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Prayers & Devotions
May 2015
Year B- Weekdays IPope's Intentions
Universal: Care for the suffering
That, rejecting the culture of indifference, we may care for our neighbors who suffer, especially the sick and the poor.Evangelization: Openness to mission
That Mary’s intercession may help Christians in secularized cultures be ready to proclaim Jesus.
1 Saint Joseph the Worker* Acts 13:26-33
John 14:1-6 or for the Memorial Genesis 1:26-2:3 or Colossians 3:14-15, 17, 23-24
Matthew 13:54-58White/*White
2 Saint Athanasius Acts 13:44-52
John 6:1-15White
3 5th Sunday of Easter Acts 9:26-31
1 John 3:18-24
John 15:1-8White
4 Acts 14:5-18
John 14:21-26White
5 Acts 14:19-28
John 14:27-31aWhite
6 Acts 15:1-6
John 15:1-8White
7 Acts 15:7-21
John 15:9-11White
8 Acts 15:22-31
John 15:12-17White
9 Acts 16:1-10
John 15:18-21White
10 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48
1 John 4:7-10
John 15:9-17[Saint Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka'i; Saint John of Avila]
White
11 Acts 16:11-15
John 15:26-16:4aWhite
12 Saints Nereus & Achilleus*; Saint Pancras* Acts 16:22-34
John 16:5-11White/*Red
13 Our Lady of Fatima* Acts 17:15, 22-18:1
John 16:12-15White/*White
14 Ascension of the Lord****see note Thursday weekday:
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26
John 15:9-17Ascension: Acts 1:1-11
Ephesians 4:1-13 or Eph 4:1-7,11-13
Mark 16:15-20White
15 Saint Isidore the Farmer* Acts 18:9-18
John 16:20-23White/*White
16 Acts 18:23-28
John 14:1-6White
17 Ascension of the Lord****see note The Seventh Sunday of Easter:
Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26
1 John 4:11-16
John 17:11b-19Ascension: Acts 1:1-11
Ephesians 1:17-23 or Eph 4:1-7,11-13
Mark 16:15-203rd Sunday in May - Infant Jesus of Prague
White
18 St John I Acts 19:1-8
John 16:29-33White/*Red
19 Acts 20:17-27
John 17:1-11aWhite
20 Saint Bernardine of Siena* Acts 20:28-38
John 17:11b-19White'*White
21 Saint Christopher Magallames & companions* Acts 22:30;23:6-11
John 17:20-26White/*Red
22 Saint Rita of Cascia* Acts 15:7-21
John 15:9-11White/*White
23 Acts 15:22-31
John 15:12-17White
24 Pentecost Sunday Vigil: Genesis 11:1-9 or Exodus 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ezekiel 37:1-14 or Joel 3:1-5
Romans 8:22-27
John 7:37-39Day: Acts 2:1-11
1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13
John 20:19-23 or John 15:26-27, 16:12-15Red
25 Eight Week in Ordinary Time Saint Bede the Venerable*; Saint Gregory VII*; Saint Mary Magdalen de'Pazzi*
Sirach 17:20-24
Mark 10:17-27Green/*White
26 Saint Philip Neri Sirach 35:1-12
Mark 10:28-31White
27 Saint Augustine of Canterbury* Sirach 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17
Mark 10:32-45Green/*White
28 Sirach 42:15-25
Mark 10:46-52Green
29 Sirach 44:1, 9-13
Mark 11:11-26Green
30 BVM* Sirach 51:12cd-20
Mark 11:27-33Green/*White
31 The Most Holy Trinity Deuteronomy 4:32-343, 39-40
Romans 8:14-17
Matthew 28:16-20[The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
White
****When the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated on the following Sunday, the second reading and Gospel from the 7th Sunday of Easter may be read on the 6th Sunday of Easter.
Regarding the Ascension of the Lord, the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and Omaha have retained its celebration on the proper Thursday, while all other provinces have transferred this solemnity to the 7th Sunday of Easter, May 17. If transferred, Thursday, May 14, is observed as an Easter Weekday. The following readings are used: Acts 1: 15-17, 20-26/Jn 15:9-17.
In those places where the observance of the solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord has been transferred to this day, the Mass and readings of the Ascension are used: Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23 or Eph 4:1-13/Mark 16:15-20
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