Liturgical Calendar
Roman Missal of 1962 (Extraordinary Form)
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1 St. Joseph the Worker2 S. Athanasius, Confessor and Doctor of the Church3 4th Sunday after Easter4 St. Monica, Widow5 St. Pius V, Pope and Confessor6 Wednesday after the 4th Sunday after Easter7 St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr8 Friday after the 4th Sunday after Easter9 St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church10 St. Antoninus, Bishop and Confessor11 Sts. Philip and James, Apostles12 Ss. Nereus, Achilleus and Domitilla the Virgin and Pancras, Martyrs13 St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church14 Thursday after the 5th Sunday after Easter15 St. John Baptist de la Salle, Confessor16 St. Ubald, Bishop and Confessor17 St. Pascal Baylon Confessor18 St. Venantius, Martyr19 St. Peter Celestine, Pope and Confessor20 St. Bernardine of Siena, Confessor21 Thursday after the 6th Sunday after Easter22 Friday after the 6th Sunday after Easter23 Sabbato in Vigilia Pentecostes24 Pentecost Sunday25 Die II infra octavam Pentecostes26 Die III infra octavam Pentecostes27 Feria Quarta Quattuor Temporum Pentecostes28 Feria Quinta infra octavam Pentecostes29 Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum Pentecostes30 Sabbato Quattuor Temporum Pentecostes31 Trinity Sunday
Monday, May 4, 2026 Class III
St. Monica, Widow
- Source
- sancti · sancti/05-04 (C7a)
Rubrics
Gloria: yes Credo: no
Mass propers
Collect
Deus, mæréntium consolátor et in te sperántium salus, qui beátæ Mónicæ pias lácrimas in conversióne fílii sui Augustíni misericórditer suscepísti: da nobis utriúsque intervéntu; peccáta nostra deploráre, et grátiæ tuæ indulgéntiam inveníre.
O God, the consoler of those Who mourn and the safety of those who put their trust in You; Who mercifully accepted the holy tears of blessed Monica for the conversion of Augustine, her son; grant us through the intercession of both to bewail our sins and to obtain the grace of Your forgiveness.
Epistle
Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Timótheum
Lesson from the first letter of St Paul the Apostle to Timotheus
1 Tim 5:3-10
Caríssime: Víduas honóra, quæ vere víduæ sunt. Si qua autem vídua fílios aut nepótes habet, discat primum domum suam régere, et mútuam vicem réddere paréntibus: hoc enim accéptum est coram Deo. Quæ autem vere vídua est et desoláta, speret in Deum, et instet obsecratiónibus et oratiónibus nocte ac die. Nam quæ in delíciis est, vivens mórtua est. Et hoc prǽcipe, ut irreprehensíbiles sint. Si quis autem suórum, et máxime domesticórum curam non habet, fidem negávit, et est infidéli detérior. Vídua eligátur non minus sexagínta annórum, quæ fúerit uníus viri uxor, in opéribus bonis testimónium habens, si fílios educávit, si hospítio recépit, si sanctórum pedes lavit, si tribulatiónem patiéntibus subministrávit, si omne opus bonum subsecúta est.
Dearly beloved: Honor widows, that are widows indeed. But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house, and to make a return of duty to her parents: for this is acceptable before God. But she that is a widow indeed and desolate, let her trust in God, and continue in prayers and supplications night and day. For she that liveth in pleasures, is dead while she is living. And this give in charge, that they may be blameless. But if any man have not care of his own, and especially of those of his house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband, having testimony for her good words, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbor, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Gospel
Sequéntia ++ sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam
Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luc 7:11-16
In illo témpore: Ibat Jesus in civitátem, quæ vocátur Naim: et ibant cum eo discípuli ejus et turba copiósa. Cum autem appropinquáret portæ civitátis, ecce, defúnctus efferebátur fílius únicus matris suæ: et hæc vídua erat, et turba civitátis multa cum illa. Quam cum vidísset Dóminus, misericórdia motus super eam, dixit illi: Noli flere. Et accéssit et tétigit lóculum. - Hi autem, qui portábant, stetérunt - Et ait: Adoléscens, tibi dico, surge. Et resédit, qui erat mórtuus, et cœpit loqui. Et dedit illum matri suæ. Accépit autem omnes timor: et magnificábant Deum, dicéntes: Quia Prophéta magnus surréxit in nobis: et quia Deus visitávit plebem suam.
At that time, Jesus went into a city called Naim; and His disciples and a large crowd went with Him. And as He drew near the gate of the town, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large gathering from the town was with her. And the Lord, seeing her, had compassion on her, and said to her, Do not weep. And He went up and touched the stretcher; and the bearers stood still. And He said, Young man, I say to you, arise. And he who was dead, sat up, and began to speak. And He gave him to his mother. But fear seized upon all, and they began to glorify God, saying, A great prophet has risen among us, and God has visited His people.