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24 May 2026 PentecostSt. Vincent's Orthodox Church, Saskatoon, CanadaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).These readings are for the extended-form Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.These readings are for the simple-form Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.These readings are for the day of the feast itself.These readings are for the extended-form Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.First readingGenesis 11:1-9The tower of BabelThroughout the earth men spoke the same language, with the same vocabulary. Now as they moved eastwards they found a plain in the land of Shinar where they settled. They said to...

23 May 2026 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide Saint William Catholic Church, Round Rock, TXReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 28:16-20,30-31In Rome, Paul proclaimed the kingdom of God without hindrance from anyoneOn our arrival in Rome Paul was allowed to stay in lodgings of his own with the soldier who guarded him. After three days he called together the leading Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them, ‘Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans....

22 May 2026 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide St. Rita of Cascia Parish - ChicagoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 25:13-21'I ordered Paul to be remanded until I could send him to Caesar'King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. Their visit lasted several days, and Festus put Paul’s case before the king. ‘There is a man here’ he said ‘whom Felix left behind in custody, and while I was in Jerusalem the chief priests and elders of the Jews laid information against him, demanding his condemnation. But I told...

21 May 2026 Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide St Godric, Durham City, UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 22:30,23:6-11'You have borne witness in Jerusalem: now you must do the same in Rome'Since the tribune wanted to know what precise charge the Jews were bringing, he freed Paul and gave orders for a meeting of the chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin; then he brought Paul down and stood him in front of them. Now Paul was well aware that one section was made up of Sadducees and the other of Pharisees, so he called out...

20 May 2026 Wednesday of the 7th week of EastertideE The Church of St. San Bernardino of Siena, Cracow, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 20:28-38I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, and its powerPaul addressed these words to the elders of the church of Ephesus: ‘Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you the overseers, to feed the Church of God which he bought with his own blood. I know quite well that when I have gone fierce wolves...

19 May 2026Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide Saint Dunstan’s Church Bourne End Buckinghamshire, UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 20:17-27I have without faltering put before you the whole of God's purposeFrom Miletus Paul sent for the elders of the church of Ephesus. When they arrived he addressed these words to them: ‘You know what my way of life has been ever since the first day I set foot among you in Asia, how I have served the Lord in all humility, with all the sorrows and trials that came to me through the plots of...

Mmm dd, 2026 Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide Chapel of Saint Venantius at the San Giovanni in Fonte (Lateran Baptistry) in Rome, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 19:1-8The moment Paul laid hands on them the Holy Spirit came down on themWhile Apollos was in Corinth, Paul made his way overland as far as Ephesus, where he found a number of disciples. When he asked, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?’ they answered, ‘No, we were never even told there was such a thing as a Holy Spirit.’ ‘Then how were...

17 May 2026 The Ascension of the Lord SolemnityChurch of Santa Restituta, Lakko Ameno, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.These readings are for the day of the feast itself.These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.First readingActs 1:1-11Jesus was lifted up while they looked onIn my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken...

16 May 2026 Saturday before Ascension SundaySt. Brendan the Navigator, Charlotte, NC Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 18:23-28Apollos demonstrated from the scriptures that Jesus was the ChristPaul came down to Antioch, where he spent a short time before continuing his journey through the Galatian country and then through Phrygia, encouraging all the followers. An Alexandrian Jew named Apollos now arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, with a sound knowledge of the scriptures, and yet, though he had been given instruction in the Way of the Lord and preached with great spiritual earnestness and was...

15 May 2026 Friday before Ascension Sunday St. Isidore the Laborer Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 18:9-18'I have many people on my side in this city'At Corinth one night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision, ‘Do not be afraid to speak out, nor allow yourself to be silenced: I am with you. I have so many people on my side in this city that no one will even attempt to hurt you.’ So Paul stayed there preaching the word of God among them for eighteen months. But, while Gallio...

