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Liturgical Calendar: May 2011



Sunday's Readings: Cycle  A     Daily Readings: Cycle I




Divine Mercy

Sunday, May 1st
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DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY                                     Year A
Acts 2: 42-47 / 1 Pt 1: 3-9 / Jn 20: 19-31
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118: 2-4, 13-15, 22-24
R/. "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his love is everlasting"
Beatification of Venerable John  Paul II

Saint Joseph the Worker

Monday, May 2ndblanco
II Week of Easter
Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Acts 4: 23-31 / Jn 3: 1-8
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 2: 1-3, 4-7a- 7b-9
  
R/.  "Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord"

Tuesday, May  3rdblanco
 II Week of Easter
Saints Philip and James, Apostles
Acts 4: 32-37 / Jn 3, 7b-15
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 93: 1ab, 1cd-2, 5
  
R/.  "The Lord is king; heis robed in majesty"

Wednesday, May 4th
blancoII Week of Easter
Acts 5: 17-26 / Jn 3: 16-21
Responsorial Psalm: Ps
34: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9  

R/.  "The Lord hears the cry of the poor"


Thursday, May 5th
blancoII Week of Easter
Acts 5: 27-33 / Jn 3: 31-36
Responsorial Psalm:  Ps 34: 2 and 9, 17-18, 19-20
  
R/.  "The Lord hears the cry of the poor"

Friday, May 6th
blancoII Week of Easter
Acts 5: 34-42 / Jn 6: 1-15
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 27: 1, 4, 13-14  

R/.  "One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord"

Saturday, May 7th
blancoII Week of Easter
Acts 6: 1-7 / Jn 6: 16-21
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33: 1-2, 4-5, 18-19  
R/.  "Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you"



Blessed John Paul II

Saint Joseph the Worker


Saint Damien of MolokaŽi

Sunday, May 8th
blancoIII SUNDAY OF EASTER                                Year A
Acts 2: 14, 22-33 / 1 Pt 1: 17-21 / Lk 24: 13-35
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 16: 1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11  
R/.  "Lord, you will show us the path of life"


Monday, May 9th

blancoIII Week of Easter

Acts 6: 8-15 / Jn 6: 22-29
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 119: 23-24, 26-27, 29-30  
R/.  "Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!"

Tuesday, May 10thblanco 
III Week of Easter
Saint John of Avila, priest
Saint Damien Joseph de Veuster of  MolokaŽi

Acts 7: 51--8: 1a / Jn 6: 30-35
Responsorial Psalm: Ps
31: 3cd-4, 6 and 7b and 8a, 17 and 21ab 
R/.  "Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit"

Wednesday, May 11th
blancoIII Week of Easter
Acts 8: 1b-8 / Jn 6: 35-40
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 66: 1-3a, 4-5, 6-7a
  
R/.  "Let all the earth cry out to God with joy"
    

Thursday, May 12th
blancoIII Week of Easter
Saint Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs
Saint Pancras, martyr

Acts 8: 26-40 / Jn 6: 44-51
Responsorial Psalm: Ps
66: 8-9, 16-17, 20  
R/.  "Let all the earth cry out to God with joy"

Friday, May 13th
blancoIII Easter Week
Our Lady of Fatima

Acts 9: 1-20 / Jn 6: 52-59
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 117: 1bc, 2
  
R/.  "Go out to all the world and tell the Good News
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Saturday, May 14th
blancoIII Week of Easter
Saint Matthias, Apostle
Acts 9: 31-42 / Jn 6: 60-69
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esponsorial Psalm: Ps 116: 12-13, 14-15, 16-17  
R/. 
"How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good he has done for me?"


