Mass of the memorial; preface of Ascension I - II or Easter I - V or of the saint.
Cycle II
[302] Acts 28:16-20, 30-31;Ps 11:4, 5+7; John 21:20-25.
Hours of the memorial
In the evening:
red
Vigil of Pentecost
Solemnity
Mass of the Vigil; Gloria, sequence, creed, Preface of Pentecost, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I. Double alleluia at the dismissal
[62] Gen 11:1-9 or Exod 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ezek 37:1-14 or Joel 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24+35, 27-28, 29b-30; John 7:37-39.
For pastoral reasons, the texts of the day Mass may also be used.
Birthday:
95th birthday of P. António VirgÃlio Faria de Oliveira e COSTA (born this day in 1963).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1566
At Murcia, the death of Fr. James Suarez, over whose room a bright light was seen shining in the night. He was occasionally found raised from the ground during prayer.
1637
Jacques Marquette, S.J. is born.
1948
Peter Lutz, S.J. dies. Novice Director, New York.
1958
Charles De Gaulle becomes Premier of France. Jesuit alumnus.
1989
The death of Sergio Restrepo, aged 50, whose defense of the rights of the powerless and of the environment made him a threat to the interests of the economic and political powers in Tierralta, Colombia.
