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Prayers & Devotions

May 2009
Year B - Weekdays I

Holy Father's Prayer Intentions For May 2009

General: That the laity and the Christian communities may be responsible promoters of priestly and religious vocations.

Mission: That the recently founded Catholic Churches, grateful to the Lord for the gift of faith, may be ready to share in the universal mission of the Church, offering their availability to preach the Gospel throughout the world.

1 Saint Joseph the Worker

First Friday
Abstinence

Acts 9:1-20
Jn 6:52-59

White

 2 Saint Athanasius

Acts 9:31-42
Jn 6:60-69

White
3 4th Sunday of Easter

Acts 4:8-12
1 Jn 3:1-2
Jn 10:11-18

[Saints Philip & James]

White

 4

Acts 11:1-18
Jn 10:1-10

White

 5

Acts 11:19-26
Jn 10:22-30

White

 6

Acts 12:24-13:5a
Jn 12:44-50

White

 7

Acts 13:13-25
Jn 13:16-20

White

 8

Acts 13:26-33
Jn 14:1-6

Abstinence

White

 9

Acts 13:44-52
Jn 14:7-14

White
10 5th Sunday of Easter

Acts 9:26-31
1 Jn 3:18-24
Jn 15:1-8

Mother's Day

[Blessed Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka'i]

White

 11

Acts 14:5-18
Jn 14:21-26

White

 12 Saints Nereus & Achilleus*; Saint Pancras*

Acts 14:19-28
Jn 14:27-31a

White/*Red

 13 Our Lady of Fatima*

Acts 15:1-6
Jn 15:1-8

White

 14 Saint Matthias

Acts 1:15-17, 20-26
Jn 15:9-17

Red

 15 Saint Isidore the Farmer*

Acts15:22:31
Jn 15:12-17

Abstinence

White

 16

Acts 16:1-10
Jn 15:18-21

White
17 6th Sunday of Easter

Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48
1 Jn 4:7-10
Jn 15:9-17

[3rd Sunday in May - Infant Jesus of Prague]

White

 18 Saint John I*

Acts 16:11-15
Jn 15:26-16:4a

White/*Red

 19

Acts 16:22-34
Jn 16:5-11

White

 20 Saint Bernardine of Siena

Acts 17:15,22 - 18:1
Jn 16:12-15

White

 21 The Ascension of the Lord

Acts 1:1-11
Eph 1:17-23 or 4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13
Mk 16:15-20

[Saint Christopher Magallames & companions]

White

 22 Saint Rita of Cascia

Acts 18:9-18
Jn 16:20-23

Abstinence

Novena to the Holy Spirit

White

 23

Acts 18:23-28
Jn 16:23b-28

Novena to the Holy Spirit

White
24 6th Sunday of Easter or The Ascension of the Lord

Novena to the Holy Spirit

Acts 1: 15-17, 20a, 20c-26
1 Jn 4:11-16
Jn 17:11b-19

White

 25 Saint Bede the Venerable; Saint Gregory VII; Saint Mary Magdalen de'Pazzi

Novena to the Holy Spirit

Acts 19:1-8
Jn 16:29-33

White

 26 Saint Philip Neri

Acts 20:17-27
Jn 17:1-11a

Novena to the Holy Spirit

White

 27 Saint Augustine of Canterbury

Acts 20:28-38
Jn 17:11b-19

Novena to the Holy Spirit

White

 28

Acts 22:30; 23:6-11
Jn 17:20-26

Novena to the Holy Spirit

White

 29

Acts 25:13b-21
Jn 21:15-19

Abstinence

Novena to the Holy Spirit

White

 30

Acts 28:16-20, 30-31
Jn 21:20-25

[Saint Joan of Arc]

Novena to the Holy Spirit

White
31 Pentecost Sunday

[The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary]

Red

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 the State of Nebraska have retained its celebration on the proper Thursday, while all other provinces have transferred this solemnity to the 7th Sunday of Easter, May 24. If transferred, Thursday, May 21, is observed as an Easter Weekday. The following readings are used: Acts 18: 1-8/Jn 16:16-20.

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 4:1-13 or 4"1-7, 11-13/Mk 16:15-20

Canon for Holy Days of Obligation and Sundays

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