Tempus liturgicum
Easter Time 2020 Ireland
From Sunday, 12 April 2020 to Sunday, 31 May 2020. The Sunday readings are from Year A, 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 12 Apr | 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 13 Apr | 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 14 Apr | 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 15 Apr | 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 16 Apr | 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 17 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 18 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 19 Apr | Second Sunday of Easter or Sunday of Divine MercyFirst Reading: Acts 2:42-47 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 · Second Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9 · Gospel: John 20:19-31 | Low Sunday Class IEpistle: 1 John 5:4-10 · Gospel: John 20. 19-31 |
| Sat 25 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 | St. Mark Class IIEpistle: Ezek 1:10-14 · Gospel: Luke 10:1-9 |
| Sun 26 Apr | Third Sunday of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 2:14, 22-33 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 · Second Reading: 1 Peter 1:17-21 · Gospel: Luke 24:13-35 | II Sunday after Easter Class IIEpistle: 1 Pet 2:21-25 · Gospel: John 10:11-16 |
| Wed 29 Apr | Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Copatroness of EuropeFirst Reading: 1 John 1:5—2:2 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18 · Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30 | St. Peter of Verona Class IIIEpistle: 2 Tim. 2:8-10; 3:10-12. · Gospel: Matt 10:34-42 |
| Sun 3 May | Fourth Sunday of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 2:14a, 36-41 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 · Second Reading: 1 Peter 2:20b-25 · Gospel: John 10:1-10 | III Sunday after Easter Class IIEpistle: 1 Pet 2:11-19 · Gospel: John 16:16-22 |
| Sun 10 May | Fifth Sunday of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 6:1-7 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 · Second Reading: 1 Peter 2:4-9 · Gospel: John 14:1-12 | IV Sunday after Easter Class IIEpistle: Jas 1:17-21 · Gospel: John 16:5-14 |
| Thu 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 | Thursday after IV Sunday after Easter Class IVEpistle: Jas 1:17-21 · Gospel: John 16:5-14 |
| Sun 17 May | Sixth Sunday of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 · Second Reading: 1 Peter 3:15-18 · Gospel: John 14:15-21 | V Sunday after Easter Class IIEpistle: Jas 1:22-27 · Gospel: John 16:23-30 |
| Sun 24 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: Matthew 28:16-20 | Sunday after the Ascension Class IIEpistle: 1 Pet 4:7-11. · Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:1-4. |
| Sun 31 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.