APRIL 2025
1 Tue: Lenten Weekday
Ez 47: 1-9. 12/ Ps 46: 2-3. 5-6. 8-9/ Jn 5: 1-16
2 Wed: Lenten Weekday/ Francis of Paola, h
Is 49: 8-15/ Ps 145: 8-9. 13cd-14. 17-18/ Jn 5: 17-30
3 Thu: Lenten Weekday
Ex 32: 7-14/ Ps 106: 19-20. 21-22. 23/ Jn 5: 31-47
4 Fri: Lenten Weekday/ Isidore of Seville, bp, dr. Day of abstinence from meat (age 14and up).
Wis 2: 1a. 12-22/ Ps 34: 17-18. 19-20. 21 and 23/ Jn 7: 1-2. 10. 25-30
5 Sat: Lenten Weekday/ Vincent Ferrer, p, r, ms
Jer 11: 18-20/ Ps 7: 2-3. 9bc-10. 11-12/ Jn 7: 40-53
6 SUN: FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT. Third Scrutiny of the Elect.
Scrutiny: Ez 37: 12-14/ Ps 130: 1-2. 3-4. 5-6. 7-8/ Rom 8: 8-11/ Jn 11: 1-45. Otherwise: Is 43:
16-21/ Ps 126: 1-2. 2-3. 4-5. 6 (3)/ Phil 3: 8-14/ Jn 8: 1-11
7 Mon: Lenten Weekday/ John Baptist de la Salle, p, rf
Dn 13: 1-9. 15-17. 19-30. 33-62 or 13: 41c-62/ Ps 23: 1-3a. 3b-4. 5. 6/ Jn 8: 12-20. Optional for
any weekday this week: 2 Kgs 4: 18b-21. 32-37/ Ps 17: 1. 6-7. 8b and 15/ Jn 11: 1-45
8 Tue: Lenten Weekday
Nm 21: 4-9/ Ps 102: 2-3. 16-18. 19-21/ Jn 8: 21-30
9 Wed: Lenten Weekday
Dn 3: 14-20. 91-92. 95/ Dn 3: 52. 53. 54. 55. 56/ Jn 8: 31-42
10 Thu: Lenten Weekday
Gn 17: 3-9/ Ps 105: 4-5. 6-7. 8-9/ Jn 8: 51-59
11 Fri: Lenten Weekday/ Stanislaus, bp, mt. Day of abstinence from meat (age 14and up).
Jer 20: 10-13/ Ps 18: 2-3a. 3bc-4. 5-6. 7/ Jn 10: 31-42
12 Sat: Lenten Weekday
Ez 37: 21-28/ Jer 31: 10. 11-12abcd. 13/ Jn 11: 45-56
13 SUN: PALM SUNDAY OF THELORD'S PASSION
Procession: Lk 19: 28-40. Mass: Is 50: 4-7/ Ps 22: 8-9. 17-18. 19-20. 23-24/ Phil 2:6-11/ Lk 22:
14 - 23: 56
14 Mon: Monday of Holy Week
Is 42: 1-7/ Ps 27: 1. 2. 3. 13-14/ Jn 12: 1-11. Chrism Mass: Is 61: 1-3a. 6a. 8b-9/ Ps 89: 21-22.
25. 27/ Rv 1: 5-8/ Lk 4: 16-21.
15 Tue: Tuesday of Holy Week
Is 49: 1-6/ Ps 71: 1-2. 3-4a. 5ab-6ab. 15 and 17/ Jn 13: 21-33. 36-38
16 Wed: Wednesday of Holy Week
Is 50: 4-9a/ Ps 69: 8-10. 21-22. 31 and 33-34/ Mt 26: 14-25
17 Thu: Holy Thursday. At evening, begin Easter Triduum of theLord's Passion, Death and
Resurrection.
Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper: Ex 12: 1-8. 11-14/ Ps 116: 12-13. 15-16bc. 17-18/ 1 Cor 11:
23-26/ Jn 13: 1-15
18 Fri: Good Friday. Day of fast (ages 18-59) and abstinencefrom meat (age 14 and up).
Mass is not celebrated today. Celebration of the Lord's Passion: Is 52: 13 -- 53: 12/ Ps 31: 2. 6.
12-13. 15-16. 17. 25/ Heb 4: 14-16; 5: 7-9/ Jn 18: 1 -- 19: 42
19 Sat: Holy Saturday
Readings for the Easter Vigil, which is an Easter Sunday Mass: Gn 1: 1 -- 2: 2 or 1: 1. 26-31a/ Ps
104: 1-2. 5-6. 10. 12. 13-14. 24. 35 or Ps 33: 4-5. 6-7. 12-13. 20-22/ Gn 22: 1-18 or 22: 1-2. 9a.
10-13. 15-18/ Ps 16: 5. 8. 9-10. 11/ Ex 14: 15 -- 15: 1/ Ex 15: 1-2. 3-4. 5-6. 17-18/ Is 54: 5-14/ Ps
30: 2. 4. 5-6. 11-12. 13/ Is 55: 1-11/ Is 12: 2-3. 4. 5-6/ Bar 3: 9-15. 32 -- 4: 4/ Ps19: 8. 9. 10. 11/
Ez 36: 16-17a. 18-28/ Ps 42: 3. 5; 43: 3. 4 or Is 12: 2-3. 4bcd. 5-6 or Ps 51:12-13. 14-15. 18-19/
Rom 6: 3-11/ Ps 118: 1-2. 16-17. 22-23/ Lk 24: 1-12
20 SUN: EASTER SUNDAY. TheResurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Acts 10: 34a. 37-43/ Ps 118: 1-2. 16-17. 22-23/ Col 3: 1-4 or 1 Cor 5: 6b-8/ Sequence Victimae
Paschali Laudes/ Jn 20: 1-9or Mk 16: 1-7 or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Lk 24: 13-35
Easter Triduum ends after Evening Prayer.
21 Mon: Easter Monday
Acts 2: 14. 22-33/ Ps 16: 1-2a and 5. 7-8. 9-10. 11/ Mt 28: 8-15
22 Tue: Easter Tuesday
Acts 2: 36-41/ Ps 33: 4-5. 18-19. 20 and 22/ Jn 20: 11-18
23 Wed: Easter Wednesday
Acts 3: 1-10/ Ps 105: 1-2. 3-4. 6-7. 8-9/ Lk 24: 13-35
24 Thu: Easter Thursday
Acts 3: 11-26/ Ps 8: 2ab and 5. 6-7. 8-9/ Lk 24: 35-48
25 Fri: Easter Friday
Acts 4: 1-12/ Ps 118: 1-2 and 4. 22-24. 25-27a/ Jn 21: 1-14
26 Sat: Easter Saturday
Acts 4: 13-21/ Ps 118: 1 and 14-15ab. 16-18. 19-21/ Mk 16: 9-15
27 SUN: SECOND SUNDAY OFEASTER
Acts 5: 12-16/ Ps 118: 2-4. 13-15. 22-24/ Rv 1: 9-11a. 12-13. 17-19/ Jn 20: 19-31
28 Mon: Easter Weekday/ Peter Chanel, p, r, ms, mt/ Louis Mary de Montfort, p
Acts 4: 23-31/ Ps 2: 1-3. 4-7a. 7b-9/ Jn 3: 1-8
29 Tue: Catherine of Siena, v, dr M
Acts 4: 32-37/ Ps 93: 1ab. 1cd-2. 5/ Jn 3: 7b-15
30 Wed: Easter Weekday/ Pius V, pp, r
Acts 5: 17-26/ Ps 34: 2-3. 4-5. 6-7. 8-9/ Jn 3: 16-21