Tempus liturgicum
Easter Time 2025 Ireland
From Sunday, 20 April 2025 to Sunday, 8 June 2025. The Sunday readings are from Year C, the weekdays from Year I (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 20 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 21 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 22 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 23 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 24 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 25 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 26 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 27 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 |
| Tue 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 |
| Sat 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 | IV Mass of the B. V. M. – Salve, Sancta Parens Class IVEpistle: Ecclus 24:14-16 · Gospel: John 19:25-27 |
| Sun 4 May | Third Sunday of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 5:27b-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 11 May | 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 |
| Wed 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 | Wednesday after III Sunday after Easter Class IVEpistle: 1 Pet 2:11-19 · Gospel: John 16:16-22 |
| Sun 18 May | Fifth Sunday of EasterFirst Reading: Acts 14:21b-27 · Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab · Second Reading: Revelation 21:1-5 · Gospel: John 13:31-33a, 34-35 | IV Sunday after Easter Class IIEpistle: Jas 1:17-21 · Gospel: John 16:5-14 |
| Sun 25 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 | V Sunday after Easter Class IIEpistle: Jas 1:22-27 · Gospel: John 16:23-30 |
| Sat 31 May | The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin MaryFirst Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18a · Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 · Gospel: Luke 1:39-56 | Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Class IIEpistle: Eccli 24:5; 14:7; 14:9-11; 24:30-31 · Gospel: Luke 1:26-33 |
| Sun 1 Jun | 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. |
| Sun 8 Jun | 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.