Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II
[296] Acts 18:23-28;Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10; John 16:23b-28.
Hours of the day.
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St Pancras, martyr
Optional
(Common of Martyrs Readings from the Common of Saints: [563] Rev 19:1, 5-9a (#738.3); Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18 (#739.6); Matt 11:25-30 (#742.4).)
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Sts Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs
Optional
(Common of Martyrs Readings from the Common of Saints: [562] Rev 7:9-17 (#714.2); Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7-8 (#715.3); Matt 10:17-22 (#718.1).)
In the evening:
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Vigil of Ascension
Solemnity
Mass of the Vigil; gloria, creed, Preface of the Ascension I or II, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I.
[60] Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20; 1 John 4:11-16; John 17:11b-19.
For pastoral reasons, the texts of the day Mass may also be used.
Evening Prayer I of the Ascension.
Anniversary:
137th anniversary of the death of P. Carlos Wehl (43) d. 1881 at Sofala, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
66th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph O'Neil (84) d. 1952 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
64th anniversary of the death of P. Gerald Landreth (50) d. 1954 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
49th anniversary of the death of P. Eric Edmonstone (62) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
38th anniversary of the death of P. Desmond Ford (65) d. 1980 at London, England.
Anniversary:
5th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Meiring (91) d. 2013 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
19th birthday of S. Maynard MASAUSO (born this day in 1999).
