Sunday, May 20: The Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47; Eph 1:17-23 or
4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13; Mk 16:15-20
Monday, May 21: Weekday of Easter
or Ss Christopher Magallanes, priest, and companions, martyrs
Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-7; Jn 16:29-33
Tuesday, May 22: Weekday of Easter
or St Rita of Cascia, religious
Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68; Jn 17:1-11
Wednesday, May 23: Weekday of Easter;
Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68; Jn 17:11-19
Thursday, May 24: Weekday of Easter Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11; Jn 21:20-25
Friday, May 25: St Bede the Venerable, priest (memorial in England); Weekday of Easter or Gregory VII, pope;
St Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi, Virgin
Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47; Jn 16:20-23
Saturday, May 26: St Philip Neri
Acts 18:23-28 Ps 47; Jn 16:23b-28
Extraordinary Form
Sunday, May 20: External Solemnity of the Ascension
Acts 1:1-11; Mark 16:14-20
Monday, May 21: Feria
St Peter 4:7-11; Jn 15:26-27,16:1-4
Tuesday, May 22: Feria
Readings of Monday repeated
Wednesday, May 23: Feria
Readings of Monday repeated
Thursday, May 24: Feria
Readings of Monday repeated
Friday, May 25: S Gregory VII, pope and confessor
1 Peter 5:1-4,10-11; Matthew 16:13-19
Saturday, May 26: Vigil of Pentecost
Acts 19:1-8; Jn 14:15-21
Compiled by Gordon Dimon, Senior MC of the Latin Mass Society
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