Please see the link above for our free Liturgical Preparation Aid for the seasons of Advent and Christmas. It contains:
- A full presider text for The Order for Reconciling Several Penitents with Individual Confession and Absolution
- Music Suggestions
- Suggested Penances for children or adults
- A Liturgical Calendar Advisory
- A Summary of the Readings for Sundays, Solemnities, and Feasts (Year B)
- The text of The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (The Christmas Proclamation)
- The text of the “Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts” ( may be proclaimed on the Solemnity of the Epiphany after the Gospel)
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.