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Liturgical Calendar: April 2011



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


 
Saint Francis of Paola

Friday, April 1st
III  Week of Lent
Hos 14: 2-10 / Mk 12: 28-34
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 81: 6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14 and 17
 
R/.  "I am the Lord your God: hear my voice"

Saturday, April 2nd
III Week of Lent
Saint Francis of Paola, hermit
Hos 6: 1-6 / Lk 18: 9-14
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 51: 3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab
  
R/.  "It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice "



Saint Isidore

Sunday, April 3rd
IV SUNDAY OF LENT                                    Year A
1 Sm 16: 1b, 6-7, 10-13a / Eph 5: 8-14 / Jn 9:1-41
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6
  
R/.  "The Lord is my sheperd; there is nothing I shall want"


Monday, April 4th
IV Week of Lent
Saint Isidore, doctor of the Church
Is 65: 17-21 / Jn 4: 43-54
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 30: 2 and 4, 5-6, 11-12a and 13b
  
R/.  "I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me"

Tuesday, April 5thverde
IV Week of Lent
Saint Vicent Ferrer, priest

Ez 47: 1-9,12 / Jn 5: 1-16
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 46: 2-3, 5-6, 8-9

R/.  "The Lord of hosts is with us; our stronghold is the God of Jacob"

Wednesday, April 6th
IV Week of Lent
Is 49: 8-15 / Jn 5: 17-30
Responsorial Psalm: Ps
145: 8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18   
R/.  "The Lord is gracious and merciful"


Thursday, April 7th
IV Week of Lent
Saint John Baptist de la Salle, priest

Ex 32: 7-14 / Jn 5: 31-47
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 106: 19-20, 21-22, 23  
R/.  "Remember us, O Lord, as you favor your people"
 

Friday, April 8th
IV Week of Lent
Wis 2: 1a, 12-22 / Jn 7: 1-2, 10, 25-30
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 34: 17-18, 19-20, 21 and 23   
R/.  "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted"
 

Saturday, April 9th
IV Week of Lent
Jer 11: 18-20 / Jn 7: 40-53
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 7: 2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12
R/.  "O Lord, my God,in you I take refuge"


Saint Vicent Ferrer


Saint John Baptist de la Salle

Santa Gema Galgani
Saint Gemma Galgani

Sunday, April 10th
V SUNDAY OF LENT                        Year A
Ez 37: 12-14 / Rom 8: 8-11Jn 11: 1-45
Responsorial Psalm:  Ps 130: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8  

R/.  "With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption"


Monday, April 11th

V Week of Lent

Saint Gemma Galgani, virgin
Saint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr

Dn 13: 1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 / Jn 8: 1-11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6  
R/.  "Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side"

Tuesday, April 12th 
V Week of Lent
Nm 21: 4-9 / Jn 8: 21-30
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 102: 2-3, 16-18, 19-21  
R/.  "O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you"

Wednesday, April 13th
V Week of Lent
Dn 3: 14-20, 91-92, 95 / Jn 8: 31-42
Responsorial Psalm: Dn 3: 52, 53, 54, 55, 56  

R/.  "Glory and praise forever!"    

Thursday, April 14th
V Week of Lent
Saint Liduvina
Gen 17: 3-9 / Jn 8: 51-59
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 105:
4-5, 6-7, 8-9  
R/.  "The Lord remembers his covenant forever"

Friday, April 15th
V Week of Lent
Jer 20: 10-13 / Jn 10: 31-42
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 18: 2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7  
R/.  "In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice"


Saturday, April 16th
blancoV Week of Lent
Saint Benedic Joseph Labre
Saint Bernardette Soubirous, virgin

Ez 37: 21-28 / Jn 11: 45-56
Responsorial Psalm: Jer 31: 10, 11-12abcd, 13
R/.  "The Lord will guard us, as a shepherd guards his flock"
 


Saint Stanislaus

Saint Benito José Labré

Saint Bernardette


Saint Agnes of Montepulciano

Sunday, April 17th
PALM SUNDAY                                  Year A
Mt 21: 1-11 / Is 50: 4-7 / Phil 2: 6-11 / Mt 26:14--27: 66
Responsorial Psalm:  Ps 22: 8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24  

R/.  "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"


Monday, April 18th

Monday of Holy Week
Saint Francis Solano
Is 42: 1-7 / Jn 12: 1-11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 27: 1, 2, 3, 13-14  
R/.  "The Lord is my light and my salvation"


Tuesday, April 19th
Tuesday of Holy Week
Is 49: 1-6 / Jn 13: 21-33, 36-38
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 71: 1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17  
R/.  "I will sing of your salvation"

Wednesday, April 20th
Wednesday of Holy Week
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
Is 50: 4-9a / Mt 26: 14-25
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 69: 8-10, 21-22, 31 and 33-34  
R/.  "Lord, in your great love, answer me"


Thursday, April 21st
blancoHOLY THURSDAY
Ex 12: 1-8, 11-14 / 1 Cor 11: 23-26 / Jn 13: 1-15
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 116: 12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18  
R/.  "Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ"

Friday, April 22nd
HOLY FRIDAY
Is 52: 13--53: 12 / Heb 4: 14-16; 5: 7-9 / Jn 18: 1--19: 42
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 31: 2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25  

R/.  "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit"


Saturday, April 23rd
HOLY SATURDAY
On Holy Saturday the Church waits at the Lord's tomb, meditating on his suffering and death. The altar is left bare, and the sacrifice of the Mass is not celebrated. Only after the solemn vigil during the night, held in anticipation of the resurrection, does the Easter celebration begin, with a spirit of joy that overflows into the following period of fifty days.

On this day holy communion may be given anly as viaticum.


Institution of the Eucharist

Passion and dead of
Our Lord Jesus Christ


Saint Mark

Sunday, April 24th
blancoEASTER SUNDAY            THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD     
Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 / Col 3: 1-4 or 1 Cor 5: 6b-8 / Jn 20: 1-9
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23   

R/. 
"This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad "
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Monday, April 25thblanco
Easter Monday
Saint Mark, Evangelist
Saint Peter de San Jose de Betancourt

Acts 2: 14, 22-23 / Mt 28: 8-15
Responsorial Psalm:  Ps 16: 1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
R/.  "Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope"
 

Tuesday, April 26th
blancoEaster Tuesday
Acts 2: 36-41 / Jn 20: 11-18
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33: 4-5, 18-19, 20 and 22
  
R/.  "The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord"
 

Wednesday, April 27thblanco
Easter Wednesday
Saint Zita

Acts 3: 1-10 / Lk 24: 13-35
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 105: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9
  
R/.  "Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord"


Thursday, April 28th
blancoEaster Thursday
Saint Louis Mary Grignon de Montfort, priest
Saint Peter Chanel, priest and martyr
Saint Gianna Molla

Acts 3: 11-26 / Lk 24: 35-48
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 8: 2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9
  
R/.  "O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!"

Friday, April 29th
blancoEaster Friday
Saint Catherine of Siena, doctor of the Church

Acts 4: 1-12 / Jn 21: 1-14
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118: 1-2 and 4, 22-24, 25-27a
  
R/.  "The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone"


Saturday, April 30th
blancoEaster Saturday
Saint Pius V, pope
Acts 4: 13-21 / Mk 16: 9-15
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118: 1 and 14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21
  
R/.  "I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me"
 


Saint Peter de San José de Betancourt

Saint Gianna Molla

Saint Catherine of Siena





 


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