Third Sunday of Easter April 19, 2026 Year of the Church in History
“And on the Lord’s own day gather yourselves together and break bread and give thanks, first confessing your transgressions, that your sacrifice may be pure.” (The Didache, date unknown)
Second Sunday of Easter April 12, 2026 Year of the Church in History
“There are two ways, one of life and one of death, but a great difference between the two ways.”
(The Didache, date unknown)
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord April 5, 2026 Year of the Church in History
“When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.” (John 20:6-7)
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 29, 2026 Year of the Church in History
“Nothing can be begun well unless begun in God, the sole Foundation of all real good; begin, therefore, each day by raising your mind and heart to God.”
(Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist, The School of Jesus Crucified, p.7)
Fifth Sunday of Lent March 22, 2026 Year of the Church in History
“And coming up in a body late in the evening, they found the man himself in bed in an upper chamber in a certain cottage; and though he might have departed thence to another place, he would not, saying, The will of God be done.”
(On the Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp, circa A.D. 155-156)
Fourth Sunday of Lent March 15, 2026 Year of the Church in History
“Knowing then that God is not mocked, we ought to walk worthily of His commandment and His glory.” (Saint Polycarp, Epistle to the Philippians, circa A.D. 120-140)
Third Sunday of Lent March 8, 2026 Year of the Church in History
“I have no delight in the food of corruption or in the delights of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Christ who was of the seed of David; and for a draught I desire His blood, which is love incorruptible.” (Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Romans, circa A.D. 107-110)
Second Sunday of Lent March 1, 2026 Year of the Church in History
“Bear all men, as the Lord also beareth thee.” (Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to Saint Polycarp, circa A.D. 107-110)
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (English) Quinquagesima (Latin) February 15, 2026 Year of the Church in History
“As children therefore [of the light] of the truth, shun division and wrong doctrines; and where the shepherd is, there follow ye as sheep.” (Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Philadelphians, circa A.D. 107-110)
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time February 8, 2026 Year of the Church in History
“Let none of you bear a grudge against his neighbor.”
(Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Trallians, circa A.D. 107-110)