Verses: Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20 (58) Pss Prop
May 2: Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church white memorial
Verses: Acts 18:9-18/Jn 16:20-23 (295)
May 3: Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles red feast
Verses: 1 Cor 15:1-8/Jn 14:6-14 (561) Pss Prop
May 4: SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER white
Verses: Acts 1:12-14/1 Pt 4:13-16/Jn 17:1-11a (59) Pss III
May 5: Easter Weekday white
Verses: Acts 19:1-8/Jn 16:29-33 (297)
May 6: Easter Weekday white
Verses: Acts 20:17-27/Jn 17:1-11a (298) Regarding the Ascension of the Lord, the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and the State of Nebraska have retained its celebration on the proper Thursday, while all other provinces have transferred this solemnity to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 4. If transferred, Thursday, May 1, is observed either as an Easter Weekday or the optional memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker. The following readings are used: Acts 18:1-8/Jn 16:16-20 (294); or, for the memorial: Gn 1:26-2:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24/Mt 13:54-58* (559)
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/Mt 28:16-20 (58).
May 7: Easter Weekday white
Verses: Acts 20:28-38/Jn 17:11b-19 (299)
May 8: Easter Weekday white
Verses: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Jn 17:20-26 (300)
May 9: Easter Weekday white
Verses: Acts 25:13b-21/Jn 21:15-19 (301)
May 10: Easter Weekday white/white [Blessed Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka'i, priest]
Verses: Morning: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Jn 21:20-25 (302)
May 11: PENTECOST SUNDAY red solemnity
Verses: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5/Rom 8:22-27/ Jn 7:37-39 (62)
Day: Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13/Jn 20:19-23 (63) Pss Prop
May 12: Weekday (Sixth Week in Ordinary Time) green/red/red [Saint Nereus and Saint Achilleus, martyrs; Saint Pancras, martyr]
Verses: Jas 1:1-11/Mk 8:11-13 (335) Pss II
May 13: Weekday green/white [Our Lady of Fatima]
Verses: Jas 1:12-18/Mk 8:14-21 (336)
May 14: Saint Matthias, apostle red feast
Verses: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26/Jn 15:9-17 (564) Pss Prop
May 15: Weekday green/white [Saint Isidore]
Verses: Jas 2:1-9/Mk 8:27-33 (338)
May 16: Weekday green Jas 2:14-24, 26/Mk 8:34ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ9:1 (339)
May 17: Weekday green/white [BVM]
Verses: Jas 3:1-10/Mk 9:2-13 (340)
May 18: THE MOST HOLY TRINITY white solemnity
Verses: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9/2 Cor 13:11-13/Jn 3:16-18 (164) Pss Prop
May 19: Weekday (Seventh Week in Ordinary Time) green
Verses: Jas 3:13-18/Mk 9:14-29 (341) Pss III
May 20: Weekday green/white [Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest]
Verses: Jas 4:1-10/Mk 9:30-37 (342)
May 21: Weekday green/red [Saint Christopher Magallanes, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs]
Verses: Jas 4:13-17/Mk 9:38-40 (343)
May 22: Weekday green/white [Saint Rita of Cascia, religious]
Verses: Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:41-50 (344)
May 23: Weekday green
Verses: Jas 5:9-12/Mk 10:1-12 (345)
May 24: Weekday green/white [BVM]
Verses: Jas 5:13-20/Mk 10:13-16 (346)
May 25: THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST white solemnity
Verses: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a/1 Cor 10:16-17/Jn 6:51-58 (167) Pss Prop
May 26: Saint Philip Neri, priest (Eighth Week in Ordinary Time) white memorial
Verses: 1 Pt 1:3-9/Mk 10:17-27 (347) Pss IV
May 27: Weekday green/white [Saint Augustine of Canterbury, bishop]
Verses: 1 Pt 1:10-16/Mk 10:28-31 (348)
May 28: Weekday green
Verses: 1 Pt 1:18-25/Mk 10:32-45 (349)
May 29: Weekday green
Verses: 1 Pt 2:2-5, 9-12/Mk 10:46-52 (350)
May 30: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus white solemnity
Verses: Dt 7:6-11/1 Jn 4:7-16/Mt 11:25-30 (170) Pss Prop
May 31: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary white feast
Verses: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Lk 1:39-56 (572) Pss Prop
