Advent
Saturday, December 12, 2026
On Saturday, December 12, 2026, the Catholic Church is in Advent and the liturgical color is white. The Church celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Liturgical color: White · for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Day 14 of Advent this year, with 12 days to go.
Advent in the app
Keep the whole of Advent on your phone. The free Liturgical Living app has the Advent Watch (one prayer a day, any prayer, counted with you until Christmas), the St Andrew Christmas Novena from November 30 to Christmas Eve with a gentle reminder, and every day of Advent in the calendar with its color, feast and readings. Today is day 13 of 25 of the St Andrew Christmas Novena.
Caravaggio · Supper at Emmaus · 1601 · public domain
Mass readings
Our Lady of Guadalupe (US lectionary references; read the full texts in your missal, your parish's missalette or the app).
- First reading Zechariah 2:14-17
- Responsorial psalm Judith 13:18bcde, 19
- Gospel Luke 1:26-38
Read the full texts free in the app: Google Play · App Store
Saint of the day
Feast
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Patroness of the Americas. Mary appeared to Juan Diego speaking Nahuatl, dressed in indigenous symbols. Within twenty years, eight million Indigenous people had been baptized in Mexico.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, mother of the Americas, watch over our continent today.
A feast ranks below a solemnity and above a memorial.
This season
- Advent 2026: the day-by-day calendarA reflection prompt for every day to Christmas, the wreath, the O Antiphons
- Jesse Tree, day 14: Matthew 1:4Today's verse (Douay-Rheims) and the names in it
- St Andrew Christmas Novena — day 13 of 25The prayer, fifteen times today
- Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 12The story, the novena, the customs
- Novenas being prayed todaySt Andrew Christmas Novena
- Saturday's Rosary: The Joyful MysteriesPrayed on Mondays and Saturdays
About Advent
Advent is the Church's four-week preparation for Christmas, beginning on the fourth Sunday before 25 December. It looks two ways at once: back to the Incarnation, and forward to Christ's return. The mood is watchful rather than penitential — the Gloria is omitted at Mass, but the Alleluia stays.
Why white?
White is worn at Christmas and Easter, and on feasts of the Lord, Mary, and saints who were not martyred. It is the color of joy and of light.
Verse of the day
Isa 52:7
Read it in context — the whole Catholic Bible is in the app, offline and free.
Frequently asked
What liturgical color is worn on December 12, 2026?
White, for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. White is worn at Christmas and Easter, and on feasts of the Lord, Mary, and saints who were not martyred. It is the color of joy and of light.
What liturgical season is December 12, 2026 in?
Advent. Advent is the Church's four-week preparation for Christmas, beginning on the fourth Sunday before 25 December. It looks two ways at once: back to the Incarnation, and forward to Christ's return. The mood is watchful rather than penitential — the Gloria is omitted at Mass, but the Alleluia stays.
Is December 12, 2026 a holy day of obligation in the United States?
No. In the United States the holy days of obligation are Mary, Mother of God (1 January), the Assumption (15 August), All Saints (1 November), the Immaculate Conception (8 December), and Christmas (25 December); the Ascension is observed on a Thursday or the following Sunday depending on the diocese.
Which saint is celebrated on December 12, 2026?
Our Lady of Guadalupe. Patroness of the Americas. Mary appeared to Juan Diego speaking Nahuatl, dressed in indigenous symbols. Within twenty years, eight million Indigenous people had been baptized in…
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