Please see the link above for our free Liturgical Preparation Aid for the seasons of Advent and Christmas. It contains:
- A full presider’s text for The Order of Reconciling Several Penitents with Individual Confession and Absolution (drawn from the revised Order of Penance, effective April 16, 2023)
- Readings
- A list of alternate readings
- Sample Penances
- Music Suggestions
- A Liturgical Year Calendar Advisory for Year B
- The Lectionary for Mass – citations for the readings for the Sundays and Solemnities of these seasons
- Proclamation of the Birth of Christ (to be sung before the Mass during the Night)
- Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts (to be sung on Epiphany)
- O Antiphons
We are grateful to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB); the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD), and to the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) for their generous permissions to use their copyrighted material and to offer this resource to you free of charge.