Feast of Saint Matthias Apostle

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Day of Prayer, Fasting, and Works of Charity

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 2:23-29
Mass: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Resp Ps 113; Jn 15:9-17

Praise, you servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Our Lady of Fatima

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 2:16-22
Mass: Acts 15:1-6; Resp Ps 122; Jn 15:1-8

Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter

International Nurses Day
Saints Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs; Saint Pancras, martyr

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 2:11-15
Mass: Acts 14:19-28; Resp Ps 145; Jn 14:27-31a

Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Holy Abbots of Cluny
The Carthusian Martyrs (16th century)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 2:1-10 Qualities of the Abbot or Abbess
Mass: Acts 6:1-7; Resp Ps 33; 1 Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12

May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Mother's Day
In other years: Saint Damien of Molokai (1840-1889)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 1:6-13
Mass: Acts 6:1-7; Resp Ps 33; 1 Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12

Exult, you just, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting.

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter

Saint Luisa de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity with Saint Vincent de Paul (1591-1660)
Saint George Preca, "'Malta's second father in faith" after Saint Paul" (1880-1962)
Europe Day (70th anniversary of the signing of the Schuman Declaration which set in motion events that eventually led to the creation of the European Union)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 1:1-5 The Kinds of Monks
Mass: Acts 13:44-52; Resp Ps 98; Jn 14:7-14

Sing joyfully to the Lord, all you lands; break into song; sing praise.

Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter

Our Lady of Lujan, Patroness of  Argentina
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Pompei, Italy)
Blessed Christian de Cherge, martyr (1937-1996)
Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine (1632-1668)
Blessed John Sullivan (1861-1933)
Blessed Aloysius Rabata (c.1443-1490)

Readings of the Day
RB: Prologue 45-50
Mass: Acts 13:26-33; Resp Ps 2; Jn 14:1-6

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice before him; with trembling rejoice.