May
About this day
The Proper of Saints gives the Mass and Office texts for celebrations kept on fixed dates. In May they include the apostles Philip and James (May 3) and Matthias (May 14), and the Visitation (May 31).
Coming up in the next year
Next: Sat 1 May 2027 — Year B · I
- Sat 1 May 2027 Saint Joseph the Worker (optional)
- Mon 3 May 2027 Saints Philip and James, Apostles
- Mon 10 May 2027 Saint Damien de Veuster, Priest (optional)
- Mon 10 May 2027 Saint John of Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church (optional)
- Wed 12 May 2027 Saint Pancras, Martyr (optional)
- Wed 12 May 2027 Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs (optional)
- Thu 13 May 2027 Our Lady of Fatima (optional)
- Fri 14 May 2027 Saint Matthias, Apostle
- Sat 15 May 2027 Saint Isidore (optional)
- Tue 18 May 2027 Saint John I, Pope and Martyr (optional)
- Thu 20 May 2027 Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest (optional)
- Fri 21 May 2027 Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs (optional)
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- Sat 22 May 2027 Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious (optional)
- Tue 25 May 2027 Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church (optional)
- Tue 25 May 2027 Saint Gregory VII, Pope (optional)
- Tue 25 May 2027 Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin (optional)
- Wed 26 May 2027 Saint Philip Neri, Priest
- Thu 27 May 2027 Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop (optional)
- Sat 29 May 2027 Saint Paul VI, Pope (optional)
- Mon 31 May 2027 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Music
Mass
- May 10 – St Damien de Veuster – Propers (2016) [10 May 2016. St. Damian de Veuster] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- May 10 – St Damien de Veuster – Propers (2017) [10 May 2017. St. Damian de Veuster. MASS] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- May 13 – Our Lady of Fatima – Propers [13 May 2014. Our Lady of Fatima.] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- May 03 – Sts Philip and James – Propers (2017 a) [3 May 2017. Ss. Philip and James. Glory 15] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- May 03 – Sts Philip and James – Propers (2017 b) [3 May 2017. Ss. Philip and James. Glory 8] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- May 03 – Sts Philip and James – Propers (2019) [3 May 2019. SS Philip and James. MASS] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Organ Propers, Book 5: Immaculate Heart of Mary to May 26 – St Philip Neri (Organ) [5. May. Propers. SANC. organ] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- May 13 – Our Lady of Fatima – Propers (English & Latin) [Easter FRI 13 May Fatima 2011 c] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- May 13 – Our Lady of Fatima – Gospel [Gospel. Our Lady of Fatima. 10.13.17. Rizzo] DetailsSung Gospel
- May 01 – St Joseph the Worker – Propers [May 1 Mass] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
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- May 03 – Sts Philip and James – Propers (English & Latin) [May 3. 2014. SAT. Saints Philip and James] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Saints of Thanksgiving Day to Dec 14 – St John of the Cross – Propers (English & Latin) [Propers. III. SANC full. 06.04.20] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Jan 23 – St Marianne Cope to Nov 21 – Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Entrance, Communion (Spanish) [Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Printer 57] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Communion
Divine Office: Vespers (Evening Prayer)
- May 02 – St Athanasius – Vespers (Organ) [04202024134823-0001] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Responsory · Magnificat
- May 18 – St John I – Vespers [Vespers. WED 1. P. T. May 18. 2016] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
- May 02 – St Athanasius – Vespers [Vespers.THUR Wk 1. May 2. 2024 St. Athanasius] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
- May 31 – Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Vespers [Visitation. VESPERS. 05.31.17 b] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
In this group
- Saint Joseph the Worker
- Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
- Saints Philip and James, Apostles
- Saint Damien de Veuster, Priest
- Saint John of Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church
- Saint Pancras, Martyr
- Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs
- Our Lady of Fatima
- Saint Matthias, Apostle
- Saint Isidore
- Saint John I, Pope and Martyr
- Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest
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- Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
- Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious
- Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church
- Saint Gregory VII, Pope
- Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin
- Saint Philip Neri, Priest
- Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
- Saint Paul VI, Pope
- The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary