Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle I
[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 Augustine of Canterbury, bishop
Optional
(Common of Pastors: For Missionaries Readings from the Common of Saints: [571] 1 Thess 2:2b-8 (#722.10); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Matt 9:35-38 (#724.1).)
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.
[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.
Anniversary:
123rd anniversary of the death of P. Adolph Bontemps (36) d. 1894 at Swartfontein, RSA.
Anniversary:
46th anniversary of the death of P. James Wallace (55) d. 1971 at Inyanga, Republic of Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
35th anniversary of the death of P. Wiliam Butler (70) d. 1982 at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England.
Anniversary:
16th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Ross (85) d. 2001 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
