Mass of the day.
Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle I
[300] Acts 22:30; 23:6-11;Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; John 17:20-26.
Hours of the day.
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St Ephrem, deacon and doctor of the Church
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(Common of Doctors of the Church Readings from the Common of Saints: [579] Col 3:12-17 (#740.11); Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 30-31 (#727.2); Luke 6:43-45 (#730.6).)
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St. Joseph de Anchieta, priest [SJ] (Canonized 2014) Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
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(From the Common of Missionaries, of from the Common of Pastors Readings from the Common of Saints: Common of Missionaries I. Isa 40:1-5; Ps 19(18):2-3, 4-5; Mark 16:15-20. II. 1 Thess 2:2b-8; Ps 96(95):1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10; Luke 10:1-9. Common of Pastors: Readings outside Easter Time I. Isa 6:1, 6-8; Ps 40(39):2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10+12; Luke 4:16a-22. II. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 67(66):2-3, 5, 7-8; John 17:20-26. III. 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23(22):1-3, 4, 5, 6; John 10:11-16. Common of Pastors: Readings during Easter Time I. Acts 20:28-38; Ps 145(144):8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab; John 14:23-29.)
Anniversary:
112th anniversary of the death of F. Miguel Ramos (28) d. 1899 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
51st anniversary of the death of P. Thomas Swift (58) d. 1960 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
36th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Geoghegan (70) d. 1975 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
