96th Day of Prayer for the Church in China (est. 2008)
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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Our Lady of the Way [SJ] Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here)
Optional
(Proper (Preface: The Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Readings from the Common of Saints: During Easter Time: Heb 10:19-25, or Outside Easter Time: Prov 4:10-18, Ps 119 (118):1-2, 12+14, 36-37, 41-42, Luke 2:15b-19)
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.
[59] Acts 1:12-14; Ps 27:1, 4, 7-8; 1 Pet 4:13-16; John 17:1-11a.
For pastoral reasons, the texts of the day Mass may also be used.
Evening Prayer I of the Ascension.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians
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Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Bl. Johanna, wife of Chuza, disciple (cf. Lk. 8:1b-3) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Manaen, prophet in Antioch (cf. Acts 13:1) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
189th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Meyringer (81) d. 1915 at Diest, Belgium.
Anniversary:
173rd anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Segura (77) d. 1931 at S. Salvador da BaÃa, Brasil.
Anniversary:
148th anniversary of the death of F. William Blackledge (56) d. 1956 at Petworth, W. Sussex, England.
Anniversary:
104th anniversary of the death of P. Donal McKenna (67) d. 2000 at Limbe, Malawi.
Anniversary:
100th anniversary of the death of P. Bertold Beck (GER) (84) d. 2004 at Köln, Germany.
Birthday:
141st birthday of +P. Dhanapalan RAYAR (born this day in 1963).
