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2023
BIBLICAL REFERENCES
Acts Acts of the Apostles Jude Jude
THE LITURGICAL YEAR
RANK OF CELEBRATIONS Special Observances
Am Amos Lam Lamentations
Bar Baruch Lk Luke
INDICATED: World Day of Consecrated Life February 2
SUNDAYS AND SOLEMNITIES World Day of the Sick February 11
Chr Chronicles Lv Leviticus
Feasts World Day of Prayer for Vocations April 30
Col Colossians Mal Malachi Communication Sunday May 21
Obligatory Memoria
Cor Corinthians Mac Maccabees World Mission Sunday October 22
(Optional Memoria)
Dan Daniel Mic Micah World AIDS Day December 1
Deut Deuteronomy Mk Mark LITURGICAL COLOURS
Eccl Ecclesiastes Mt Matthew FOR CELEBRATIONS: School Calendar
Eph Ephesians Na Nahum G Green (Primary, Secondary and Teacher Training Colleges)
Est Esther Neh Nehemiah P Purple First Term
Ex Exodus Num Numbers R Red 10th October 2022-16th December 2022
Ez Ezekiel Ob Obadiah W White
Ezr Ezra Phil Philippians Second Term
3rd January 2023-31st March 2023
Gal Galatians Phlm Philemon
Gen Genesis Prv Proverbs Mary, Mother of God (Sun., January 1) Third Term
Hab Habakkuk Ps Psalm Ash Wednesday (Wed., February 22) 17th April 2023-21st July 2023
Hebr Hebrews Pt Peter Palm Sunday (Sun., April 2)
Hag Haggai Rom Romans Moundy Thursday (Thu., April 6) Civic Holidays
Hos Hosea Ru Ruth Good Friday (Fri., April 7)
New Year’s Day January 1
Is Isaiah Rev Revelations Holy Saturday (Sat., April 8)
Chilembwe Day January 16
Jas James Sam Samuel Easter Sunday (Sun., April 9)
Martyrs’ Day March 3
Jb Job Sir Sirach Divine Mercy Sunday (Sun., April 16)
Good Friday April 7
Jdt Judith Song Songs of songs Ascension (Sun., May 21)
Easter Monday April 10
Jer Jeremiah Thess Thessalonians Pentecost Sunday (Sun., May 28)
Workers’ Day May 1
Jgs Judges Tim Timothy Trinity Sunday (Sun., June 4)
Kamuzu Day May 15
Corpus Christi (Sun., June 11)
Jl Joel Tit Titus Freedom Day June 14
Assumption of Mary (Tue., August 15)
Jn John Tob Tobit End of Ramadan April 24
All Saints Day (Wed., November 1)
Jona Jonah Wis Wisdom Republic Day July 6
First Sunday of Advent (Sun., December 3)
Jos Joshua Zech Zechariah Mothers’ Day October 16
Immaculate Conception (Fri., December 8)
Kgs Kings Zeph Zephaniah Boxing Day December 26
Christmas (Mon., December 25)
 MAU OTSOGOLERA

M fundo zimene zaperekedwa mu kalendayi zakhadzikika

pa nsanamira zotsatirazi: Ulemu wa munthu aliyense;
Zinthu zopindulira aliyense; Kusamalira chilengedwe;
Kuteteza chilengedwe; Kuzichepetsa; Kutengapo mbali pa
zochitika; Kutsata bwino malamulo; Kuyang’ana chilengedwe
ndi maso atsopano.

Mfundo yayikulu
Kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe kwakula potsatira ntchito
zina zopezera chuma. Zina mwa mfundo zimene zawonjezera
kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe ndimonga; kukula kwa
chiwelengero, kuchuluka kwa matawuni ndinso kupita
patsogola kwa nkhani za ulimi, ngankhalenso kukula kwa
ntchito yogwiritsa mphamvu zachilengedwe ndi nkhani
zokhuza mayendedwe. Ngakhale zimenezi ziri chomwechi,
umphawi ndi vuto lina limene likukhuzana ndi mavuto a
zachilengedwe mu chigawo cha AMECEA.
Anthu osawuka amene amadalira kwambiri zinthu zachilengedwe kuposa olemera amawononga chilengedwe mwachangu pakuti alibe njira
zina zopezera zinthu. Kuwonjezera apo, kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe kukupititsa patsogolo umphawi popeza kuti anthu ambiri amadalira
chilengedwe.
Anthu ambiri amene akukhala mu chigawo cha AMECEA ndi dziko lonse la Afilika akuwona zotsatira zambiri za kusintha kwa nyengo,
komabe sakudziwa za kalata imene idalembedwa ndi a Papa pa nkhani yokhuza kusamala chilengedwe ya Laudato Si, ndipo izi zikuchitika
chifukwa cha khalidwe losakonda kuwerenga limene liri pakati pa anthu ambiri.
Pofuna kupititsa patsogolo nkhani yokhuza kusamala chilengedwe, tiyenera kugwira ntchito imeneyi patokha, m’mabanja mwathu
ngakhalenso mumadera mwathu. Kuwonjezera apo, ubale wa anthu ndi chilengedwe ndiwosalekanitsika ndipo “Chauta adamtenga
munthuyo, namukhazika m’munda wa Edeni uja kuti adzilima ndi kumawusamala” (Genesis 2:15). Zimenezi Zikutanthawuza kuti,
kuchokera pa pachiyambi cha dziko anthu adapatsidwa udindo woti asamale chilengedwe.

DECEMBER 2022
Full Moon
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3
Pope’s Prayer Intentions P P W
8 December (St. Helga) (St. Bibiana) St. Francis
Last Quarter For volunteer not-for-profit organisations (Bl Clementine Xavier, Priest
We pray that volunteer non-profit organisations Anuarite) FIRST FRIDAY WORLD DAY OF PEOPLE WITH
committed to human development find people dedicated WORLD AIDS DAY DISABILITIES
Is 29:17-24
to the common good and ceaselessly seek out new Is 26:1-6 Ps 27 Is: 30: 19-21
Ps 118 Ps 147
paths to international cooperation.
Mt 7:21.24-27 Mt 9:27-31 Mt 9: 35-10:1.5.6-8
16 December

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
New Moon II Week P P P W Solemnity W P P
2nd SUNDAY OF (St. Clement) (St. Clement) St. Ambrose, THE IMMACULATE (St. Juan Diego (St. Eulalia)
CONCEPTION OF Cuahtlatoatzin)
ADVENT Bishop & Doctor BL.VIRGIN MARY
Is 11:1-10 Gen 3: 9-15. 20 ANTI CORRUPTION DAY
23 December Ps 72 Is 35:1-10 Is 40:1-11 Is 40:25-31 Sir 48:1-4.9-11
Ps 98 Is 48:17-19
First Quarter Rom 15: 4-9 Ps 85 Ps 96 Ps 103 Ps 1 Ps 80
Lk 5:17-26 Eph 1: 3-6.11-12
Mt 3: 1-12 Mt 18:12-14 Mt 11:28-30 Lk 1: 26-38 Mt 11:16-19 Mt 17:10-13

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
III Week P W R W P P P
30 December 3rd SUNDAY OF (Our Lady St. Lucy, St. John of the (St. Christiana) (St. Adelaide) (St. Lazarus)
ADVENT of Guadalupe) Virgin & Martyr Cross,
Priest & Doctor
Is 35: 1-6.10
Ps 146 Zeph 2:14-17 Zeph 3:1-2.9-13 Is 45: 6-8.18.21-25 Is 54:1-10 Is 56:1-3.6-8 Gen 49:2.8-10
Jas 5: 7-10 Ps Jdt 13 Ps 34 Ps 85 Ps 30 Ps 67 Ps 72
Mt 11: 2-11 Lk 1:26-38 or 39-47 Mt 21:28-32 Lk 7:18-23 Jn 7 24-30 Jn 5:33-36 Mt 1:1-17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
IV Week P P P P P P P
4 SUNDAY OF
th
(Saint (St Peter (Bl. Jacopone (St John (St. Adela)
(St. Anastasius) Canisius, da Todi)
ADVENT Dominic of Kanty,
Priest & Doctor)
Is 7 :10-14 Jgs 13:2-7.24-25a Priest) 2Sam 7: 1-5.8-11.16
Is 7:10-14 Song 2: 8-14 1Sam 1:24-28 Mal 3:1-4.23-24 Ps 89; Lk 1: 67-79
Ps 24 Ps 71 Ps 24
Rom 1: 1-7 Ps 33 Ps 1Sam 2:1.4-8 Ps 25 (Misa ya usiku) W
Lk 1:5-25 Lk 1:26-38 Is 9:1-7; Ps 96
Mt 1: 18-24 Lk 1: 39-45 Lk 1:46-56 Lk 1: 57-66 Tit 2:11-14; Lk 2: 1-14

