Tempus liturgicum
Easter Time 2016 Australia
From Sunday, 27 March 2016 to Sunday, 15 May 2016. The Sunday readings are from Year C, the weekdays from Year II (why).
Easter Time is the fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost, kept as a single feast, in white, with red at Pentecost. Its first eight days are the octave of Easter. The Ascension falls on the fortieth day, a Thursday, or on the following Sunday where the bishops have moved it.
In the 1962 Missal the Sundays are counted after Easter, the Rogation days fall before the Ascension, and Pentecost has its own octave, with Ember days.
| Day | Ordinary Form | 1962 Missal |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 27 Mar | Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the LordFirst Reading: Acts 10:34a, 37-43 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 · Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-4 · Gospel: John 20:1-9 | Easter Sunday Class IEpistle: 1 Cor 5:7-8 · Gospel: Mark 16:1-7 |
| Mon 28 Mar | Monday within the Octave of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 2:14, 22-33 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 · Gospel: Matthew 28:8-15 | Monday in the Octave of Easter Class IEpistle: Acts 10:37-43. · Gospel: Luke 24:13-35 |
| Tue 29 Mar | Tuesday within the Octave of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 2:36-41 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20 and 22 · Gospel: John 20:11-18 | Tuesday in the Octave of Easter Class IEpistle: Acts 13:16; 13:26-33 · Gospel: Luke 24:36-47 |
| Wed 30 Mar | Wednesday within the Octave of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 3:1-10 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 · Gospel: Luke 24:13-35 | Wednesday in the Octave of Easter Class IEpistle: Acts 3:13-15; 3:17-19 · Gospel: John 21:1-14 |
| Thu 31 Mar | Thursday within the Octave of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 3:11-26 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9 · Gospel: Luke 24:35-48 | Thursday in the Octave of Easter Class IEpistle: Acts 8:26-40 · Gospel: John 20:11-18 |
| Fri 1 Apr | Friday within the Octave of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 4:1-12 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 118:1-2 and 4, 22-24, 25-27a · Gospel: John 21:1-14 | Friday in the Octave of Easter Class IEpistle: 1 Pet 3:18-22 · Gospel: Matt 28:16-20 |
| Sat 2 Apr | Saturday within the Octave of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 4:13-21 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 118:1 and 14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21 · Gospel: Mark 16:9-15 | Saturday in the Octave of Easter Class IEpistle: 1 Pet 2:1-10 · Gospel: John 20:1-9 |
| Sun 3 Apr | Second Sunday of Easter or Sunday of Divine MercyFirst Reading: Acts 5:12-16 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 118:2-4, 22-24, 25-27a · Second Reading: Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 · Gospel: John 20:19-31 | Low Sunday Class IEpistle: 1 John 5:4-10 · Gospel: John 20. 19-31 |
| Mon 4 Apr | The Annunciation of the LordFirst Reading: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11 · Second Reading: Hebrews 10:4-10 · Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 | Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Class IEpistle: Isa 7:10-15 · Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 |
| Sun 10 Apr | Third Sunday of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 30:2 and 4, 5-6, 11-12a and 13b · Second Reading: Revelation 5:11-14 · Gospel: John 21:1-19 | II Sunday after Easter Class IIEpistle: 1 Pet 2:21-25 · Gospel: John 10:11-16 |
| Sun 17 Apr | Fourth Sunday of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 13:14, 43-52 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5 · Second Reading: Revelation 7:9, 14b-17 · Gospel: John 10:27-30 | III Sunday after Easter Class IIEpistle: 1 Pet 2:11-19 · Gospel: John 16:16-22 |
| Sun 24 Apr | Fifth Sunday of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 14:21-27 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab · Second Reading: Revelation 21:1-5a · Gospel: John 13:31-33a, 34-35 | IV Sunday after Easter Class IIEpistle: Jas 1:17-21 · Gospel: John 16:5-14 |
| Tue 26 Apr | Saint Mark, EvangelistFirst Reading: 1 Peter 5:5b-14 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17 · Gospel: Mark 16:15-20 | Sts. Cletus & Marcellinus Class IIIEpistle: 1 Pet 5:1-4; 5:10-11. · Gospel: Matt 16:13-19 |
| Sun 1 May | Sixth Sunday of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6 and 8 · Second Reading: Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23 · Gospel: John 14:23-29 | St. Joseph the Workman Class IEpistle: Col. 3:14-15, 17, 23-24 · Gospel: Matt 13:54-58 |
| Tue 3 May | Saints Philip and James, ApostlesFirst Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:2-3, 4-5 · Gospel: John 14:6-14 | The Minor Litanies – Rogations Class IVEpistle: Jas 1:22-27 · Gospel: John 16:23-30 |
| Sun 8 May | The Ascension of the LordFirst Reading: Acts 1:1-11 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 · Second Reading: Ephesians 1:17-23 · Gospel: Luke 24:46-53 | Sunday after the Ascension Class IIEpistle: 1 Pet 4:7-11. · Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:1-4. |
| Sat 14 May | Saint Matthias, ApostleFirst Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 · Gospel: John 15:9-17 | Vigil of Pentecost Class IEpistle: Acts 19:1-8. · Gospel: John 14:15-21. |
| Sun 15 May | Pentecost SundayFirst Reading: Acts 2:1-11 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 · Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 · Gospel: John 20:19-23 | Pentecost Sunday Class IEpistle: Acts 2:1-11. · Gospel: John 14:23-31. |
Each day’s page has the readings in full (World English Bible) and the 1962 propers in Latin and English. Read about the liturgical colours.