All I Want for the Christmas Season
This feast day is on the Sunday after Christmas (or December 30 if Christmas falls on a Sunday) and celebrates three people.
Feast of the Holy Family
Patron of musicians and sacred music
St Cecilia
This is the first liturgical season on the church calendar.
Advent
She wrote, “The little way is not about doing great things but doing everything with great love.”
St. Therese of Lisieux
One of Jesus' titles is "Lion of ______".
Judah
Name an Advent hymn.
O Come, O Come Emmanuel / People Look East
Patron of physicians and painters (evangelist who was a doctor).
St. Luke
The Easter season lasts for this many days.
Fifty
He wrote, “For you made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in you.”
St. Augustine
This Pope issued the encyclical Rerum Novarum on workers’ rights.
Pope Leo XIII
This city's name means "House of Bread."
Bethlehem
Patron of hopeless or urgent causes
St. Jude Thaddeus
On the current Church calendar, St. Joseph has this number of feast days. (Not counting feasts where he is celebrated as part of a group.)
Two
She wrote in her diary: "[Jesus said,] The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is — trust. The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive."
St. Faustina
Pope Leo XIV is the first member of this religious order to become pope.
The Augustinians
The name of this feast day during the Christmas season means "manifestation" or "revelation" in Greek.
Epiphany
Patron of cancer patients (miraculously healed of a leg cancer).
St. Peregrine Laziosi
In the United States, there are this many Holy Days of Obligation (not counting Sundays).
Six
He said, "Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer."
St. Padre Pio
Daniel was exiled to this country, in which he was thrown into the lions' den.
Babylon
The feast on December 28 commemorating those slain by Herod.
Feast of the Holy Innocents
Patron saint of addicts who died in the Boxer Rebellion in China
St. Mark Ji TianXiang
The Feast of Christ the King is celebrated on this day.
Last Sunday of the liturgical year; Sunday November 23rd 2025
A famous quote from her is: “From silly devotions and sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us!”
St. Teresa of Avila
Before becoming pope, Pope Leo XIV was a citizen of the United States and of this South American country.
Peru