A PPOINTED TO BE OBSERVED

THROUGHOUT THE Y EAR

T HE V IGILS :

T HE following Vigils are appointed to be kept: C HRISTMAS -E VE , C ANDLEMAS -E VE , S HROVE T UESDAY , L ADYMAS -E VE , E ASTER -E VE , A SCENSION -E VE , W HITSUN -E VE , A SSUMPTION -E VE , M ICHAELMAS -E VE , and A LL H ALLOWS ’ E VE .

T HE F AST - DAYS :

T HE following days are appointed to be kept as Days of strict Fasting: A SH W EDNESDAY and G OOD F RIDAY .

T HE D AYS OF A BSTINENCE :

T HE following days are appointed to be observed as Days of Abstinence: The Forty Days of L ENT ; the three E MBER - DAYS at the Four Seasons, being the W EDNESDAY , F RIDAY , and S ATURDAY , after: The Third S UNDAY in A DVENT , The First S UNDAY in L ENT , The Feast of P ENTECOST , and H OLY C ROSS D AY ; the three R OGATION -D AYS , being the M ONDAY , T UESDAY , and W EDNESDAY , before the F EAST OF THE A SCENSION OF O UR L ORD which is called H OLY T HURSDAY ; and all the F RIDAYS of the Year, except C HRISTMAS -D AY and the Friday after C HRISTMAS -D AY , The Feast of the E PIPHANY , The Friday after E ASTER -D AY , and The Friday after H OLY T HURSDAY .

T HE D AYS AND S EASONS

I. Any S UNDAY of the Year; and (except the Ordinary permit):

II. From A DVENT S UNDAY until Eight Days after the E PIPHANY ;

III. From S EPTUAGESIMA S UNDAY until Eight Days after E ASTER ;

IV. And from R OGATION S UNDAY until after T RINITY S UNDAY .