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Saints of December 6

The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist
Fides Viva illustration after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, “The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist” · original work

Sunday, December 6, 2026

Second Sunday of Advent

  • Violet
  • Year B
  • Psalter week 2

Gospel · Mk 1:1-8

John preaches in the desert a baptism of repentance and announces the one who is coming

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Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths

Mk 1:3 · Gospel of the day
  • Saint Peter Pascual
  • Saint Nicholas of Bari
  • Saint Emilianus of Vita
  • Saints Martyrs of Carthage
  • Saint Asella of Rome
  • Saint Gertrude of Hamage

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