Liturgical Calendar
MAY 2020
1 Friday, Easter 3, white or: St Joseph the Worker, white
2 Saturday, St Athanasius, bishop, doctor, white
3 FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, white
World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Psalter Week IV
4 Monday, Easter 4, white or: The English Martyrs, red
5 Tuesday, Easter 4, white
6 Wednesday, Easter 4, white
7 Thursday, Easter 4, white
8 Friday, Easter 4, white
9 Saturday, Easter 4, white
10 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, white
Psalter Week I
11 Monday, Easter 5, white
12 Tuesday, Easter 5, white or: St Nereus and St Achilleus, martyrs, red or: St Pancras, martyr, red
13 Wednesday, Easter 5, white or: Our Lady of Fatima, white
14 Thursday, St Matthias, apostle, red 1
5 Friday, Easter 5, white
16 Saturday, Easter 5, white
17 SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, white
Psalter Week II
18 Monday, Easter 6, white or: St John I, pope, martyr, red
19 Tuesday, Easter 6, white
20 Wednesday, Easter 6, white or: St Bernadine of Siena, priest, religious, white
21 Thursday, THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD, white
22 Friday, Easter 6, white or: St Rita of Cascia, religious, white
23 Saturday, Easter 6, white
24 SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER World Communications Day
Special Collection: Catholic Communications Service
Psalter Week III
25 Monday, Easter 7, white or: St Bede the Venerable, priest, doctor (in England), white or: St Gregory VII, pope, white or: St Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi, virgin, white
26 Tuesday, Esater 7, white or: St Philip Neri, priest, white
27 Wednesday, Easter 7, white or: St Augustine of Canterbury, bishop (in England), white
28 Thursday, Easter 7, white
29 Friday, Easter 7, white or: St Paul VI, pope, white
30 Saturday, Easter 7, white
31 PENTECOST SUNDAY, red,
Psalter Week I
The Church:
The fifty days of the sacred season of Easter conclude with Pentecost Sunday, when the church recalls the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles, the beginnings of the Church, and the start of her mission to all tongues and peoples and nations. After Pentecost Sunday the Easter candle is kept with honour in the baptistery, so that from its flame the candles of the baptised may be lit during their baptism. At funerals the Easter candle should be placed near the bier, to signify that Christian death is a true Passover.
Besides the times of the year that have their own distinctive character, there remain in the yearly cycle thirty-three or thirty-four weeks in which no particular aspect of the mystery of Christ is celebrated, but rather the mystery of Christ itself is honoured in its fullness, especially on Sundays. This period is known as Ordinary Time. (Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the general Roman calendar, 43)