Saint Nereus and Achilleus

Our Lady of Fatima

Saint Matthias


Saint Paschal Bailon

Sunday, May 15th
blancoIV SUNDAY OF EASTER                       Year A
Acts 2: 14a, 36-41 /  1 Pt 2: 20b-25 / Jn 10: 1-10
Responsorial  Psalm: Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6  
R/.  "The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want"

Saint Isidore

Monday, May 16th
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IV Week of Easter
Acts 11: 1-8 / Jn 10: 1-10
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 42: 2-3; 43: 3, 4

R/.  "Athirst is my soul for the living God"


Tuesday, May 17th
blancoIV Week of Easter
Saint Paschal Bailon, religious
Acts 11: 19-26 / Jn 10: 22-30
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 87: 1b-3, 4-5, 6-7  
R/.  "All you nations, praise the Lord"

Wednesday, May 18th
blancoIV Week of Easter
Saint John I, Pope and martyr
Acts 12: 24--13: 5a / Jn 12: 44-50
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 67: 2-3, 5, 6 and 8
  
R/.  "O God, let all the nations praise you!"


Thursday, May 19th
blancoIV Week of Easter
Acts 13: 13-25 / Jn 13: 16-20
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 89: 2-3, 21-22, 25 and 27 
R/.  "For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord"

Friday, May 20th
blancoIV Week of Easter
Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest
Acts 13: 26-33 / Jn 14: 1-6
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 2: 6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab 
 
R/.  "You are my Son; this day I have begotten you"


Saturday, May 21st
blancoIV Week of Easter
Saint Christopher Magallanes and his companions, martyrs
Acts 13: 44-52 / Jn 14: 7-14
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98: 1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 
 
R/.  "All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God"


Saint Bernardine of Siena

Saint Christopher Magallanes


Saint Rita of Cascia

Sunday, May 22nd
blancoV SUNDAY OF EASTER                                   Year A
Acts 6: 1-7 / Pt 2: 4-9 / Jn 14: 1-12  
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33: 1-2, 4-5, 18-19  

R/.  "Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you"
Saint Joaquina Vedruna, religious
Saint Rita of Cascia, religious

Monday, May 23rdblanco
V Week of Easter
Saint John Baptist Rossi
Acts 14: 5-18 / Jn 14: 21-26
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 115: 1-2, 3-4, 15-16  
R/.
  "Not to us, O Lord, but to your name give the glory"
 

Tuesday, May 24th
blancoV Week of Easter
Our Lady Help of Christians
Acts 14: 19-28 / Jn 14: 27-31a
Responsorial Psalm:  Ps 145: 10-11, 12-13ab, 21
  
R/.  "Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom"
 

Wednesday, May 25thblanco
V Week of Easter
Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and Doctor of the Church
Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin

Acts 15: 1- 6 / Jn 15: 1-8
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5  

R/.  "Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord"
 

Thursday, May 26th
blancoV Week of Easter
Saint Philip Neri, priest
Acts 15: 7-21 / Jn 15: 9-11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 96: 1-2a, 2b-3,10 
 
R/.  "Proclaim GodŽs marvelous deeds to all the nations"

Friday, May 27th
blancoV Week of Easter
Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
Hechos 15: 22-31 / Jn 15: 12-17
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 57: 8-9, 10 and 12
 
R/.  "I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Lord"


Saturday, May 28th
blancoV Week of Easter
Acts 16: 1-10 / Jn 15: 18-21
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 100: 1b-2, 3, 5
 
R/.  "Let all the earth cry out to God with joy"
 


Our Lady Help of Christinas

Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi

Saint Philip Neri


The Visitation

Sunday, May 29th
blancoVI SUNDAY OF EASTER                         Year A
Acts 8: 5-8, 14-17 / 1 Pt 3: 15-18 / Jn 14 15-21
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 66: 1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20  
R/.  "Let all the earth cry out to God with joy"

Monday, May 30thblanco
VI Week of Easter
Saint John of Arc, virgin
Acts 16: 11-15 / Jn 15: 26--16: 4a
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 149: 1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b
  
R/.  "The Lord takes delight in his people"

Tuesday, May 31st
blancoVI Week of Easter
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Acts 16: 22-34 / Jn 16: 5-11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 138: 1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8
  
R/.  "Your right hand saves me, O Lord"
 




 


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