May 2019
May is the Month the Church Dedicates to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
Regina Cæli Lætare.
(To be prayed from Easter Sunday to Trinity Sunday instead of the Angelus)
Triumph, O Queen of Heaven, to see, Alleluia,
The sacred Infant born to thee, Alleluia:
Spring up in glory from the tomb, Alleluia:
O by thy prayers prevent our doom, Alleluia.
℣. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary! Alleluia
℟. Because our Lord is truly risen, Alleluia.
Let us pray.
O God, who, by the resurrection of thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, has vouchsafed to gladden the world, grant, we beseech thee, that, by the intercession of the Virgin Mary, his Mother, we may receive the joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Click here, to read the book, ‘The Month of Mary, according to St. Francis of Sales.’
Click here, for prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Below listed are the feasts falling in May 2019:
May 1: St. Joseph the Workman, Double of the I Class.
May 2: St. Athanasius, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.
May 3: FIRST FRIDAY/Invention of the Holy Cross, Double of the II Class; Commemoration of Ss. Alexander, Pope, Eventius and Theodulus Martyrs, and Juvenal, Bishop and Confessor.
May 4: FIRST SATURDAY/St. Monica Widow, Double.
May 5: II Sunday after Easter, Double; Commemoration of St. Pius V Pope and Confessor.
May 6: St. John Apostle before the Latin Gate, Greater Double.
May 7: St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, Double.
May 8: Apparition of St. Michael, Greater Double.
May 9: St. Gregory Nazianzen Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.
May 10: St. Antoninus Bishop and Confessor, Double; Commemoration of Ss. Gordian and Epimachus Martyrs.
May 11: Ss. Philip and James (the Less) Apostles, Double of the II Class.
May 12: III Sunday after Easter, Double; Commemoration of Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla Virgin, and Pancras Martyrs.
May 13: St. Robert Bellarmine Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.
May 14: Commemoration of St. Boniface (of Tarsus), Martyr.
May 15: St. John Baptist de la Salle Confessor, Double.
May 16: St. Ubald Bishop and Confessor, Simple.
May 17: St. Paschal Baylon Confessor, Double.
May 18: St. Venantius Martyr, Double.
May 19: IV Sunday after Easter, Double; Commemoration of St. Peter Celestine Pope and Confessor; Commemoration of St. Pudentiana Virgin.
May 20: St. Bernardine of Siena Confessor, Simple.
May 21: Mass of the Season
May 22: Mass of the Season
May 23: Mass of the Season
May 24: Mary, Help of Christians.
May 25: St. Gregory VII Pope and Confessor, Double; Commemoration of St. Urban I Pope and Martyr.
May 26: V Sunday after Easter, Double; Commemoration of St. Philip Neri Confessor; Commemoration of St. Eleutherius Pope and Martyr.
May 27: Rogation Day (Lesser Litanies); St. Bede the Venerable Confessor and Doctor of the Church; Commemoration of St. John I Pope and Martyr, Double.
May 28: Rogation Day (Lesser Litanies); St. Augustine (of Canterbury), Bishop and Confessor, Double.
May 29: Rogation Day (Lesser Litanies); Vigil of Ascension; St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Virgin, Simple.
May 30: Ascension Thursday, Double of the I Class; Novena for Pentecost (May 31, 2019 - June 8, 2019).
May 31: Blessed Virgin Mary, QUEEN, Double of the II Class; Commemoration of St. Petronilla Virgin.
Pray for us O Holy Mother of God; that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ!