{"id":14130,"date":"2025-10-25T13:07:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/?page_id=14130"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:16:04","slug":"calendar-0526","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0526\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendar 0526"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png\" alt=\"Scripture\" class=\"wp-image-440\" style=\"width:219px;height:88px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png 761w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Liturgical Calendar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-1024x186.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302\" style=\"width:1020px;height:185px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-1024x186.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-768x140.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays, and the daily Gospel. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025   <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar0925\/\">September<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar1025\/\">October<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar1125\/\">November<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar1225\/\">December<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2026   <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0126\/\">January<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0226\/\">February<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0326\/\">March<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0426\/\">April<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0526\/\">May<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0626\/\">June<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0726\/\">July<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0826\/\">August<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0926\/\">September<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-1026\/\">October<\/a>   .  <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-1126\/\">November<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n<table class=\"small-font\">\n<caption>Sundays: Cycle A; Weekdays: Cycle 2;          (OT &#8211; Ordinary Time)<br>Eastertide ends with Pentecost Sunday on Sunday 24th May, and we move into Ordinary Time with Week 8 of OT<\/caption>\n<thead style=\"font color: #0033CC;\">\n<tr>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">Date<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">Celebration<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">1st Reading<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">Psalm<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">2nd Reading<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\">Gospel<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n       \n      <tr><td colspan=\"6\"><\/tr>      \n\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff00\">\n      <td><\/td>\n      <td colspan=\"4\"><p><span style=\"color: #0033cc; align: center;\"><b>Season of Eastertide<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n      <td><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      \n      <tr><td colspan=\"6\"><\/tr>\n\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 1<\/td><td>Friday, 4th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 13:26\u201333<\/td><td>Ps 2:6\u201311<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>Matthew 13:54\u201358<\/td><\/tr>      \n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td><i> &#8211; Also<\/i><\/td><td>St Joseph the Worker<\/td><td>Genesis 1:26-2:3<\/td><td>Ps 90:2-16<\/td><td>Colossians 3:14-15, 17, 23-24<\/td><td>Matthew 13:54-58<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 2<\/td><td>Saturday, 4th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 13:44\u201352<\/td><td>Ps 98:1\u20134<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 14:7\u201314<\/td><\/tr>\n\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff00\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>May 3<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>5th Sunday of Easter<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Acts 6:1\u20137<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 33:1\u201319<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>1 Peter 2:4\u20139<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>John 14:1\u201312<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 4<\/td><td>Monday, 5th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 14:5\u201318<\/td><td>Ps 115:1\u201316<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 14:21\u201326<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 5<\/td><td>Tuesday, 5th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 14:19\u201328<\/td><td>Ps 145:10\u201321<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 14:27\u201331a<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 6<\/td><td>Wednesday, 5th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 15:1\u20136<\/td><td>Ps 122:1\u20135<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 15:1\u20138<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 7<\/td><td>Thursday, 5th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 15:7\u201321<\/td><td>Ps 96:1\u201310<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 15:9\u201311<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 8<\/td><td>Friday, 5th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 15:22\u201331<\/td><td>Ps 57:8\u201312<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 15:12\u201317<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 9<\/td><td>Saturdayday, 5th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 16:1\u201310<\/td><td>Ps 100:2\u20135<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 15:18\u201321<\/td><\/tr>\n\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff00\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>May 10<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>6th Sunday of Easter<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Acts 8:5\u201317<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 66:1\u201320<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>1 Peter 3:15\u201318<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>John 14:15\u201321<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 11<\/td><td>Monday, 6th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 16:11\u201315<\/td><td>Ps 149:1\u20139<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 15:26\u201316:4<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 12<\/td><td>Tuesday, 6th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 16:22\u201334<\/td><td>Ps 138:1\u20138<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 16:5\u201311<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 13<\/td><td>Wednesday, 6th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 17:15\u201318:1<\/td><td>Ps 148:1\u201314<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 16:12\u201315<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 14<\/td><td>Thursday, 6th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 1:15\u201326<\/td><td>Ps 113:1\u20138<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 15:9\u201317<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ffff00\">\n      <td><\/td>\n      <td colspan=\"4\"><p><span style=\"color: #0033cc; align: center;\"><b>Ascension Thursday<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n      <td><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ffff00\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b><i> &#8211; Also<\/i><\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ascension of the Lord<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Acts 1:1\u201311<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 47:2\u20139<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ephesians 1:17\u201323<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Matthew 28:16\u201320<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 15<\/td><td>Friday, 6th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 18:9\u201318<\/td><td>Ps 47:2\u201310<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 16:20\u201323<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 16<\/td><td>Saturday, 6th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 18:23\u201328<\/td><td>Ps 47:2\u201310<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 16:23b\u201328<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ffff00\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>May 17<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>7th Sunday of Easter<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Acts 8:5\u201317<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 66:1\u201320<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>1 Peter 3:15\u201318<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>John 14:15\u201321<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 18<\/td><td>Monday, 7th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 19:1\u20138<\/td><td>Ps 68:2\u20137<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 16:29\u201333<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 19<\/td><td>Tuesday, 7th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 20:17\u201327<\/td><td>Ps 68:10\u201321<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 17:1\u201311a<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 20<\/td><td>Wednesday, 7th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 20:28\u201338<\/td><td>Ps 68:29\u201336<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 17:11b\u201319<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 21<\/td><td>Thursday, 7th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 22:30; 23:6\u201311<\/td><td>Ps 16:1\u201311<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 17:20\u201326<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 22<\/td><td>Friday, 7th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 25:13b\u201321<\/td><td>Ps 103:1\u201320<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 21:15\u201319<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr bgcolor=\"#ffff97\"><td>May 23<\/td><td>Saturday, 7th Week of Easter<\/td><td>Acts 28:16\u201331<\/td><td>Ps 11:4\u20137<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>John 21:20\u201325<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ffff00\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>May 24<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Pentecost Sunday<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Acts 2:1\u201311<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 104:1\u201334<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>1 Cor 12:3b\u201313<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>John 20:19\u201323<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n      <tr><td colspan=\"6\"><\/tr>\n\n      <tr>\n      <td><\/td>\n      <td colspan=\"4\"><p><span style=\"color: #0033cc; align: center;\"><b>Eastertide ends with Pentecost Sunday, and we move into Ordinary Time with Week 8 of OT<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n      <td><\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n\n\n\n      <tr><td>May 25<\/td><td>Monday of 8th Week of OT<\/td><td>1 Peter 1:3-9<\/td><td>Ps 111:1-10, <\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>Mark 10:17-27<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>May 26<\/td><td>Tuesday of 8th Week of OT<\/td><td>1 Peter 1:10\u201316<\/td><td>Ps 98:1\u20134<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>Mark 10:28\u201331<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>May 27<\/td><td>Wednesday of 8th Week of OT<\/td><td>1 Peter 1:18\u201325<\/td><td>Ps 147:12\u201320<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>Mark 10:32\u201345<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>May 28<\/td><td>Thursday of 8th Week of OT<\/td><td>1 Peter 2:2\u201312<\/td><td>Ps 100:1\u20135<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>Mark 10:46\u201352<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>May 29<\/td><td>Friday of 8th Week of OT<\/td><td>1 Peter 4:7\u201313<\/td><td>Ps 96:10\u201313<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>Mark 11:11\u201326<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>May 30<\/td><td>Saturday of 8th Week of OT<\/td><td>Jude 1:17, 20\u201325<\/td><td>Ps 63:2\u20136<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>Mark 11:27\u201333<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ffff00\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>May 31<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Trinity Sunday<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Deuteronomy 4:32\u201340<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Ps 33:4\u201322<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Rom 8:14\u201317<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0033cc;\"><b>Matthew 28:16\u201320<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n      <tr><td colspan=\"6\"><\/tr>\n\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style='text-align: justify;'><font size=\"1\"><i>Excerpt from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1966 by Darton, Longman &amp; Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reproduced with Permission. <br>\nExcerpt from THE GRAIL PSALMS, with permission of A P Watt at United Agents on behalf of The Grail, England. Copyright \u00a9 1963 by The Grail, England. <br>\nCopyright \u00a9 2019-2026 Prayerfulness.com. Users must not reproduce, download, store in any medium, distribute, transmit or retransmit or manipulate any text contained in this website except for non-commercial worship purposes. Thank you.<\/i><\/font size=\"1\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liturgical Calendar Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays, and the daily Gospel. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer. May 2026 Sundays: Cycle A; Weekdays: Cycle 2; (OT &#8211; Ordinary Time)Eastertide ends with Pentecost Sunday on Sunday 24th May, and we move into Ordinary Time with Week 8 of OT Date &#8230; <a title=\"Calendar 0526\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/calendar-0526\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Calendar 0526\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14130","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14130"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14594,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14130\/revisions\/14594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}