Feast days of the week 31 December 2006-6 January 2007 (1962 liturgical calendar)

Feast days of the week 31 December 2006-6 January 2007 (1962 liturgical calendar)[i].

First part of the Liturgical Year: the Christmas Cycle.
Christmastide.

Sunday, 31 December, 2006: Sunday within the Octave of Christmas.
"The sacred Liturgy, in revealing to us the supernatural Sonship of our Lord Jesus Christ, which affects our souls more especially at this time of Christmas, makes the Divinity under the aspect of Fatherhood resplendent in our eyes."
Epistle: Gal 4:1-7
Gospel: Luke 2:33-40

Monday, 1 January 2007: Octave Day of the Nativity (Holy Day of Obligation).
"In the Old Law, by the Rite of Circumcision, every male Jew became a member and shared in the privileges and blessings of the chosen people of God. A Jew who failed to be initiated by the ceremony was excluded. Our Lord was Son of God by nature, and absolutely sinless, and therefore did not need adoption into the membership of God's children. Yet, He submitted to the law. The Church also honours on this day the holy Name of Jesus, given to the Divine Child at the Circumcision, and the Divine Maternity of Our Lady."
Epistle: Titus 2:11-15 (of the First Mass of Christmas)
Gospel: Luke 2:21

Tuesday, 2 January 2007: The Most Holy Name of Jesus.
"This Feast is kept on the First Sunday of the year; but if this Sunday falls on Jan. 1st, 6th, or 7th, the Feast is kept on Jan. 2nd. Its origin is traced to the sixteenth century, when it was celebrated by the Franciscan Order. In 1721 Pope Innocent XIII made the keeping of this solemnity universal. The Name Jesus, i.e. the Saviour of the world, was brought by the Angel Gabriel from God, "For He shall save His people from their sins."
Lesson: Acts 4:8-12
Gospel: Luke 2:21

Wednesday, 3 January 2007:Ferial
Epistle: Titus 2:11-15 (of the First Mass of Christmas)
Gospel: Luke 2:21

Thursday, 4 January 2007: Ferial
Epistle: Titus 2:11-15 (of the First Mass of Christmas)
Gospel: Luke 2:21

Friday, 5 January 2007: First Friday, Ferial
Epistle: Titus 2:11-15 (of the First Mass of Christmas)
Gospel: Luke 2:21

Saturday, 6 January 2007: Feast of the Epiphany (Holy Day of Obligation in Great Britain, Canada, and Australia).
"The word 'Epiphany' means 'manifestation'. The Church in the Mass, commemorates a triple manifestation of Christ: to the Magi, to the Gentiles; in His Baptism, when the Voice from heaven declared, 'This is My Beloved Son'; and in the miracle of changing water into wine at Cana."
Lesson: Isaias 60:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12.

[i] Remarks are abstracted from The Daily Missal and Liturgical Manual, from Editio Typica of the Roman Missal and Breviary, 1962
(Baronius Press Limited, London, 2004, in conjunction with the Fraternal Society of St. Peter, www.baroniuspress.com)