Christmas and New Year Prayer Timetable

December 22, 2023 | Current News

Here is the prayer timetable for Christmas 2023 and New Year 2024.

Christmas Eve (Sunday, 24 Dec 2023)

6 am – Vigils

7.30 am – Lauds

9 am – Mass

12.30 pm – Middle Hour

4 pm – Solemn Vespers (First Vespers of Christmas)

10.45 pm – Solemn Vigil (preceding midnight mass)

11.45 pm – Christmas musical interlude

Christmas Day (Monday, 25 Dec 2023)

12 am – Christmas Midnight Mass

9 am – Lauds of Christmas day

1 pm – Middle Hour

5 pm – Solemn Vespers (Second Vespers of Christmas)

7 pm – Compline

Tuesday, 26 Dec – Saturday, 30 Dec 2023

9.30 am – Lauds/Mass or Lauds/Communion

1 pm – Middle Hour

5 pm – Vespers

7 pm  – Compline (only on Saturday, 30 Dec)

Sunday, 31 Dec 2023

9.00 am – Mass

4 pm – Solemn Vespers (First Vespers of the Solemnity of the Mother of God)

11.30 pm – Night Vigil (Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament)

Monday, 1 Jan 2024

9 am – Lauds/Mass

5 pm – Solemn Vespers (Second Vespers of the Solemnity of the Mother of God)

Tuesday, 2 Jan – Sunday, 7 Jan 2024

9 am – Lauds/Mass

5 pm – Vespers