May 2026
23 Saturday  6
whiteSaturday in the Seventh Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
 [302] Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5+7; John 21:20-25.
Hours of the day.

In the evening:
redVigil of PentecostSolemnity
Mass of the Vigil; Gloria, Creed, Preface of Pentecost, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I. Double alleluia at the dismissal
 [62] Gen 11:1-9 or Exod 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ezek 37:1-14 or Joel 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24+35, 27-28, 29b-30; Rom 8:22-27; John 7:37-39.
If desired, the Liturgy of the Word may be celebrated in the manner of the Easter Vigil, using all readings, with prayers following each reading (and responsorial psalm), and the Gloria and collect immediately preceding the reading from Romans. Rubrics and prayers for the "extended vigil" are provided separately in the Missal.
Evening Prayer I of Pentecost.
Archdiocese of Harford
white  Anniversary of the Dedication of the CathedralFeast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Preface of the Ded. of a Church II.
Hours of the Dedication, Te Deum.
Variables for the Year
Golden Number  13
Epact  xi
Solar Cycle 19
Letter of the Martyrology: l
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period: Year 6739
Years since the confirmation of the Society: 486
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  470
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II