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May 2026

Sundays: Cycle A; Weekdays: Cycle 2; (OT – Ordinary Time)
Eastertide ends with Pentecost Sunday on Sunday 24th May, and we move into Ordinary Time with Week 8 of OT
Date Celebration 1st Reading Psalm 2nd Reading Gospel

Season of Eastertide
May 1Friday, 4th Week of EasterActs 13:26–33Ps 2:6–11—Matthew 13:54–58
Also todaySt Joseph the WorkerGenesis 1:26-2:3Ps 90:2-16Colossians 3:14-15, 17, 23-24Matthew 13:54-58
May 2Saturday, 4th Week of EasterActs 13:44–52Ps 98:1–4—John 14:7–14
May 3 5th Sunday of Easter Acts 6:1–7 Ps 33:1–19 1 Peter 2:4–9 John 14:1–12
May 4Monday, 5th Week of EasterActs 14:5–18Ps 115:1–16—John 14:21–26
May 5Tuesday, 5th Week of EasterActs 14:19–28Ps 145:10–21—John 14:27–31a
May 6Wednesday, 5th Week of EasterActs 15:1–6Ps 122:1–5—John 15:1–8
May 7Thursday, 5th Week of EasterActs 15:7–21Ps 96:1–10—John 15:9–11
May 8Friday, 5th Week of EasterActs 15:22–31Ps 57:8–12—John 15:12–17
May 9Saturdayday, 5th Week of EasterActs 16:1–10Ps 100:2–5—John 15:18–21
May 10 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 8:5–17 Ps 66:1–20 1 Peter 3:15–18 John 14:15–21
May 11Monday, 6th Week of EasterActs 16:11–15Ps 149:1–9—John 15:26–16:4
May 12Tuesday, 6th Week of EasterActs 16:22–34Ps 138:1–8—John 16:5–11
May 13Wednesday, 6th Week of EasterActs 17:15–18:1Ps 148:1–14—John 16:12–15
May 14Thursday, 6th Week of EasterActs 1:15–26Ps 113:1–8—John 15:9–17

Ascension Thursday
Also today Ascension of the Lord Acts 1:1–11 Ps 47:2–9 Ephesians 1:17–23 Matthew 28:16–20
May 15Friday, 6th Week of EasterActs 18:9–18Ps 47:2–10—John 16:20–23
May 16Saturday, 6th Week of EasterActs 18:23–28Ps 47:2–10—John 16:23b–28
May 17 7th Sunday of Easter Acts 8:5–17 Ps 66:1–20 1 Peter 3:15–18 John 14:15–21
May 18Monday, 7th Week of EasterActs 19:1–8Ps 68:2–7—John 16:29–33
May 19Tuesday, 7th Week of EasterActs 20:17–27Ps 68:10–21—John 17:1–11a
May 20Wednesday, 7th Week of EasterActs 20:28–38Ps 68:29–36—John 17:11b–19
May 21Thursday, 7th Week of EasterActs 22:30; 23:6–11Ps 16:1–11—John 17:20–26
May 22Friday, 7th Week of EasterActs 25:13b–21Ps 103:1–20—John 21:15–19
May 23Saturday, 7th Week of EasterActs 28:16–31Ps 11:4–7—John 21:20–25
May 24 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1–11 Ps 104:1–34 1 Cor 12:3b–13 John 20:19–23

Eastertide ends with Pentecost Sunday, and we move into Ordinary Time with Week 8 of OT
May 25Monday of 8th Week of OT1 Peter 1:3-9Ps 111:1-10, —Mark 10:17-27
May 26Tuesday of 8th Week of OT1 Peter 1:10–16Ps 98:1–4—Mark 10:28–31
May 27Wednesday of 8th Week of OT1 Peter 1:18–25Ps 147:12–20—Mark 10:32–45
May 28Thursday of 8th Week of OT1 Peter 2:2–12Ps 100:1–5—Mark 10:46–52
May 29Friday of 8th Week of OT1 Peter 4:7–13Ps 96:10–13—Mark 11:11–26
May 30Saturday of 8th Week of OTJude 1:17, 20–25Ps 63:2–6—Mark 11:27–33
May 31 Trinity Sunday Deuteronomy 4:32–40 Ps 33:4–22 Rom 8:14–17 Matthew 28:16–20

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Excerpt from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reproduced with Permission.
Excerpt from THE GRAIL PSALMS, with permission of A P Watt at United Agents on behalf of The Grail, England. Copyright © 1963 by The Grail, England.
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