25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Solemnity W Proper R Proper. W Proper R W Proper W W
NATIVITY OF St. Stephen, St John, The Holy (St. Thomas HOLY FAMILY (St. Sylvester I
THE LORD First Martyr Apostle & Innocents, Becket, Bishop OF JESUS, MARY & Pope)
(Misa ya Mmawa) W Evangelist Martyrs JOSEPH
Is 62: 11-12, Ps 97
BOXING’ DAY & Martyr)
Sir 3:2-6. 12-14 1Jn 2:18-21;
Ti 3: 4-7 Lk 2:15-20 Acts 6: 8-10; 7:54-60 1 Jn 1: 5–2: 2 1 Jn 2: 3-11 Ps 128 Ps 96
(Misa ya Masana) W 1 Jn 1: 1–4 Ps 124
Ps 31 Ps 97 Ps 96 Col 3:12-21 Jn 1:1-18
Is 52: 7-10 Ps 98 Mt 2: 13-18 Lk 2: 22-35
Hebr 1: 1-6 Jn 1:1-18 Mt 10: 17-22 Jn 20:1.2–8 Mt 2:13-15.19-23
 JANUARY 2023

LAUDATO SI’
Kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe kwabwera chifukwa cha makhalidwe ena oipa a anthu.
Zotsatira zake ndi zakuti, kusefukira kwa mitsinje, zilala ndi kusowa kwa mvula,
zikungochulukirachulukirabe. Ena mwa mavuto obwera kamba ka kuwonongeka kwa
chilengedwe akhala akusokoneza nkhani zachitukuko mu Afrika komanso kudzetsa
maphokoso ndi nkhondo yolimbirana zinthu zachilengedwe mu Afrika. Zimenezi zachititsa
kuti anthu osawuka akhalebe pa umphawi oopsa.

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sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Solemnity W W W W W W
7 January W
Last Quarter MARY, (The Most Holy (St. Elizabeth (St. John St Andrew (St Raymond
Ss. Basil the Great & of Penyafort,
MOTHER OF GOD Gregory Nazianzen, Name of Jesus) Ann Seton, Newman, Bishop) Corsini
Religious) FIRST FRIDAY Priest)
WORLD DAY OF PEACE Bishops & Doctors
1Jn 2:29—3:6 1Jn 3: 7-10 1Jn 3: 11-21 1Jn 5: 5-13 1Jn 5: 14-21
Num 6: 22-27 Ps 67 1Jn 2:22-28 Ps 98
Ps 98 Ps 100 Ps 147 Mk 1: 6-11 Ps 149
15 January Gal 4: 4-7; Ps 98 Jn 1: 35-42
Jn 1: 29-34 Jn 1: 43-51 or Lk 3:23-38 Jn 2: 1-11
Lk 2: 16-21 Jn 1: 19-28

9 10 11 12 13 14
New Moon

8
Solemnity W Proper W Week I G G G G G
EPIPHANY OF THE BAPTISM (St Aldo) (St Hyginus) (St. Arcadius) (St. Hilary of (St Felix
THE LORD OF THE LORD Poitier, Bishop of Nola)
21 January Is 60: 1-6 Is 42:1-4. 6-7 Hebr 2: 5-12 & Doctor) (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
First Quarter Ps 72 Ps 28 Ps 8 Hebr 2: 14-18 Hebr 3: 7-14 Hebr 4: 1-5. 11 Hebr 4: 12-16
Eph 3: 2-3a. 5-6 Acts 10: 34-38 Mk 1: 21b-28 Ps 105 Ps 95 Ps 78 Ps 19
Mt 2: 1-12 Mt 3:13-17. 21-22 Mk 1: 29-39 Mk 1: 40-45 Mk 2: 1-12 Mk 2: 13-17

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
28 January I Week G G W G G G R
2nd SUNDAY OF (St. Marcel) St Antony of (St. Priska) (St. Mario) (Ss. Fabian Pope St Agnes,
ORDINARY TIME Sebastian Bishop
Egypt, Abbot Martyrs ) Virgin & Martyr
JOHN CHILEMBWE DAY
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY “DO GOOD; SEEK JUSTICE” ISAIAH 1:17
Is 49: 3.5-6 Hebr 5: 1-10 Hebr 6: 10-20
Ps 39 Hebr 7: 1-3. 15-17. Hebr 7:25––8:6 Hebr 8:6-13 Hebr 9:2-3.11-14
Ps 110 Ps 111 Ps 110 Ps 40 Ps 85 Ps 47
1Cor 1:1-3 Mk 2: 18-22
Jh 1:29-34 Mk 2: 23-28 Mk 3: 1-6 Mk 3: 7-12 Mk 3: 13-19 Mk 3: 20-21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
G W Proper W W W G W
II Week G
3rd SUNDAY OF (St. Conversion of SS. Timothy & (St. Angela St Thomas
St Francis de Sales
Emerentiana) Bishop and Doctor St Paul, Apostle Titus, Bishops Merici, Virgin) Aquinas,
ORDINARY TIME
Priest & Doctor
Is 8: 23b––9:3 WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY WORLD LEPROSY DAY
Ps 26 Hebr 9:15.24-28 Hebr 10: 1-10 Acts 22:3-16 or 9:1-22 2 Tim1: 1-8 or Hebr 10: 32-39 Hebr 11: 1-2.8-19
1Cor 1:10-13.17 Ps 98 Ps 40 Ps 117 Tit 1: 1-5 Ps 96 Ps 37 Ps Lk 11:69-75
Mt 4:12-23 Mk 3: 22-30 Mk 3: 31-35 Mk 16: 15-18 Mk 4: 21-25 Mk 4: 26-34 Mk 4: 35-41

29 30 31
G G Proper W Pope’s Prayer Intentions
4th SUNDAY OF (St. Martina) St John Bosco,
ORDINARY TIME Priest For educators
BIRTHDAY OF ST LOUIS We pray that educators may be credible witnesses, teaching
Zeph 2:3. 3:12-13 GRIGNON DE MONTFORT
fraternity rather than competition and helping the youngest
Ps 145 Hebr 11: 32-40 Hebr 12: 1-4 and most vulnerable above all.
1Cor 1: 26-31 Ps 31 Ps 22
Mt 5: 1-12a Mk 5:1-20 Mk 5: 21-43
 FEBRUARY 2023

LAUDATO SI’
Nkhalango zathu zikusakazika chifukwa chosabwezeretsa mitengo imene ikutha
kamba kodula nkhuni, kuwotcha makala komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mitengo
pomanga nyumba. Kusamala chilengedwe kumakhudzananso ndi nkhani zachuma,
ndipo sikungapite patsogolo popanda kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya dzuwa ndi
mphepo, ngakhalenso njira zina zosawononga chilengedwe.

