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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Liturgy of the Hours

Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest or Wednesday in the 7th week of Easter Season

Prayer Hours

Invitatory

Office of Readings

Morning Prayer

Midmorning Prayer

Midday Prayer

Midafternoon Prayer

Evening Prayer

Night Prayer

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Mass Readings

Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter

First Reading

Acts 20:28-38

At Miletus, Paul spoke to the presbyters of the Church of Ephesus: “Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the Church of God that he acquired with his own Blood. I know that after my departure savage wolves will come among you, and they will not spare the flock. And from your own group, men will come forward perverting the truth to draw the disciples away after them. So be vigilant and remember that for three ye...

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab

Refrain: Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.

Gospel

John 17:11b-19

Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying: “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you. I speak this in the world so that they may share my joy completely. I gave them your word, and the world hated them, bec...

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