Liturgical Calendar

May 1997

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All feast days shown are according to the 1962 calendar.
Votive Masses listed are those said at Mater Dei and may be different for different places.


Date 
Class
Feast Day
Epistle 
Gospel 
Apr. 27 Sunday II  FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER James 1:17-21 John 16:5-14
Apr. 28 Monday III  St. Paul of the Cross (C) 1 Cor. 1:17-25 Luke 10:1-9
Apr. 29 Tuesday III  St. Peter of Verona (M) 2 Tim. 2:8-10;3:10-12 John 15:1-7
Apr. 30 Wednesday III  St. Catherine of Siena (V) 2 Cor. 10:17-11:2 Matt. 25:1-13
May 1 Thursday St. Joseph, the Worker (C) Col. 3:14-15,17,23-24 Matt. 13:54-58
May 2 Friday III  St. Athanasius, Doctor of the Church (C) 2 Cor. 4:5-14 Matt. 10:23-28
May 3 Saturday IV  Feria Day, Votive: Mary Patroness of Bavaria
Comm. Sts. Alexander, Eventius, Theodulus (M), and Juvenal (B,C)
Apoc. 12:1,5,10,17 John 2:1-11
May 4 Sunday II  FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER James 1:22-27 John 16:23-30
May 5 Monday II  St. Pius V, Pope (C)
Comm. Rogation Day: Minor Litanies
1 Pet. 5:1-4,10-11 Matt. 16:13-19
May 6 Tuesday II  Rogation Day: Minor Litanies James 5:16-20 Luke 11:5-13
May 7 Wednesday II  Vigil of the Ascension
Comm. Rogation Day: Minor Litanies
Eph. 4:7-13 John 17:1-11
May 8 Thursday ASCENSION THURSDAY Acts 1:1-11 Mark 16:14-20
May 9 Friday III  St. Gregory Nazianzen, Doctor of the Church (B,C) Ecclus. 39:6-14 Matt. 5:13-19
May 10 Saturday III  St. Antoninus (B,C)
Comm. Sts. Gordian and Epimachus (M)
Ecclus. 44:16-27;45:3-20 Matt. 25:14-23
May 11 Sunday II  SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION
(Sts. Philip and James, Apostles)
1 Pet. 4:7-11 John 15:26,27;16:1-4
May 12 Monday III  Sts. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla (V), and Pancras (M) Wis. 5:1-5 John 4:46-53
May 13 Tuesday III  St. Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church (B,C) Wis. 7:7-14 Matt. 5:13-19
May 14 Wednesday IV  Feria Day, Votive: B.V.M.Queen of the Apostles
Comm. St. Boniface (M)
Acts 1:1-14 John 19:25-27
May 15 Thursday III  St. John Baptist de la Salle (C) Ecclus. 31:8-11 Matt. 18:1-5
May 16 Friday III  St. Ubaldus (B,C) Ecclus. 44:16-27;45:3-20 Matt. 25:14-23
May 17 Saturday Vigil of Pentecost Acts 19:1-8 John 14:15-21
May 18 Sunday PENTECOST Acts 2:1-11 John 14:23-31
May 19 Monday Pentecost Monday Acts 10:34,42-48 John 3:16-21
May 20 Tuesday Pentecost Tuesday Acts 8:14-17 John 10:1-10
May 21 Wednesday Ember Wednesday After Pentecost Acts 2:14-21
Acts 5:12-16
John 6:44-52
May 22 Thursday Pentecost Thursday Acts 8:5-8 Luke 9:1-6
May 23 Friday Ember Friday After Pentecost Joel 2:23-24,26-27 Luke 5:17-26
May 24 Saturday Ember Saturday After Pentecost (1) Joel 2:28-32
(2) Lev. 23:9-11,15-17,21
(3) Deut. 26:1-3,7-11
(4) Lev. 26:3-12
(5) Dan. 3:47-51
(6) Rom. 5:1-5
Luke 4:38-44
If the short form is said then omit reading #2, 3, 4, and 5.
May 25 Sunday TRINITY SUNDAY Rom 11:33-36 Matt. 28:18-20
May 26 Monday III  St. Philip Neri (C)
Comm. St. Eleutherius, Pope (M)
Wis. 7:7-14 Luke 12:35-40
May 27 Tuesday III  St. Bede the Venerable, Doctor of the Church (C)
Comm. St. John I, Pope (M)
2 Tim. 4:1-8 Matt. 5:13-19
May 28 Wednesday III  St. Augustine of Canterbury (B,C) 1 Thess. 2:2-9 Luke 10:1-9
May 29 Thursday CORPUS CHRISTI 1 Cor. 11:23-29 John 6:56-59
May 30 Friday IV  Feria Day, Votive: B.V.M.Mediatrix of all Graces
Comm. St. Felix, Pope (M); Comm. St. Joan of Arc (V)
Isa. 55:1-3,5 John 19:25-27
May 31 Saturday II  Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen
Comm. St. Petronilla (V)
Ecclus. 24:5,7,9-11,30-31 Luke 1:26-33

A=Abbot | B=Bishop | C=Confessor | D=Deacon | M=Martyr | V=Virgin | W=Widow

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