- Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary TimeYou have defied me in word, says the LORD,yet you ask, "What have we spoken against you?"You have said, "It is vain to serve God,and what do we profit by keeping his command,And going about in penitential dressin awe of the LORD of hosts?Rather must we call the proud blessed;for indeed evildoers prosper,and even tempt ... read more
- Oct. 9 Thursday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem St. Denis, Bishop, & Companions; Opt Mem St. John Leonardi, Priest; (England Wales – Feast St. John Henry Newman), WeekdayToday the Church offers two Optional Memorials: ... read more
- Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary TimeJonah was greatly displeasedand became angry that God did not carry out the evilhe threatened against Nineveh.He prayed, "I beseech you, LORD,is not this what I said while I was still in my own country?This is why I fled at first to Tarshish.I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God,slow to anger, rich ... read more
- Oct. 8 Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, WeekdayThe commemorations in today's Roman Martyrology include: ... read more
- Memorial of Our Lady of the RosaryThe word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:"Set out for the great city of Nineveh,and announce to it the message that I will tell you."So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh,according to the LORD's bidding.Now Nineveh was an enormously large city;it took three days to go through it.Jonah began his journey ... read more
- Oct. 7 Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, MemorialThe Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary was instituted to honor Mary for the Christian victory over the Turks at Lepanto on October 7, 1571. Pope St. Pius V and all Christians had prayed the Rosary for victory. The Rosary, or the Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is one of the best prayers ... read more
- Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary TimeThis is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai:"Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it;their wickedness has come up before me."But Jonah made ready to flee to Tarshish away from the LORD.He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish,paid the fare, and ... read more
- Oct. 6 Monday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Bruno, Priest; Opt Mem of Bl. Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin (USA), Opt. Mem.Today the Universal Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Bruno (1030-1101), who was born in Cologne, Germany. He became a priest and achieved fame as a professor of theology at Rheims. He decided to leave the world and pursue a life of complete solitude and prayer. He established his hermitage in Chartreuse, near Grenoble, ... read more
- Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary TimeReading 1 Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 How long, O LORD? I cry for help but you do not listen! I cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not intervene. Why do you let me see ruin; why must I look at misery? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and clamorous discord. ... read more
- Oct. 5 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, SundayGospel Excerpt, Lk 17:5-10: "If one of you had a servant plowing or herding sheep and he came in from the fields, would you say to him, 'Come and sit down at table'? Would you not rather say, 'Prepare my supper. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You ... read more
- Memorial of Saint Francis of AssisiReadings for the Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, Religious Reading 1 Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29 Fear not, my people! Remember, Israel, You were sold to the nations not for your destruction; It was because you angered God that you were handed over to your foes. For you provoked your Maker with sacrifices to demons, ... read more
- Oct. 4 Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, Religious, MemorialThe Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) is celebrated universally today. Francis Bernardone was born and died in Assisi. He was the son of a rich merchant, Pietro Bernardone, received a good education, and in the beginning followed the ways of the world. He was taken prisoner in the battle between the Assisians and ... read more
- Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary TimeReading 1 Baruch 1:15-22 During the Babylonian captivity, the exiles prayed: "Justice is with the Lord, our God; and we today are flushed with shame, we men of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem, that we, with our kings and rulers and priests and prophets, and with our ancestors, have sinned in the Lord's sight ... read more
- Oct. 3 Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, WeekdayToday the Roman Martyrology includes in commemorations: ... read more
- Memorial of the Holy Guardian AngelsReadings for the Memorial of the Guardian Angels Reading 1 Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12 The whole people gathered as one in the open space before the Water Gate, and they called upon Ezra the scribe to bring forth the book of the law of Moses which the LORD prescribed for Israel. On the first ... read more