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sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3 4
5 February G Proper W G G
Pope’s Prayer Intentions (St. Gilbert)
Last Quarter (St. Cecil) PRESENTATION (St. Blaise
For parishes
We pray that parishes, placing communion at the OF THE LORD Bishop & Martyr
centre, may increasingly become communities of faith, WORLD DAY OF CONSECRATED LIFE St Ansgar, Bishop) WORLD CANCER DAY
Hebr 12: 4-7.11-15 Mal 3: 1-4 or Hebr 13: 1-8 Hebr 13: 15-17.20-21
fraternity and welcome towards those most in need. Heb 2: 14-18
13 February Ps 103 Ps 26 Ps 22
Mk 6: 1-6 Ps 23
New Moon Lk 2: 22-40 or 22-32 Mk 6: 14-29 Mk 6: 30-34

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
II Week G R G G G W W
5th SUNDAY OF Ss. Paul Miki (St Richard) (St. Josephine (St. Apollonius) St. Scholastica, Our Lady
ORDINARY TIME & Companions, Bakhita Virgin Virgin of Lourdes
20 February Martyrs of Japan St Jerome Emilian)
First Quarter Is 58: 7-10 WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
Ps 111 Gen 1: 1-19 Gen 1:20––2:4a Gen 2: 4b-9.15-17 Gen 2: 18-25 Gen 3: 1-8 Gen 3: 9-24
1Cor 2: 1-5 Ps 103 Ps 8; Ps 103 Ps 127 Ps 31 Ps 89
Mt 5: 13-16 Mk 6: 53-56 Mk 7: 1-13 Mk 7: 14-23 Mk 7: 24-30 Mk 7: 31-37 Mk 8: 1-10

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
27 February III Week G G W G G G G
6th SUNDAY OF (St Jordan) (St. Faustine) (St. Juliana) (Seven Holy (St. Simeon)
ORDINARY TIME Ss Cyril Monk & Founders of the
Methodius Bishop Order of Servites)
Sir 15: 16-21 Gen 4: 1-15.25
Ps 118 Gen 6: 5-8; 7:1-5.10 Gen 8: 6-13.20-22 Gen 9: 1-13 Gen 11: 1-9 Heb 11:1-7
Ps 49 Ps 28 Ps 115 Ps 101 Ps 144;
1Cor 2: 6-10 Ps 32
Mk 8: 11-13 Mk 8: 14-21 Mk 8: 22-26 Mk 8: 27-33 Mk 9:2-13
Mt 5: 17-37 Mk 8:34––9:1

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
IV Week G G G Proper P P P P
7th SUNDAY OF (St. Eleutherius) (St. Peter ASH St Polycarp (St Sergius) (St. Gerard)
ORDINARY TIME Damian WEDNESDAY
Lev 19: 1-2.17-19 Bishop & Doctor) FAST AND ABSTINENCE ABSTINENCE

Ps 102 Sir 1: 1-10 Sir 2: 1-11 Joel 2: 12-18 Deut 30: 15-20 Is 58: 1-9a
Ps 50 Is 58: 9b-14
1Cor 3:16-23 Ps 92 Ps 37 2 Cor 5: 20––6:2 Ps 1 Ps 50 Ps 85
Mt 5: 38-48 Mk 9: 14-29 Mk 9: 30-37 Mt 6: 1-6.16-18 Lk 9: 22-25 Mt 9: 14-15 Lk 5: 27-32

26 27 28
Proper P P P
1st SUNDAY (St. Gabriel) (St. Castor)
OF LENT
Gen 2: 7-9. 3:1-7
Ps 50 Lev 19: 1-2.11-18 Is 55: 10-11
Rom 5: 12-19 Ps 18 Ps 33
Mt 4: 1-11 Mt 25: 31-46 Mt 6: 7-15
 MARCH 2023

LAUDATO SI’
“Tiyamike anthu onse akufuna kwabwino, komanso mabungwe ndi
maboma osiyanasiyana, amene akhala akupititsa patsogolo ntchito
yodzala mitengo, komanso kusamalira mizinda yathu pochotsa
zinyalala ndi mapepala amene amawononga chilengedwe. Komabe,
mzika zosiyanasiyana zikupemphedwa kutenga nawo gawo
posamala chilengedwe chimene chikusakazika.

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sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3 4
P P P P
7 March Pope’s Prayer Intentions
(St Ugo) (St. Simplicianus) (St. Marinus) (St. Casimir)
For victims of abuse
Last Quarter We pray for those who have suffered harm from MARTYRS’ DAY
members of the Church; may they find within the Church
Jona 3: 1-10 Est 4: 12.14.16.23-25 Ez 18: 21-28 Deut 26:16-19
herself a concrete response to their pain and suffering. Ps 129 Ps 119
Ps 50 Ps 137
Lk 11: 29-32 Mt 7: 7-12 Mt 5: 20-26 Mt 5:43-48
15 March

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
New Moon II Week P P P P P P P
2nd SUNDAY (St. Colette) Ss. Perpetua & (St. John of God, (St. Frances of (St. Victor) (St. Constantine)
OF LENT Felicity, Martyrs Religious) Rome, Religious)
INTERNATIONAL ABSTINENCE
Gen 12: 1-4a
21 March Ps 32 Dan 9: 4b-10 Is 1:10. 16-20 WOMEN’S DAY
Jer 17: 5-10 Gen 37: 3-4. 12-13a. Mic 7: 14-15.18-20
Ps 49 Jer 18: 18-20 17b-28a Ps 102
2Tim 1: 8b-10 Ps 78 Ps 1
First Quarter Lk 6: 36-38 Mt 23:1-12 Ps 30 Ps 105 Lk 15: 1-3.11-32
Mt 17: 1–9 Lk 16: 19-31 Mt 21: 33-43. 45-46
Mt 20: 17-28

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
III Week P P P P P P P
3rd SUNDAY (St. Matilda) (St. Louise (St. Eusebia) St. Patrick St. Cyril of
129 March (St. Roderick) Bishop
OF LENT de Marillac) Jerusalem
Ex 17: 3-7 ABSTINENCE Bishop & Doctor
Ps 94 2Kgs 5: 1-15a Dan 3: 25. 34-43 Deut 4: 1.5-9 Jer 7: 23-28 Hos 14: 2-10 Hos 6: 1-6
Rom 5: 1-2.5-8 Ps 41 Ps 24 Ps 147 Ps 94 Ps 80 Ps 50
Joh 4: 5-42 Lk 4: 24-30 Mt 18: 21-35 Mt 5: 17-19 Lk 11: 14-23 Mk 12: 28b-34 Lk 18: 9-14

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
IV Week P Proper W P P P P Solemnity W
4th SUNDAY ST JOSEPH (St. Nicholas St. Turibius of (St. Catherine ANNUNCIATION
(St. Lea)
OF LENT HUSBAND OF
of Flue) Mogrovejo of Sweden) OF THE LORD
BL.VIRGIN MARY Bishop
1Sam 16:1b.6-7.10-13a 2 Sam 7: 4-5a.12-14a.16
WORLD WATER DAY ABSTINENCE Is 7: 10-14; 8:10
Ps 22 Ez 47: 1-9.12 Is 49:8-15 Ex 32: 7-14 Wis 2: 1a.12-22 Ps 39
Ps 88; Rom 4: 13.16-18.22
Eph 5: 8-14 Ps 46 Ps 145 Ps 106 Ps 33 Hebr 10:4-10
Mt 1: 16.18-21.24a or
Jn 9: 1-41 Jn 5: 1-16 Jn 5:17-30 Jn 5: 31-47 Jn 7: 1-2.10.25-30 Lk 1:26-38
Lk 2: 41-51a

26 27 28 29 30 31
I Week P P P P P P
5 SUNDAY
th (St. John (St. Castor) (St. Berthold) (St John (St. Benjamin)
OF LENT of Egypt) Climaco)
ABSTINENCE
Ez 37: 12-14 Dan 13: 1-9.15-
Ps 129 17.19-30.33-62 Num 21: 4-9 Dan 3: 14-20,24-25,28 Gen 17: 3-9 Jer 20: 10-13
Rom 8: 8-11 Ps 23 Ps 102 Ps Dan 3: 52-56 Ps 104 Ps 18
Jn 11: 1-45 Jn 8: 1-11 Jn 8: 21-30 Jn 8: 31-42 Jn 8: 51-59 Jn 10: 31-42
 APRIL 2023

LAUDATO SI’
Mongokumbutsana, Papa Francis akutipempha kuti muzokambirana zathu,
tikuyenera kufalitsa uthenga wokhudza kusamala chilengedwe.
Uthengawu ukuyenera kufalitsidwa m’madera mwathu ndi m’mabanja
mwathu pofuna kupititsa patsogolo ntchito yosamalira chilengedwe chathu.