14 May 2026 Saint Matthias, Apostle FeastSt. Matthias the Apostle Catholic Church, Magnolia, TXReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).First readingActs 1:15-17,20-26'Let someone else take his office'One day Peter stood up to speak to the brothers – there were about a hundred and twenty persons in the congregation: ‘Brothers, the passage of scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, foretells the fate of Judas, who offered himself as a guide to the men who arrested Jesus – after having been one of our number and actually sharing this ministry of ours. Now in...

13 May 2026 Wednesday of the 6th week of Eastertide St. Robert Bellarmine Church, Burbank, CAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 17:15,22-18:1I proclaim the God you already worship without knowing itPaul’s escort took him as far as Athens, and went back with instructions for Silas and Timothy to rejoin Paul as soon as they could. So Paul stood before the whole Council of the Areopagus and made this speech: ‘Men of Athens, I have seen for myself how extremely scrupulous you are in all religious matters, because I noticed, as I strolled round admiring your sacred monuments,...

12 May 2026 Tuesday of the 6th week of Eastertide The Basilica of Saint Pancras (San Pancrazio), Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 16:22-34Become a believer and you will be saved, and your household tooThe crowd joined in and showed their hostility to Paul and Silas, so the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be flogged. They were given many lashes and then thrown into prison, and the gaoler was told to keep a close watch on them. So, following his instructions, he threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in...

11 May 2026 Monday of the 6th week of Eastertide St. Gangulphus, Heinsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 16:11-15The Lord opened Lydia's heart to accept what Paul was sayingSailing from Troas we made a straight run for Samothrace; the next day for Neapolis, and from there for Philippi, a Roman colony and the principal city of that particular district of Macedonia. After a few days in this city we went along the river outside the gates as it was the sabbath and this was a customary place for prayer. We sat down and preached...

10 May 20266th Sunday of EasterBasílica de San Juan de Ávila, Montilla, SpainReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).If the Ascension of the Lord is going to be celebrated next Sunday, the alternative Second Reading and Gospel shown here (which would otherwise have been read on that Sunday) may be used today.First readingActs 8:5-8,14-17They laid hands on them, and they received the Holy SpiritPhilip went to a Samaritan town and proclaimed the Christ to them. The people united in welcoming the message Philip preached, either because they had heard of the miracles he worked or because they saw them...

9 May 2026Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide Celebration of St George Preca at the Society of Christian Doctrine, Blata l-Bajda, Malta Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 16:1-10'Come across to Macedonia and help us'From Cilicia Paul went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra. Here there was a disciple called Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer; but his father was a Greek. The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy, and Paul, who wanted to have him as a travelling companion, had him circumcised. This was on account of...

8 May 2026 Friday of the 5th week of EastertideWadi El-Natrun, EgyptReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 15:22-31It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by us not to burden you beyond these essentialsThe apostles and elders decided to choose delegates to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; the whole church concurred with this. They chose Judas known as Barsabbas and Silas, both leading men in the brotherhood, and gave them this letter to take with them: ‘The apostles and elders, your brothers, send greetings to the brothers of pagan birth in Antioch, Syria and...

7 May 2026 Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide St. Rose Venerini Thursday Morning Mass May 7, 2020 in Catholic Church of St. Stephen, Martyr, Chesapeake, Virginia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 15:7-21I rule that we do not make things more difficult for the pagans who turn to GodAfter the discussion had gone on a long time, Peter stood up and addressed the apostles and the elders. ‘My brothers,’ he said ‘you know perfectly well that in the early days God made his choice among you: the pagans were to learn the Good News from...

6 May 2026 Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide St. Dominic Savio Parish in Bellflower, CAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 15:1-6They were to go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and eldersSome men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.’ This led to disagreement, and after Paul and Barnabas had had a long argument with these men it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas and others of the church should go up to Jerusalem and discuss...

5 May 2026 Tuesday of the 5th week of Eastertide Congregation of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers, Oceania Province, AustraliaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 14:19-28They gave an account of how God had opened the door of faith to the pagansSome Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and turned the people against the apostles. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead. The disciples came crowding round him but, as they did so, he stood up and went back to the town. The next day he and Barnabas went off to Derbe....