Selected Sunday Solemnities of the PNCC

Solemnity	Date	First Reading	Second Reading	Gospel	Notes
Sunday of the Humble Shephards	Sunday After Christmas	Is 62:11-12	Gal 4:1-7	Luke 2:15-20	(1)
		Jer 31:10-14	Titus 3:4-7
Instituion of the PNCC	Second Sunday in March	Wisdom 5:1-5	1 Timothy 4:1-5	John 15: 1-7	(2)
Word of God Sunday	Sunday After the Octave of Corpus Christi	Exodus 19:2-6	Romans 5:5-11	Mt 9:36-10:8	(3)
Sunday of Brotherly Love	Second Sunday in September	Prov 3:21-25	1 John 4:17-21	Luke 10:25-37
		Jer 31:31-34
Solemnity of the Christian Family	Second Sunday in October	Gen 1:26-28,31a	Ephesians 6:1-9	Luke 2:42-52	(4)
		Sir 3:11-16	Col 3:12-21

Source: Compiled from the Liturgical Reference Calendar of the PNCC, issued by the National Commission on Liturgy–2023 and 2024 editions.

(1) Solemnity of the Holy Family transferred to the Saturday before. The Circumcission and Holy Name of Jesus is celebrated on January 1.

(2) The liturgical color for the day is white even though this Sunday falls during the season of Lent. The Gloria is also sung/recited.

(3) The preaching and the hearing of the Word of God is considered a sacrament in the PNCC. The date varies as it is based on Easter. It falls on the Sunday after the Octave of Corpus Christi. This octave is currently suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis instituted the Sunday of the Word of God on the Third Sunday of Ordinary time.

(4) The succeeding Sunday is Heritage Sunday.