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Mon, 16 Mar, 2026


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May 2027

May 16
Sunday
Lunar 
day:
10
redPentecost SundaySolemnity
Roman Stational Church: St Peter
Mass of Pentecost; Gloria, Sequence, creed, Preface of Pentecost, special Communicantes, double alleluia at dismissal.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. It is customary to celebrate Terce (Prayer during the Day - Before Noon) with special solemnity today.
Yr B Ac 2: 1-11; Ps 104: 1, 24, 29-31, 34; Ga 5:16-25 or 1 Co 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 15: 26-27, 16: 12-15, or Jn 20: 19-23.
At Evening Prayer II, double alleluia at dismissal
After Vespers, the Paschal Candle is extinguished and moved to the Baptistery, so that the candles of the newly baptised may be lit from it.
The weeks of the year resume with Week 7.Psalter Week 3
Anniversary of fr. James Alphonsus O'Reilly  (1949)
Obit.Anniversary of fr. Peter Rochin, 27th Master of the Order (1450).

Variables for the Current Year

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  14
Epact  22
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology: C
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period: Year 6740
Years since the confirmation of the Order: 811
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Dominic  806
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I