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sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

30 1
6 April IV Week G P
Last Quarter 4th SUNDAY Pope’s Prayer Intentions (St Ugo)
OF EASTER
VOCATION SUNDAY
For a culture of peace and non violence
We pray for the spread of peace and non violence, by Ez 37: 21-28
Acts 2: 14a.36-41
Ps 22 decreasing the use of weapons by States and citizens. Ps Jer 31: 10-13
13 April 1Pt 2: 20b-25 Jn 11: 45-56
New Moon Jn 10: 1-10

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
II Week R P P P Proper W Proper R Proper W
PALM SUNDAY HOLY HOLY MAUNDY GOOD FRIDAY HOLY
HOLY
OF THE LORD’S TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY OF THE LORD’S SATURDAY
PASSION MONDAY Gen 1:1––2:2 or 1:1. 26-31a
20 April THE LORD’S SUPPER PASSION
Mt 21:1-11 Is 50:4-9a Ex 12: 1-8.11-14 FAST AND ABSTINENCE Gen 22: 1-18; Ex 14:15––15:1;
First Quarter Is 42:1-7 Is 49:1-6
Is 50:4-7 Ps 21; Ps 68 Ps 115; Is 52: 13––53:12 Is 54: 5-14; Is 55:1-11;
Phil 2:6-11 Mt 26:14– Ps 26 Ps 70 1Cor 11: 23-26 Ps 30 Bar 3:9-15.32––4:4; Ez 36:16-17.
Jn 12:1-11 Jn 13:21-33.36-38 Mt 26:14-25 Hebr 4: 14-16; 5: 7-9
27:66 or 27:11-54 Jn 13: 1-15 Jn 18: 1––19: 42 18-28; Rom 6: 3-11; Mt 28: 1-10

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Solemnity W Proper W Proper W Proper W Proper W Proper W Proper W
27 April
EASTER EASTER EASTER EASTER EASTER EASTER EASTER
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
Acts 10:34a.37-43 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES
Ps 117; Col 3:1-4 or Acts 2:14, 22-33 Acts 2:36-41 Acts 3:1-10
Ps 15 Ps 32 Acts 3: 11-26 Acts 4:1-12 Acts 4:13-21
1 Cor 5:6b-8 Ps 104 Ps 117
Jn 20:1-9 or Mt 28:8-15 Jn 20:11-18 Ps 8 Ps 117
Lk 24:13-35 Lk 24: 35-48 Jn 21:1-14 Mk 16:9-15
Mt 28: 1-10

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Proper W Week II W W W W W W
2nd SUNDAY (St Anicetus) (St Galdinus) (St Leo IX) (St Eliana) (St Anselm of (St Leonida)
OF EASTER or Canterbury
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Bishop & Doctor)
Acts 2: 42-47 Acts 4: 23-31 Acts 4:32-37 Acts 5: 17-26 Acts 5: 27-33 Acts 5: 34-42 Acts 6: 1-7
Ps 117; 1Pt 1:3-9 Ps 2 Ps 93 Ps 34 Ps 34 Ps 27 Ps 33
Jn 20: 19-31 Jn 3: 1-8 Jn 3:7b-15 Jn 3: 16-21 Jn 3: 31-36 Jn 6: 1-15 Jn 6: 16-21

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
III Week W W Proper R W W W
W
3 SUNDAY
rd (St. Fidelis of ST MARK B.V. Mary of (St. Zita) (St. Louis-Marie
Sigmaringen, St Catherine of
OF EASTER EVANGELIST Good Counsel de Montfort, Priest
Priest & Martyr) St Peter Chanel, Siena,
Acts 2: 14.22-33 EID AL-FITR Priest, Martyr) Virgin and Doctor
Ps 15 1Pt 5:5b-14 Acts 8: 1b-8 Acts 8: 26-40 Acts 9: 31-42
Acts 6: 8-15 Acts 9: 1-20
1Pt 1: 17-21 Ps 88 Ps 66 Ps 66 Ps 116
Ps 119 Ps 117
Lk 24: 13-35 Jn 6: 22-29 Mk 16:15-20 Jn 6: 35-40 Jn 6: 44-51 Jn 6: 60-69
Jn 6: 52-59
 MAY 2023

LAUDATO SI’
Mfundo zokhuza makhalidwe abwino zimene Mpingo wa Katolika
umalimbikitsa posamala chilengedwe, zikuyenera kukhala
nsanamira zina zamaphunziro zowathandizira achinyamata kukhala
nthumwi zopititsa patsogolo ntchito zosamala chilengedwe.

Full Moon

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6
5 May I I Week W W Proper R W W W
ST. JOSEPH St. Athanasius
Last Quarter Ss PHILIP & (St Ada) (St Irene) (St Dominic
THE WORKER Bishop & Doctor JAMES, Apostles Savio)
WORKERS’ DAY
Gen 1: 26-2.3 Acts 11: 19-26 1Cor 15: 1-8 Acts 13: 13-25 Acts 13: 26-33 Acts 13: 44-52
Ps 90 Ps 87 Ps 18 Ps 2 Ps 97
Col 3: 14-15, 23-24 Ps 89
12 May Jn 10: 22-30 Jn 14: 6-14 Jn 13: 16-20 Jn 14: 1-6 Jn 14: 7-14
Mt 13:54-58

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
New Moon
I Week W W W W W W W
5th SUNDAY (St Magdalena (St Pacomius ) (St. Antoninus) (St. Fabius) (Ss. Nereus & (Our Lady of
OF EASTER Canossa) Achilleus. Fatima)
19 May (Bl Marie Louise of Jesus) (BVM Mediatrix) Pancras Martyrs)
Acts 14: 19-28 Acts 15: 1-6 Acts 15: 7-21 Acts 15: 22-31 Acts 16: 1-10
First Quarter Acts 6: 1-7 Ps 32 Acts 14: 5-18
1Pt 2: 4-9 Ps 113B Ps 144 Ps 121 Ps 95 Ps 56 Ps 99
Jn 14: 1-12 Jn 14: 21-26 Jn 14: 27-31a Jn 15: 1-8 Jn 15: 9-11 Jn 15: 12-17 Jn 15: 18-21

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
II Week W W W W W W W
27 May 6th SUNDAY (St. Isidore the (St Ubaldus ) (St. John I (St. Celestinus V, (St Bernardine
(St. Pascal)
OF EASTER Farmer) Pope and Martyr) Pope) of Siena,
Acts 8: 5-8. 14-17 KAMUZU DAY Priest)
Ps 65 Acts 16: 22-34 Acts 17: 15.22––18:1 Acts 18: 1-8 Acts 18: 9-18 Acts 18: 23-28
Acts 16: 11-15
1Pt 3: 15-18 Ps 138 Ps 148 Ps 97 Ps 46 Ps 46
Ps 149
Jn 14: 15-21 Jn 16: 5-11 Jn 16: 12-15 Jn 16: 16-20 Jn 16: 20-23a Jn 16: 23b-28
Jn 15: 26––16: 4a

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Solemnity W W W W W W W
ASCENSION (St Rita (Our Lady, Help (St. Bede the St. Philip Neri, (St Augustine
of Cascia, (St Desiderius) Venerable & of Canterbury,
OF THE LORD of Christians) Priest
Religious) St Gregory VII, Bishop)
COMMUNICATION SUNDAY Acts 28:16-20.30-31
Acts 1: 1-11 Pope)
Acts 19: 1-8 Acts 20: 17-27 Acts 20: 28-38 Acts 22: 30; 23: 6-11 Acts 25: 13b-21 Ps 11 Jn 21:20-25 Vigil
Ps 46 Ps 67 Ps 67 Gen 11:1-9; Ex 19:3-8
Eph 1: 17-23 Ps 67 Ps 15 Ps 102 Ez 37: 1-14 Ps 104
Mt 28: 16-20 Jn 16: 29-33 Jn 17: 1-11a Jn 17: 11b-19 Jn 17: 20-26 Jn 21: 15-19 Rom 8: 22-27; Jn 7:37-39

28 29 30 31
Solemnity R W G Proper W Pope’s Prayer Intentions
PENTECOST BVM, Mother of St Joan VISITATION OF For church movements and groups
SUNDAY the Church of Arc) BL VIRGIN MARY We pray that Church movements and
(St. Paul VI, Pope ) Zeph 3: 14-18a groups may rediscover their mission of
Acts 2: 1-11 Sir 35: 1-15 evangelization each day, placing their
Ps 103 Gen 3: 9-15.20 or Ps Is 12:2-6
1Cor 12: 3b-7.12-13 Acts 1: 12-14 Ps 59 Rom 12: 9-16b own charisms at the service of needs in
Jn 20: 19-23 Ps 87; Jn 19:25-34 Mk 10: 28-31 Lk 1: 39-56 the world.
 JUNE 2023

YEARS

LAUDATO SI’
FREEDOM DAY Munthu wina aliyense akupemphedwa kutenga nawo gawo
posamala chilengedwe. Mavuto obwera chifukwa cha
14 th June 1993 – 2023 kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe amakhudza wina aliyense.

