May 2020
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 2020:
May 1: FIRST FRIDAY/St. Joseph the Workman, Double of the I Class.
May 2: FIRST SATURDAY/St. Athanasius, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.
May 3: III Sunday after Easter, Double; Commemoration of Invention of the Holy Cross; Commemoration of Ss. Alexander, Pope, Eventius and Theodulus Martyrs, and Juvenal, Bishop and Confessor.
May 4: St. Monica Widow, Double.
May 5: St. Pius V Pope and Confessor, Double.
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: IV Sunday after Easter, Double; Commemoration of St. Antoninus Bishop and Confessor; Commemoration of Ss. Gordian and Epimachus Martyrs.
May 11: Ss. Philip and James (the Less) Apostles, Double of the II Class.
May 12: Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla Virgin, and Pancras Martyrs, Simple.
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: V Sunday after Easter, Double; Commemoration of St. Paschal Baylon Confessor.
May 18: Rogation Day (Lesser Litanies); St. Venantius Martyr, Double.
May 19: Rogation Day (Lesser Litanies); St. Peter Celestine Pope and Confessor, Double; Commemoration of St. Pudentiana Virgin.
May 20: Rogation Day (Lesser Litanies); Vigil of Ascension; St. Bernardine of Siena Confessor, Simple.
May 21: Ascension Thursday, Double of the I Class.
May 22, 2020 - May 30, 2020: Novena for Pentecost.
May 22: Mass of the Season
May 23: Mass of the Season
May 24: VI Sunday after Easter, Double; Commemoration of Mary, Help of Christians.
May 25: St. Gregory VII Pope and Confessor, Double; Commemoration of St. Urban I Pope and Martyr, Double.
May 26: St. Philip Neri Confessor, Double; Commemoration of St. Eleutherius Pope and Martyr.
May 27: St. Bede the Venerable Confessor and Doctor of the Church; Commemoration of St. John I Pope and Martyr, Double.
May 28: St. Augustine (of Canterbury), Bishop and Confessor, Double.
May 29: St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Virgin, Simple.
May 30: Vigil of Whitsunday (Pentecost), Double [Fasting & Partial Abstinence]; Commemoration of St. Felix I Pope and Martyr.
May 31: Whit Sunday (Pentecost) with an Octave, Double of the I Class.
Pray for us O Holy Mother of God; that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.