Since the feast of St. Andrew fell on a Sunday this year, his feast is transferred to the next day, Dec 1 in the pre-1955 Missal. His vigil would still be held on Sat, Nov 29 as usual.
If you are following the 1962 Missal, his feast disappears this year because the 1st Sunday of Advent outranks his feast. Also notice that on the 1962 Calendar, Dec 1 is a feria day. Once again they did away with a great feast and replaced it with a feria. How does this make the calendar richer? How does this show honor to one of the 12 Apostles?
This is a unique year in that 8 of the 12 Apostles' feasts fall on a Sunday. Except for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul on June 29, all the other Apostles were skipped this year if you followed the 1962 Missal. In the pre-1955 Missal, their feasts would have trumped the Sunday (except St Andrew as explained above and St. Thomas who falls on the 4th Sunday of Advent), but the Sundays would have been commemorated along with the Proper Last Gospel of the Sunday.
St. Andrew, pray for us!
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