Catholic Family Devotions

Understanding the Day

Season

Eastertide

Week

Week 6 of Eastertide

Rank

Feast

Eastertide is the fifty-day season from Easter Sunday to Pentecost, a time the Church focuses on the risen Christ and the new life he brings. This celebration falls in the fifth week of Eastertide, so its themes are tied to resurrection joy and the Church’s mission in the world. There is no octave or vigil specified here, so ordinary Eastertide observances are kept alongside the proper texts for the saint.

Daily Prayer

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Weekly Prayer

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Weekly Formation

Commandment 2

The Ten Commandments

Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain.
The Second Commandment protects the holiness of God’s name and everything specially dedicated to Him. It forbids using sacred names carelessly or falsely and requires reverence in oaths, vows, prayer, and speech about holy things.

Saint & Feast

Principal celebration

Pius V

St. Pius V, Pope and Confessor

pope of the Catholic Church from 1566 to 1572, saint

Born: 1504-01-17 · Bosco Marengo
Died: 1572-05-01 · Rome

Pope Pius V, OP, born Antonio Ghislieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 January 1566 to his death, in May 1572. He was an inquisitor and is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church. He is chiefly notable for his role in the implementation of the Council of Trent, the Counter-Reformation, and the standardization of the Roman Rite within the Latin Church, known as the Tridentine mass. Pius V declared Thomas Aquinas a Doctor of the Church.

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Commemoration

Today in Church History

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Catechism

Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Resurrection of Christ is the cornerstone of Christian faith, affirming His divine authority and fulfilling the promises of Scripture. It signifies not only liberation from sin through His death but also the invitation to a new life in grace, where we are adopted as God's children and called to share in the life of Christ. This transformative event assures us of our future resurrection, as Christ, the firstborn from the dead, offers us a glimpse of divine life. For Catholic families, this means embracing a life rooted in faith, living not for ourselves but for Christ, and fostering a hope that looks forward to the fullness of life in Him.

In the Catechism, we learn that Christ, seated at the right hand of the Father, acts through the sacraments to communicate his grace to the Church, his Body. In the liturgy, he makes present his Paschal Mystery—his death, burial, Resurrection, and being seated at the Father’s right hand. This saving mystery is not confined to the past: the Cross and Resurrection abide and draw everything toward life. Through the Holy Spirit, Christ entrusted the apostles, and through them their successors, with his sanctifying power. He is present in the Church’s liturgical celebrations: in the Sacrifice of the Mass, especially in the Eucharistic species; in the sacraments; in his word when Scripture is read; and when the Church prays and sings. For Catholic families, participating in the sacraments and liturgy is a way of joining the Church in worshiping the Father through Christ, receiving his grace, and looking forward with hope to the heavenly liturgy and eternal glory.

In the liturgy, the Holy Spirit is teacher of the faith and artisan of the sacraments, drawing the People of God into the life of the risen Christ. He prepares the Church to encounter the Lord, makes Christ’s mystery present in the celebration, and unites the Church to Christ’s life and mission. The Church’s liturgy also retains essential elements of the Old Covenant, revealing how events and signs of salvation history find their fulfillment in Christ—for example, the crossing of the Red Sea prefigures salvation by Baptism. Especially in Advent, Lent, and the Easter Vigil, the Church re-reads and re-lives these saving events in the liturgy. As we take part, we are invited to prepare our hearts in faith, conversion, and openness to the Father’s will, ready to receive the grace God gives.

Today's Mass Readings

Open the day's Sancta MissaDivinum Officium · Divino Afflatu - 1954View readings