Liturgical Year 2024-2025, Vol. 4

Easter

by Jennifer Gregory Miller (editor)

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Book Description

This fourth volume of the 2024-2025 Liturgical Year series covers all the days of Easter Season from the Easter Vigil through Pentecost Sunday, providing a rich set of resources for families to use in living the liturgical year in the domestic church, that is, in their own families. Resources include biographies of the saints to match each feast day, histories of the various celebrations and devotions, penitential spirituality, descriptions of customs from around the world, prayers, activities and recipes.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction to the Liturgical Year
  • Introduction to Easter
  • April 19th (Holy Saturday — Easter Vigil)
  • April 20th (Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord)
  • April 21st (Monday within the Octave of Easter)
  • April 22nd (Tuesday within the Octave of Easter)
  • April 23rd (Wednesday within the Octave of Easter)
  • April 24th (Thursday within the Octave of Easter)
  • April 25th (Friday within the Octave of Easter)
  • April 26th (Saturday within the Octave of Easter)
  • April 27th (Second Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy))
  • April 28th (Monday of the Second Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Peter Chanel, Priest & Martyr (NZ, Feast); Opt. Mem. of St. Louis Mary de Montfort, Priest )
  • April 29th (Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church)
  • April 30th (Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Pius V, Pope and Religious)
  • May 1st (Thursday of the Second Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Joseph the Worker)
  • May 2nd (Memorial of St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church)
  • May 3rd (Feast of Sts. Philip and James, Apostles)
  • May 4th (Third Sunday of Easter)
  • May 5th (Monday of the Third Week of Easter)
  • May 6th (Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter)
  • May 7th (Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter )
  • May 8th (Thursday of the Third Week of Easter)
  • May 9th (Friday of the Third Week of Easter)
  • May 10th (Saturday of the Third Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Damien de Veuster, Priest; Opt. Mem. of St. John of Avila)
  • May 11th (Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday))
  • May 12th (Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of Sts. Nereus & Achilleus, Martyrs; Opt. Mem. of St. Pancras, Martyr)
  • May 13th (Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of Our Lady of Fatima)
  • May 14th (Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle and Martyr)
  • May 15th (Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Isidore (USA))
  • May 16th (Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter)
  • May 17th (Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter)
  • May 18th (Fifth Sunday of Easter )
  • May 19th (Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter)
  • May 20th (Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Bernardine of Siena, Priest)
  • May 21st (Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Christopher Magallanes, Priest & Martyr, & His Companions, Martyrs)
  • May 22nd (Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Rita of Cascia, Religious)
  • May 23rd (Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter)
  • May 24th (Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter )
  • May 25th (Sixth Sunday of Easter)
  • May 26th (Memorial of St. Philip Neri, Priest; Minor Rogation Day)
  • May 27th (Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop; Minor Rogation Day)
  • May 28th (Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Minor Rogation Day)
  • May 29th (Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter or Solemnity of the Ascension (for certain ecclesiastical provinces); Opt. Mem. of Pope St. Paul VI, Pope)
  • May 30th (Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter)
  • May 31st (Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
  • June 1st (Solemnity of the Ascension or the Seventh Sunday of Easter)
  • June 2nd (Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs)
  • June 3rd (Memorial of Sts. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs)
  • June 4th (Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter)
  • June 5th (Memorial of St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr)
  • June 6th (Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter; Opt Mem of St. Norbert, Bishop)
  • June 7th (Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter (Vigil of Pentecost))
  • June 8th (Pentecost Sunday)