17 MAY  Mon Easter Weekday Acts 19:1-8/Jn 16:29-33 

18 Tue Easter Weekday [Saint John I, Pope and Martyr] Acts 20:17-27/Jn 17:1-11a

19 Wed Easter Weekday Acts 20:28-38/Jn 17:11b-19 

20 Thu Easter Weekday [Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest] Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Jn 17:20-26

21 Fri Easter Weekday [Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs]

Acts 25:13b-21/Jn 21:15-19 

22 Sat Easter Weekday Saint Rita of Cascia] Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Jn 21:20-25 

23 SUN PENTECOST SUNDAY Solemnity

Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5/Rom 8:22-27/Jn 7:37-39 

Day: Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25/Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 

This week, from May 16 to 24, Catholics everywhere are uniting to take the next steps in our journey toward better care of creation, as Pope Francis has urged us in his encyclical Laudato si’, issued  May 24, 2015. Here’s Pope Francis :