Full Moon

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3
4 June R G R
Pope’s Prayer Intentions
Last Quarter (Ss. Marcellinus St Charles Lwanga
St Justin, Martyr
For the abolition of torture & Peter, Martyrs & Companions,
We pray that the international community may commit FIRST FRIDAY Martyrs of Uganda
in a concrete way to ensuring the abolition of torture 1Cor 1: 18-25 Sir 44: 1.9-13 2Macc 7: 1-2, 9-14
10 June and guarantee support to victims and their families. Ps 34 Ps 149 Ps 124
Mt 5: 13-19 Mk 11: 11-25 Mt 5: 1-12
New Moon

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Solemnity W Week I R G G G G G
HOLY TRINITY St. Boniface (St Norbert, (St. Robert) (St Medardus, (St. Ephrem , (St. Margaret)
SUNDAY Bishop & Martyr Bishop) Blessed James Deacon & Doctor)
18 June Berthieu) (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
First Quarter Ex 34: 4b-6.8-9 Tb 1:3; 2:1b-8. Tb 2: 9-14 Tb 3: 1-11a. 16-17a Tb 6: 10-11; 7: 9-17; Tb 11: 5-17 Tb 12: 1. 5-15. 20
Ps Dan 3 Ps 25 8: 4-9a/ Ps 128 Ps Tb 13: 2-8
2Cor 13:11-13 Ps 112 Ps 112 Ps 146
Jn 3:16-18 Mk 12: 1-12 Mk 12: 13-17 Mk 12: 18-27 Mk 12: 28-34 Mk 12: 35-37 Mk 12: 38-44

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
26 June Solemnity W Week II G W G G Solemnity W W
THE BODY AND (St. Casper St. Anthony (St Elizeo) (St Vitus) Immaculate
of Padua MOST SACRED
BLOOD OF CHRIST Bertoni) Priest & Doctor HEART OF JESUS Heart of Mary
Dt 8: 2-3.14b-16a FREEDOM DAY
2 Cor 1: 1-7 INTERNATIONAL ALBINISM
2 Cor 3: 15–4:1.3-6 Dt 7: 6-11
Ps 147 AWARENESS DAY 2 Cor 3: 4-11 Ps 103 2 Cor 5: 14-21
1Cor 10: 16-17 Ps 34 2 Cor 1: 18-22 Ps 99 Ps 85 Ps 103
Mt 5: 1-12a Ps 119 Mt 5: 20-26 1Jn 4:7-16
Jn 6: 51-58 Mt 5: 13-16 Mt 5: 17-19 Mt 11: 25-30 Lk 2: 41-51

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
III Week G G G W G G Solemnity W
11th SUNDAY IN (St Romuald (St Edelbert) St Aloysius (St Paulinus of St Joseph Cafasso BIRTH OF JOHN
ORDINARY TIME Abbot) Gonzaga, Nola, Bishop; John
Fisher & Thomas THE BAPTIST
Ex 19:2-6a WORLD REFUGEE DAY Religious
More, Martyrs ) Is 49: 1-6
Ps 100 2 Cor 6: 1-10 2 Cor 8: 1-9 2 Cor 9: 6-11 2 Cor 11: 18. 21b-30 Ps 139
Ps 98 Ps 112 2 Cor 11: 1-11 Ps 34
Rom 5:6-11 Ps 146 Ps 111 Acts 13: 22-26
Mt 9:36—10:8 Mt 5: 38-42 Mt 5: 43-48 Mt 6: 1-6.16-18 Mt 6: 7-15 Mt 6: 19-23 Lk 1: 57-66. 80

25 26 27 28 29 30
IV Week G G G R Solemnity R G
12th SUNDAY IN (St. Josemaria (St Cyril of St. Irenaeus, Ss PETER & (First Martyrs of
ORDINARY TIME Escriva) Alexandria, Bishop & Martyr PAUL, APOSTLES Roman Church)
Bishop & Doctor)
Jer 20:10-13 Acts 12: 1-11
Ps 69 Gen 12: 1-9 Gen 13: 2.5-18 Gen 15: 1-12.17-18 Gen 17: 1.9-10.15-22
Ps 105 Ps 34
Rom 5:12-15 Ps 33 Ps 15 2Tim 4: 6-8. 17-18 Ps 128
Mt 10:26-33 Mt 7: 1-5 Mt 7: 6.12-14 Mt 7: 15-20 Mt 16: 13-19 Mt 8: 1-4
 JULY 2023

LAUDATO SI’
Chilengedwe chimatipatsa zabwino zochuluka pa moyo wathu
wa tsiku ndi tsiku. Pachifukwa chimenechi, tikuyenera kusamala
chilengedwe chathu kuti tikhale ndi malo abwino okhalapo,
amene angapititse patsogolo moyo wathu wa tsiku ndi tsiku.

Full Moon

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

30 31 1
3 July I Week G W II Week G
Last Quarter 17th SUNDAY IN
Pope’s Prayer Intentions (St Esther)
St Ignatius For a Eucharistic life
ORDINARY TIME of Loyola, Pries We pray that Catholics may place the celebration of the (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
1Kgs 3:5.7-12 Eucharist at the heart of their lives, transforming human
Ps 118 Ex 32:15-24.30-34 Gen 18: 1-15
relationships in a very deep way and opening to the Ps Lk 1:46-55
10 July Rom 8: 28-30 Ps 105
Mt 13: 31-35 encounter with God and all their brothers and sisters. Mt 8: 5-17
New Moon
Mt 13:44-52

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
G Proper R G G G G G
13th SUNDAY IN ST THOMAS, (St Elizabeth (St Anthony (St Maria Goretti) (St. Claudius) (Ss Aquila &
ORDINARY TIME Apostle of Portugal) Mary Zaccaria FIRST FRIDAY
Priscilla)
17 July Priest)
2Kgs 4: 8-11, 13-16 MALAWI REPUBLIC DAY Gen 23: 1-4. 19; 24: (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
First Quarter Ps 89 Eph 2: 19-22 Gen 19: 15-29 Gen 21: 5.8-20a Gen 22: 1-19 1-8. 62-67 Gen 27: 1-5. 15-29
Rom 6: 3-4, 8-11 Ps 117 Ps 25 Ps 34 Ps 115 Ps 106 Ps 134
Mt 10: 37-42 Jn 20: 24-29 Mt 8: 23-27 Mt 8:28-34 Mt 9:1-8 Mt 9: 9-13 Mt 9: 14-17

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
II Week G G W G G G W
14 SUNDAY IN
th
(St Rufina) St Benedict (St Fortunatus) (St Henry) (St. Camillus de St Bonaventure,
26 July
ORDINARY TIME Abbot Lellis Priest) Bishop & Doctor
WORLD POPULATION DAY Gen 41: 55-57; Gen 44: 18-21. 23b-
Zech 9: 9-10 Gen 28: 10-22a 42:5-7. 17-24; Gen 49: 29-33;
Ps 144 Gen 32: 23-33 29; 45:1-5 Gen 46: 1-7. 28-30 50: 15-26a
Ps 91 Ps 17 Ps 33 Ps 105 Ps 37 Ps 105
Rom 8: 9. 11-13 Mt 9: 18-26 Mt 10: 1-7
Mt 11: 25-30 Mt 9: 32-38 Mt 10: 7-15 Mt 10: 16-23 Mt 10: 24-33

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
III Week G G G G G G Proper W
15 SUNDAY IN
th
(St Marcellina) (St Frederick) (St Macrina) (St. Apollinaris, (St. Lawrence St Mary
ORDINARY TIME Bishop & Martyr) of Brindisi
Priest & Doctor) Magdalene
Is 55: 10-11 NELSON MANDELA DAY
Song 3:1-4 or
Ps 64 Ex 1: 8-14. 22 Ex 2: 1-15a Ex 3: 1-6. 9-12 Ex 3: 13-20 Ex 11: 10–12:14 2 Cor 5:14-17
Rom 8: 18-23 Ps 124 Ps 69 Ps 103 Ps 105 Ps 116 Ps 63
Mt 13: 1-23 Mt 10: 34–11:1 Mt 11: 20-24 Mt 11: 25-27 Mt 11: 28-30 Mt 12: 1-8 Jn 20: 1-2.11-18

