sunday after Easter
Introit Alleluia I Alleluia II Offertory Communion
Fifth Sunday after Easter
Introit Alleluia I Alleluia II (rhythmic corrections for this chant are most welcome!) Offertory Communion
*Ascension
Introit Alleluia I Alleluia II Offertory Communion
Sunday after Ascension
Introit Alleluia I Alleluia II Offertory Communion
Pentecost (Whitsunday)
Introit Alleluia I Alleluia II Sequence Offertory Communion
Trinity Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
*Corpus Christi - in the United States: external solemnity on the second Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Sequence Offertory Communion
Second Sunday after Pentecost - in the United States: replaced by the external solemnity of Corpus Christi unless there be more than one Sung Mass in the same church
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
*Sacred Heart - external solemnity on the third Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Tract (for Votive Masses after Septuagesima) Alleluia II (for Votive Masses in Eastertide) Offertory Offertory (for Votive Masses in Eastertide) Communion Communion (for Votive Masses in Eastertide)
Third Sunday after Pentecost - replaced by the external solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus unless there be more than one Sung Mass in the same church
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Depending on the date of Easter, October may encompass four or five of the sixteenth through the twenty-fourth Sundays after Pentecost. The first Sunday is the external solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary (Rosary Sunday), and the last is the feast of Christ the King.
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory (the same chant without melodic corrections) Communion
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Twenty-Third through Last Sundays after Pentecost
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
handout with English translation and notes (updated 9/28/23)
*Not a Sunday (or at least not necessarily)
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Immaculate Conception - December 8; may fall on the Second Sunday of Advent
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Candlemas (2nd class) - February 2; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday, and may fall as late as the Monday after Quinquagesima (i.e., two days before Ash Wednesday)
Introit Gradual Alleluia (before Septuagesima) Tract (after Septuagesima) Offertory Communion
St. Joseph - March 19
Introit Gradual Tract Offertory Communion
Annunciation - March 25
Introit Gradual Tract Alleluia I (in Eastertide) Alleluia II (in Eastertide) Offertory Communion
St. Joseph the Workman - May 1; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday
Introit Alleluia I Alleluia II Offertory Communion
Nativity of St. John the Baptist - June 24; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Ss. Peter & Paul - June 29; in the United States: external solemnity on the Sunday following the feast (unless the feast itself fall on Sunday)
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Precious Blood - July 1; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Transfiguration (2nd class) - August 6; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Assumption (after 1950) - August 15; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Assumption (traditional) - August 15; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia (same as above) Offertory Communion
Holy Cross (2nd class) - September 14; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Michaelmas - September 29; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Our Lady of the Rosary (2nd class) - October 7; external solemnity on the first Sunday in October
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Christ the King - last Sunday in October
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
All Saints - November 1; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Savior (2nd class) - November 9; may fall (and take precedence) on a Sunday
Introit Gradual Alleluia Offertory Communion
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Additional Masses:
Nuptial Mass
Introit Gradual Alleluia Tract (after Septuagesima) Alleluia II (in Eastertide) Offertory Communion
Requiem Mass & Burial Rites
Entrance Responsory Introit Gradual (historical) Gradual (Tridentine) Tract Sequence (solfege exercise with Solesmes rhythmic markings) Offertory Communion Absolution Responsory Antiphon
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Also to be included: Rorate Mass; St. Stephen (Dec. 26); Ember Friday & Saturday in Lent; Easter Monday, Friday, & Saturday; Rogation Mass; Pentecost Monday; Ember Friday & Saturday after Pentecost; Chair of St. Peter (Feb. 22); St. Thomas Aquinas (Mar. 7); Visitation (July 2); Immaculate Heart (Aug. 22) & First Saturday Votive Mass; St. Pius X (Sep. 3)
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Gloria Patri Tones
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX (Ia) X (IIa) XII (VIc)
Before the Principal Sunday Mass: