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May 2027 Liturgical Calendar

May 2027 moves from Easter Time (weeks 5–8) into Ordinary Time (weeks 7–9) on May 17. Solemnities and feasts: Sts. Philip and James (May 3), The Ascension of the Lord (May 9), St. Matthias (May 14), Pentecost Sunday (May 16), The Most Holy Trinity (May 23), The Body and Blood of Christ (May 30) and Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (May 31), with 2 memorials. Sundays follow Year B of the Lectionary, weekdays Cycle I.

Updated October 20, 2026

In this month

4 solemnities
3 feasts
2 memorials
5 Sundays

Colors

10 green
18 white
3 red

Day by day

May 2027, day by day
Date	Celebration	Rank	Color	Lectionary	Saint of the day	Mass readings (US)
1Sat	Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Peregrine Laziosi	FirstActs 16:1-10 PsalmPsalm 100:1b-2, 3, 5 GospelJohn 15:18-21
2Sun	Sixth Sunday of Easter	Sunday	White	Year B	Saint of the daySt. Athanasius	FirstActs 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 PsalmPsalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 Second1 John 4:7-10 GospelJohn 15:9-17
3Mon	Sts. Philip and James,Apostles	Feast	Red	Cycle I	Saint of the daySts. Philip and James	First1 Corinthians 15:1-8 PsalmPsalm 19:2-3, 4-5 GospelJohn 14:6-14
4Tue	Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Florian	FirstActs 16:22-34 PsalmPsalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 GospelJohn 16:5-11
5Wed	Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Hilary of Arles	FirstActs 17:15, 22—18:1 PsalmPsalm 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 GospelJohn 16:12-15
6Thu	Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter — Ascension	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. François de Laval	FirstActs 18:1-8 PsalmPsalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 GospelJohn 16:16-20 Weekday readings, in most US dioceses. Also: The Ascension of the Lord, where it is kept on this Thursday.
7Fri	Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Rose Venerini	FirstActs 18:9-18 PsalmPsalm 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 GospelJohn 16:20-23
8Sat	Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Peter of Tarentaise	FirstActs 18:23-28 PsalmPsalm 47:2-3, 8-9, 10 GospelJohn 16:23b-28
9Sun	Seventh Sunday of Easter — Ascension	Solemnity	White	Year B	Saint of the daySt. Pachomius	FirstActs 1:1-11 PsalmPsalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 SecondEphesians 1:17-23 GospelMark 16:15-20 The Ascension of the Lord, in most US dioceses. Also: Seventh Sunday of Easter, where the Ascension was kept on Thursday.
10Mon	Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Damien of Molokai	FirstActs 19:1-8 PsalmPsalm 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab GospelJohn 16:29-33
11Tue	Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Ignatius of Laconi	FirstActs 20:17-27 PsalmPsalm 68:10-11, 20-21 GospelJohn 17:1-11a
12Wed	Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySts. Nereus and Achilleus	FirstActs 20:28-38 PsalmPsalm 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab GospelJohn 17:11b-19
13Thu	Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Andrew Hubert Fournet	FirstActs 22:30; 23:6-11 PsalmPsalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 GospelJohn 17:20-26
14Fri	St. Matthias,Apostle	Feast	Red	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Matthias	FirstActs 1:15-17, 20-26 PsalmPsalm 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 GospelJohn 15:9-17
15Sat	Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter — Mass in the Morning	Weekday	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Isidore the Farmer	FirstActs 28:16-20, 30-31 PsalmPsalm 11:4, 5 and 7 GospelJohn 21:20-25
16Sun	Pentecost Sunday	Solemnity	Red	Year B	Saint of the daySt. Simon Stock	FirstActs 2:1-11 PsalmPsalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 Second1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 GospelJohn 20:19-23 Mass during the Day. Also: Vigil Mass.
17Mon	Blessed Virgin Mary,Mother of the Church	Memorial	White	Cycle I	Saint of the dayBlessed Virgin Mary	FirstGenesis 3:9-15, 20 PsalmPsalm 87:1-2, 3 and 5, 6-7 GospelJohn 19:25-34
18Tue	Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. John I	FirstSirach 2:1-11 PsalmPsalm 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40 GospelMark 9:30-37
19Wed	Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Celestine V	FirstSirach 4:11-19 PsalmPsalm 119:165, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175 GospelMark 9:38-40
20Thu	Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Bernardine of Siena	FirstSirach 5:1-8 PsalmPsalm 1:1-4, 6 GospelMark 9:41-50
21Fri	Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Christopher Magallanes and Companions	FirstSirach 6:5-17 PsalmPsalm 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35 GospelMark 10:1-12
22Sat	Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Rita of Cascia	FirstSirach 17:1-15 PsalmPsalm 103:13-14, 15-16, 17-18 GospelMark 10:13-16
23Sun	The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity	Solemnity	White	Year B	Saint of the daySt. John Baptist de Rossi	FirstDeuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 PsalmPsalm 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22 SecondRomans 8:14-17 GospelMatthew 28:16-20
24Mon	Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Vincent of Lérins	FirstSirach 17:20-24 PsalmPsalm 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7 GospelMark 10:17-27
25Tue	Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Bede the Venerable	FirstSirach 35:1-12 PsalmPsalm 50:5-6, 7-8, 14, 23 GospelMark 10:28-31
26Wed	St. Philip Neri,Priest	Memorial	White	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Philip Neri	FirstSirach 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17 PsalmPsalm 79:8, 9, 11 and 13 GospelMark 10:32-45
27Thu	Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Augustine of Canterbury	FirstSirach 42:15-25 PsalmPsalm 33:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 GospelMark 10:46-52
28Fri	Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Bernard of Menthon	FirstSirach 44:1, 9-13 PsalmPsalm 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b GospelMark 11:11-26
29Sat	Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time	Weekday	Green	Cycle I	Saint of the daySt. Paul VI	FirstSirach 51:12cd-20 PsalmPsalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11 GospelMark 11:27-33
30Sun	The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ	Solemnity	White	Year B	Saint of the daySt. Joan of Arc	FirstExodus 24:3-8 PsalmPsalm 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 SecondHebrews 9:11-15 GospelMark 14:12-16, 22-26
31Mon	Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Feast	White	Cycle I	Saint of the dayBlessed Virgin Mary	FirstZephaniah 3:14-18a PsalmIsaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 GospelLuke 1:39-56

Where this comes from

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar.

Psalm citations keep the Hebrew numbering the US Lectionary prints; the chapter links open the CPDV, which numbers the Psalms as the Vulgate does (Psalm 85 there is Psalm 84). The calendar is the US one; seasons, colors and ranks are as Bless ships them, with known data errors corrected.

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