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
IV Week G G Proper R W G G W
16 SUNDAY IN
th (St Charbel Ss Joachim & (St. Natalia) (Ss. Nazarius St Martha,
Makhlûf, ST. JAMES
ORDINARY TIME Apostle Anne, Parents of and Celsus) Mary & Lazarus
Priest) Bl. Virgin Mary
Wis 12: 13. 16-19 Ex 24: 3-8
Ps 85 Ex 14: 5-18 2Cor 4: 7-15; Ex 16: 1-5. 9-15 Ex 19: 1-2.9-11.16-20b Ex 20: 1-17 Ps 50
Rom 8: 26-27 Ps Ex 15 Ps 125; Ps 78 Ps Dn 3 Ps 19 Jn 11: 19-27 or
Mt 12: 38-42 Mt 20: 20-28 Mt 13: 1-9 Mt 13: 10-17 Mt 13: 18-23 Lk 38-42
Mt 13: 24-43
 AUGUST 2023

LAUDATO SI’
Tikuyenera kuganizira m’badwo umene ukubwera
kutsogolo kuti udzakhala mu dziko lotani tikawonongeratu
chilengedwe chimene tili nacho tsopano lino.

Full Moon

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3 4 5
Pope’s Prayer Intentions W G G W W
1 August
St Alfonsus Liguory (St Eusebius of (St Lydia ) St John Vianney, (Dedication of
Last Quarter For World Youth Day Bishop & Doctor Vercelli, Bishop; Priest the Basilica of
We pray the World Youth Day in Lisbon St Peter Julius FIRST FRIDAY St Mary Major)
Eymard, Priest) Ex 40: 16-21. 34-38 Lev 23: 1. 4-11.15- (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
will help young people to live and Ex 33: 7-11.
Ps 103 Ex 34: 29-35 Ps 83 16.27.34b-37 Lev 25: 1. 8-17
witness the Gospel in their own lives. Ps 98 Ps 66
Mt 13: 36-43 Mt 13: 47-53 Ps 81
8 August Mt 13: 44-46 Mt 13: 54-58 Mt 14: 1-12

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
New Moon G
Proper W G W Proper R W G
TRANSFIGURATION (St. Robert) St. Dominic (St Teresa Benedicta St Lawrence, St Clare (St Jane Frances
OF THE LORD Priest of the Cross - Deacon & Martyr Virgin of Chantal,
Edith Stein, Religious)
16 August Virgin & Martyr} (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
Dan 7: 9-10. 13-14 Num 11: 4-15 Num 12: 1-13 Num 13: 1-2.25–14:1. 2 Cor 9: 6-10 Deut 4: 32-40
First Quarter
Ps 76 Deut 6: 4-13
Ps 96 2Pt 1: 16-19; Ps 80 Ps 50 26-29.34-35 Ps 105 Ps 111 Ps 147
Mt 17: 1-9 Mt 14: 22-36 Mt 15: 1-2.10-14 Mt 15: 21-28 Jn 12: 24-26 Mt 16: 24-28 Mt 17: 14-20

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
III Week G R Solemnity W G G G G
24 August
19 SUNDAY IN
th
St Maximillian ASSUMPTION OF (St Stephen of (St Hyacinth) (St Helena, (St John Eudes,
Full Moon ORDINARY TIME Kolbe, Priest Bl Victoria
THE B.V. MARY Hungary & Priest)
1Kgs 19: 9.11-13 and Martyr Rev 11: 19a; 12:1-6a.10ab Bl Isidore Bakanja) Rascamanarivo) (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
Ps 84 Deut 10: 12-22 Ps 44 Deut 34: 1-12 Josh 3:7-10a. 11. 13-17 Josh 24: 1-13 Josh 24: 14-29
Rom 9:1-5 Ps 147 1 Cor 15: 20-26; Ps 66 Ps 113A Ps 135 Ps 15
31 August Mt 14: 22-33 Mt 17: 22-27 Lk 1: 39-56 Mt 18: 15-20 Mt 18: 21—19:1 Mt 19: 3-12 Mt 19: 13-15

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
IV Week G W W G Proper R G G
20th SUNDAY IN St. Pius X , Queenship of the (St Rose of Lima, ST (St Joseph (St Alexander)
ORDINARY TIME Pope Blessed Virgin Virgin) BARTHOLOMEW, Calasanz
Is 56: 1.6-7 Mary APOSTLE Priest) (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
Ps 66 Jdg 2: 11-19 Jdg 6: 11-24a Jdg 9: 6-15 Rev 21: 9b-14 Ruth 1: 1.3-6.14b- Ruth 2: 1-3. 8-11;
Rom 11:13-15.29-32 Ps 106 Ps 84 Ps 20 Ps 144 16.22; Ps 145 4:13-17 Ps 127
Mt 15: 21-28 Mt 19: 16-22 Mt 19: 23-30 Mt 20: 1-16a Jn 1: 45-51 Mt 22: 34-40 Mt 23: 1-12

27
I Week
21st SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
Is 22: 19-23
G

28 St. Augustine,
Bishop & Doctor
W

29 Beheading of
R

John the Baptist

30 (St Felice)
G

31 (St Adam)
G

Ps 137 1Thess 1: 1-5. 8b-10 Jer 1: 17-19 1Thess 2: 9-13 1Thess 3: 7-13
Rom 11: 33-36 Ps 149 Ps 71 Ps 139 Ps 89
Mt 16: 13-20 Mt 23: 13-22 Mk 6: 17-29 Mt 23: 27-32 Mt 24: 42-51
 SEPTEMBER 2023

LAUDATO SI’
Chilengedwe ndi gawo lalikulu limene limatithandiza pa moyo
wathu wa tsiku ndi tsiku. Tangoganizani, kodi moyo wathu
ungakhale wotani zinthu zachilengedwe zitawonongekeratu?

Last Quarter

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2
G G
7 September Pope’s Prayer Intentions
New Moon For people living on the margins (St. Giles) (St Antonino)
We pray for those persons living on the margins of
society, in inhumane life conditions; may they not be (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
overlooked by institutions and never considered of 1Thess 4:1-8 1Thess 4: 9-11
lesser importance. Ps 97 Ps 98
15 September Mt 25:1-13 Mt 25: 14-30
First Quarter

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
II Week G G G G G Proper W G
22 SUNDAY IN
nd (St. Rosalia) (St Lawrence (St. Zecharia) (Ss. Sixtus II, Pope THE NATIVITY (St Peter Claver
ORDINARY TIME Justin) and Companions, OF THE B.V. MARY Priest)
22 September Martyrs)
Jer 20: 7-9 Mic 5: 1-4a or
Full Moon 1Thess 4: 13-18 1Thess 5: 1-6. 9-11 Col 1: 1-8 Rom 8: 28-30 Col 1: 21-23
Ps 62 Col 1: 9-14
Rom 12:1-2 Ps 96 Ps 27 Ps 52 Ps 98 Ps 13 Ps 54
Mt 16: 21-27 Lk 4: 16-30 Lk 4: 31-37 Lk 4: 38-44 Lk 5: 1-11 Mt 1: 1-16.18-23 Lk 6: 1-5

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
29 September III Week G G G W Proper R W R
23rd SUNDA Y IN (St. Protus) (Most Holy St. John THE EXALTATION Our Lady Ss Cornelius, Pope
ORDINARY TIME Name of Chrysostom, OF THE HOLY of Sorrows & Cyprian, Bishop
Mary) Bishop & Doctor CROSS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY
and Martyrs
Ez 33: 7-9 Num 21: 4b-9 1 Tim 1: 1-2.12-14
Col 1: 24–2:3 Col 2: 6-15 Col 3: 1-11
Ps 94
Ps 145 Ps 145
Ps 78 Ps 31 or Heb 5:7-10 1 Tim 1: 15-17
Rom 13: 8-10 Ps 62 Phil 2: 6-11 Lk 2: 33-35 or Ps 113
Mt 18: 15-20 Lk 6: 6-11 Lk 6: 12-19 Lk 6: 20-26 Jn 3: 13-17 Lk 6: 43-49
Jn 19:25-27

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
IV Week G G G R Proper R G W
24th SUNDAY IN (St. Joseph of (St. Januarius) St. Andrew Kim St. MATTHEW, (St. Maurice) St Pius of
ORDINARY TIME Copertino) & Companions Apostle & Pietralcina
Martyrs of Korea Evangelist Padre Pio, Priest
Sir 27: 33 – 28:9 1 Tim 3: 1-13 1 Tim 3: 14-16
Ps 102 1 Tim 2: 1-8 Ps 101 Eph 4: 1-7.11-13 1Tim 6: 2c-12 1Tim 6: 13-16
Ps 111 Ps 19 Ps 100
Rom 14: 7-9 Ps 28 Lk 7: 11-17 Lk 7: 31-35 Ps 49
Mt 18: 21-35 Lk 7: 1-10 Mt 9: 9-13 Lk 8: 1-3 Lk 8: 4-15

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
I Week G Proper G G W G Proper W W
25th SUNDAY IN (St. Aurelia) (Ss. Cosmas St. Vincent (Ss. Venceslaus, MICHAEL, St Jerome
ORDINARY TIME de Paul, Priest Lawrence Ruiz & GABRIEL,
and Damian, RAPHAEL,
Priest & Doctor
Comp., Martyrs)
Is 55 :6-9 Martyrs) WORLD TOURISM DAY Holy Archangels
Ezr 9: 5-9 Hag 1: 1-8 Dan 7: 9-10.13-14 or
Zech 2: 5-9. 14-15a
Ps 144 Ezr 1: 1-6 Ezr 6: 7-8.12b.14-20 Ps Jer 31
Phil 1: 20c-24.27a Ps 126 Ps 122 Tb 13: 2-4. 7-8 Ps 149 Rev 12:7-12a; Ps 138
Mt 20: 1-16a Lk 8: 16-18 Lk 9: 7-9 Lk 9: 43b-45
Lk 8: 19-21 Lk 9: 1-6 Jn 1: 47-51
 OCTOBER 2023

LAUDATO SI’
Pali ubale wawukulu pakati pa zinthu zachilengedwe ndi anthu.
Mwachitsanzo, mitengo imatipatsa mpweya wabwino umene ife
timapuma, komanso imathandizira kubweretsa mvula. Tikuyenera
kulingalira mofatsa tisadawononge zinthu zachilengedwe.

Last Quarter

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6 October II Week G W G W G G W
New Moon 26rd SUNDA Y IN The Holy (St. Edmond) St. Francis (St Faustina (St Bruno, Our Lady of
ORDINARY TIME Guardian Angels of Assisi Kowalska, Virgin) Priest) the Rosary
WORLD DAY OF THE TEACHERS FIRST FRIDAY
Ez 18: 25-28
Ps 24 Zech 8: 1-8; Zech 8: 20-23 Neh 2: 1-8 Neh 8: 1-4.5-6.7-12 Bar 1: 15-22 Bar 4: 5-12.27-29
14 October Phil 2: 1-11 Ps 102 Ps 87 Ps 136 Ps 19 Ps 79 Ps 68
Mt 21: 28-32 Mt 18: 1.5-10 Lk 9: 51-56 Lk 9: 57-62 Lk 10:13-16 Lk 10: 17-24
First Quarter Lk 10: 1-12

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
III Week G G G G G G G
27th SUNDAY IN (Ss. Denis, Bishop (St. Daniel (St. Kenneth & St (St. Wilfred) (St. Edward) (St Callistus I,
22 October ORDINARY TIME & Companions Comboni) John XXIII, Pope) Pope & Martyr)
Is 5: 1-7 Martyrs) INTERNATIONAL DAY OF
(SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
Full Moon GIRL CHILD
Ps 79 Jona 1: 1–2: 1. 11 Jona 3: 1-10 Mal 3:13-20a Joel 1: 13-15; 2: 1-2
Jona 4: 1-11 Joel 4: 12-21
Phil 4:6-9 Ps Jona 2: 2-8 Ps 130 Ps 1 Ps 9 Ps 97
Ps 86 Lk 11: 5-13 Lk 11: 15-26
Mt 21: 33-43 Lk 10: 25-37 Lk 10: 38-42 Lk 11: 1-4 Lk 11: 27-28
28 October

15
Is
IV Week
28th SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
25: 6-10a
G

16 (St. Hedwig,
Religious; St.
Margaret Mary
G

Alacoque, Virgin)
17 St. Ignatius of
Antioch, Bishop
& Martyr
R

18
Proper
ST. LUKE,
Evangelist
R

19
G
(Isaac Jogues &
John de Brebeuf
& C. Martyrs)
20
G
(St. Paul of the
Cross, Priest) 21 (St Ursula)
G

(SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)

Ps 22 Rom 3: 21-30 Rom 4: 13. 16-18
MOTHERS’ DAY Phil 3: 17-4:1 2Tim 4: 10-17b Rom 4: 1-8
Phil 4: 12-14.19-20 Rom 1: 1-7 Ps 98 Ps 130 Ps 105
Ps 19 Ps 145 Ps 32
Mt 22: 1-14 Lk 11: 47-54 Lk 12: 8-12
Lk 11: 29-32 Lk 11: 37-41 Lk 10: 1-9 Lk 12: 1-7

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
I Week G G G G G W G Proper R
29 SUNDAY IN
th (St John of (St. Anthony (St. Crispin) (St. Evaristus) (St. Florence) Ss. SIMON &
ORDINARY TIME Capestrano, Maria Claret, JUDE Apostles
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY Priest) Bishop)
Is 45: 1. 4-6 Rom 4: 20-25 Rom 5: 12.15b.17-19. Rom 6: 12-18 Rom 6: 19-23 Rom 7: 18-25a Eph 2: 19-22
20b-21 Ps 1 Ps 119
Ps 95 1Thess 1: 1-5b Lk 1: 69-75 Ps 40 Ps 124 Ps 19
Mt 22: 15-21 Lk 12: 13-21 Lk 12: 35-38 Lk 12: 39-48 Lk 12: 49-53 Lk 12: 54-59 Lk 6: 12-16

29 30 31
II Week G G G For the Synod
30thSUNDAY IN (St Gerard) (St. Lucilla)
ORDINARY TIME We pray for the Church, that she may adopt listening
Ex 22: 20-26 and dialogue as a lifestyle at every level, and allow
Ps 17 Rom 8: 12-17 Rom 8: 18-25 herself to be guided by the Holy Spirit towards the
1Thess 1: 5c-10 Ps 68 Ps 126 peripheries of the world.
Mt 22: 34-40 Lk 13: 10-17 Lk 13: 18-21
 NOVEMBER 2023

LAUDATO SI’
Tiyeni tigwirane manja posamala chilengedwe chimene chili
gwero la moyo wathu wangwiro. Khalidwe losakaza
zachilengedwe limabwezeretsa chitukuko m’mbuyo,
zimenenso zimasokoneza ubale wa anthu.

Last Quarter

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3 4
5 November Solemnity W Proper P G W
Pope’s Prayer Intentions (St. Martin de St Charles
New Moon ALL SAINTS ALL SOULS
Commemoration Porres, Religious) Borromeo,
For the Pope DAY Bishop
of our Ancestors
We pray for the Holy Father; as he fulfills his mission, may Rev 7: 2-4.9-14
he continue to accompany the flock entrusted to him, with Ps 24 Wis 3:1-9 Ps 26 Rom 9: 1-5 Rom 11: 1-2.11-12.25-29
13 November 1 Jn 3: 1-3 Rom 5: 5-11/Rom 6: 3-9 Ps 147 Ps 94
the help of the Holy Spirit. Mt 5: 1-12a Lk 14: 1.7-11
First Quarter Mt 11: 25-30 Lk 14: 1-6

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
III Week G G G G Proper W W W
31st SUNDAY IN (St. Leonard) (St. Ernest) (St Adeodatus) Dedication of St. Leo St Martin
ORDINARY TIME the Lateran the Great, of Tours,
19 November Basilica Pope & Doctor Bishop
Full Moon Mal 1:14b–2:2b.8-10 Rom 13: 8-10 Ez 47: 1-2.8-9.12 Rom 15: 14-21
Ps 130 Rom 11: 29-36 Rom 12: 5-16 Rom 16: 3-9.16.22-26
Ps 69 Ps 112 Ps 46 Ps 98 Ps 145
1Thess 2:7b-9.13 Ps 131 1 Cor 3: 9b-11.16-17
Lk 14: 12-14 Lk 14: 15-24 Lk 14: 25-33 Lk 16: 1-8 Lk 16: 9-15
Mt 23: 1-12 Jn 2: 13-22

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
27 November IV Week G G G G G W G
32rd SUNDAY IN (St Frances (St. Serapion) (St Albert (Ss Margaret of St. Elizabeth of (Dedication of
ORDINARY TIME Xavier Cabrini, the Great, Scotland & Hungary, Basilicas Ss
Virgin) W DIABETES DAY Bishop & Doctor) Gertrud, Virgin) Religious Peter & Paul)
Wis 6: 12-16 ORLD
(SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
Ps 62 Wis 1: 1-7 Wis 2 23—3: 9. Wis 6: 1-11 Wis 7: 22–8: 1 Wis 13: 1-9
Wis 18:14-16;19:6-9
1Thess 4: 13-18 Ps 139 Ps 34 Ps 82 Ps 119 Ps 19 Ps 105
Mt 25: 1-13 Lk 17: 1-6 Lk 17: 7-10 Lk 17: 11-19 Lk 17: 20-25 Lk 17: 26-37 Lk 18:1-8

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I Week G G W R G R G
33rd SUNDAY IN (St Felix) Presentation of St Cecilia, (St Clement I, Ss. Andrew Dung-Lac, (St Catherine
ORDINARY TIME the Blessed Virgin Pope & Martyr Priest & Companions, of Alexandria,
Mary Virgin & Martyr St Columban, Virgin & Martyr)
SIXTH WORLD DAY UNIVERSAL CHILDREN DAY Martyrs (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
OF THE POOR WORLD TELEVISION DAY Abbot, Bl. Miguel
1 Mac 1: 10-15. 41-43. 2 Mac 7:1.20-31 Agustine Pro 1Mac 4: 36-37.52-59 DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF
Prv 31: 10-13.19-20.30-31 54-57. 62-64 2Mac 6: 18-31 Ps 17 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Ps 127 1Thess 5: 1-6 Ps 119 Ps 3 Lk 19: 11-28 1Mac 2: 15-29 Ps 50 Ps 1Chr 29 1Mac 6: 1-13
Mt 25: 14--30 Lk 18: 35-43 Lk 19: 1-10 Lk 19: 41-44 Lk 19: 45-48 Ps 9 Lk 20: 27-40

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Solemnity W Week II G G G Proper R
Sunday Cycle: YEAR B
CHRIST (St Virgil) (St. Valerian) (St Saturninus, ST ANDREW, November 27, 2022 to November 26, 2023
THE KING St Catherine Apostle
of Egypt) Weekday Cycle: CYCLE II
Ez 34: 11-12.15-17
Ps 22 Dan 1: 1-6.8-20 Dan 5:1-6.13-14. Rom 10: 9-18 January 10 to February 21, 2023
Dan 2: 31-45 16-17.23-28
1Cor 15: 20-26.28 Ps Dan 3: 52-56 Ps Dan 3: 57-61 Ps 19 May 29 to December 2, 2023
Lk 21:1-4 Ps Dan 3: 62-67 Mt 4: 18-22
Mt 25: 31-46 Lk 21: 5-11 Lk 21: 12-19
 DECEMBER 2023

LAUDATO SI’
Kodi tikuchitapo chiyani posamala chilengedwe? Kodi tikuzindikira
kuti ngati tingawakonde ana athu komanso m’badwo umene
ukubwera kutsogoloku tiyenera kusamalira chilengedwe kuti
usadzasowe pogwira?

Last Quarter

sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

31 1 2
Proper W G G
5 December Pope’s Prayer Intentions
HOLY FAMILY
For persons with disabilities (St. Helga) (St. Bibiana)
New Moon OF JESUS, MARY & (Bl Clementine
JOSEPH We pray that people living with disabilities may be at Anuarite)
Gen 15:1-6; 21:1-3 the centre of attention in society, and that institutions WORLD AIDS DAY (SATURDAY MASS OF OUR LADY)
Ps 104 may offer inclusive programs which value their active Dan 7: 2-14 Dan 7: 15-27
13 December Hebr 11:8.11-12.17-19 participation. Ps Dan 3: 75-81 Ps Dan 3: 82-87
First Quarter Lk 2:22.39-40 Lk 21: 29-33 Lk 21: 34-36

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
I Week P P P P W Solemnity W P
1st SUNDAY OF (St. John (St. Clement) (St. Nicholas (St. Juan Diego
St. Ambrose, THE IMMACULATE
Cuahtlatoatzin)
ADVENT Damascene Bishop) CONCEPTION OF
19 December Priest & Doctor) Bishop & Doctor BL.VIRGIN MARY
Is 63:16-17.19; 64:1-7
Full Moon
Ps 79 Is 2:1-5 Is 25:6-10a Is 26:1-6 Gen 3:9-15. 20 Is 30:19-21
Ps 122 Is 11:1-9 Ps 97 Ps 147
1 Cor 1: 3-9 Ps 71 Ps 22 Ps 117
Mt 8:5-11 Mt 15:29-37 Mt 7:21.24-27 Eph 1:3-6.11-12 Mt 9:35--10:1.5.6-8
Mk 13: 33-37 Lk 10:21-24 Lk 1:26-38

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27 December II Week P P P R W P P
2nd SUNDAY OF (St. Damasus I (Our Lady St. Lucy, St. John of the (St. Christiana) (St. Adelaide)
ADVENT Pope) of Guadalupe) Virgin & Martyr Cross,
Priest & Doctor
Is 40: 1-5.9-11
Is 35:1-10 Zech 2: 4-17 Is 40:25-31 Sir 48:1-4.9-11
Ps 84 Is 41:13-20 Is 48:17-19
Ps Judith 13:18-19 Ps 102 Ps 79
2Pt 3: 8-14 Ps 84 Ps 144 Ps 1
Lk 1:26-38 Mt 11:28-30 Mt 17: 9a.10-13
Mk 1: 1-8 Lk 5:17-26 Mt 11:11-15 Mt 11:16-19

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
P P P P P P
III Week P
3 SUNDAY OF
rd (St. Irmina) (Saint (St Dominic) (St Peter (Bl. Jacopone (St John
ADVENT Anastasius) Canisius, da Todi) of Kanty,
Priest & Doctor) Priest)
Is 61: 1-2a.10-11 Jer 23:5-8 Song 2: 8-14 or 1Sam 1:24-28
Ps Lk 1:46-54 Jgs 13:2-7.24-25a Is 7:10-14 Ps 1Sam 2:1.4-8 Mal 3: 1-4.23-24
Ps 71 Ps 23 Zeph 3:14-18
1Thess 5: 16-24 Ps 70 Ps 32 Lk 1:46-55 Ps 24
Mt 1:18-25 Lk 1:5-25 Lk 1:26-38 Lk 1: 57-66
Jn 1: 6-8.19-28 Lk 1: 39-48

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IV Week P Solemnity W Proper R Proper W Proper R Proper R Proper W
4th SUNDAY OF NATIVITY OF St Stephen, ST JOHN, THE HOLY (St Thomas (St. Eugene)
ADVENT THE LORD First Martyr Apostle INNOCENTS, Becket, Bishop
2Sam 7 : 1-5.8b-12.14.16
BOXING’ DAY & Evangelist Martyrs & Martyr)
Ps 88 Rom 16:25-27 Is 52:7-10 1Jn 2:12-17
Lk 1: 26-38 Ps 97 Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-60 1Jn 1:1-4 1 Jn 1:5–2:2 1Jn 2: 3-11
(Misa ya usiku) Ps 30 Ps 123 Ps 95
Hebr 1:1-6 Ps 96 Ps 95
Is 9:1-7; Ps 95
Mt 10:17-22 Mt 2:13-18 Lk 2:36-40
Tit 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Jn 1:1-14 Jn 20: 1a.2-8 Lk 2: 22-35