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20 October 2026 Tuesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time St. Iria's Convent Tomar PortugalReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingEphesians 2:12-22In Christ you are no...

In his memoir, "Devil on My Shoulder," rocker Alice Cooper revealed that his ex-girlfriend, the late Cindy Lang, underwent an abortion during their six-year relationship. Though he said he had doubts the baby was his, he also said he didn't take any responsibility. Key Takeaways: * Alice Cooper wrote in his memoir that his ex-girlfriend underwent an abortion during their relationship. * Cooper was unsure if the baby was his and he took no responsibilty for the baby. * He said while he grew up in a Christian church and knew the church saw abortion as a serious sin, he...

19 October 2026 Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs St. Jean Brébeuf Church, Lakefield, OntarioReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).Readings...

New data released this week by the Episcopal Church shows both a modest decline in attendance and a large loss in membership alongside leading indicators including baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and receptions conducted within the mainline Protestant denomination. Parochial report data for the reporting year 2025 shows attendance declined between 2024 and 2025 by 6,033 persons (1.5%) from 413,034 to 407,001, the first decline following a multi-year post-COVID rebound. Access the data on the Episcopal General Convention website here. Membership across both U.S. and overseas dioceses, which was not reported for the 2024 year, now stands at 1,425,065, a decline of...

18 October 2026 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Luke Parish in Middleburg, FLReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 45:1,4-6I have taken Cyrus by his...

17 October 2026 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Saint Ignatius of Antioch, NYCReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Red. Year:...

16 October 2026 Friday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeAltar of St. Hedwig of Silesia, Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Żagań, PolandReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get...

15 October 2026 Saint Teresa of Ávila, Virgin, Doctor on Thursday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeSt. Teresa of Ávila Church, Los AngelesReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: White....

An impulse against maintaining a Christian cultural witness has caused that witness to become divided. In an open letter, Kansas Pastor Kyle Lammott called for Pastor and U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hamilton to publicly “repent of what you have taught and to withdraw from the Senate race.” The letter comes as Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice urged pastors to “step up” their cultural witness. “The church has to be the conscience of the culture,” insisted Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. “Without it, we’re going to continue to drift in the wrong direction.” “My reasons come from Scripture …...

14 October 2026 Wednesday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeBasilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere. The first church on this site was founded in AD 220 by Pope Saint Callixtus IReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50)...

13 October 2026Tuesday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeSt. Edward the Confessor, Tallula, LAReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingGalatians 5:1-6It is faith, not the Law, that...

Hundreds of child marriages have been revealed in Germany, as new data indicates that girls as young as 11 are being married off to adult men. Data revealed that since April 2012, officials in the German state of Baden-Württemberg recorded 358 marriages involving a child. But injust eight of these cases were marriages formally annulled. The data was revealed after local politicians from the hard-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party filed a parliamentary inquiry with the state government. Among the most egregious marriages was the 2020 partnering of an 11-year-old Iraqi girl and a 17-year-old Iraqi teenager. It is unclear...

12 October 2026 Monday of week 28 in Ordinary Time St Wilfrid Roman Catholic Church | York Oratory, York, EnglandReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingGalatians...

Former Planned Parenthood director, Abby Johnson, joins Nicholas Bowling to explain why she left the abortion industry after witnessing an ultrasound-guided abortion. Abby and Nicholas discuss abortion procedures, the dark realities of the abortion industry, and how to respond to the issue to help END abortion. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:24 From Planned Parenthood to Pro-Life 8:50 The Abortion That Changed Everything 16:49 Surgical Abortion vs. Chemical Abortion 20:23 Is it Just a “Clump of Cells”? 24:58 What Really Happens Inside an Abortion Clinic? 29:59 Why People Work in the Abortion Industry 33:38 LGBT in the Industry & Abortion Funding 37:59...

Journalist Alex Newman is back from going undercover at the infamous annual “Burning Man” gathering in the Nevada desert from August 30 to September 7. You may think this is simply a gathering of rowdy hippies, but it is so much more and downright demonic. The people who attend are a who’s who of top global leaders in all categories, including the most important cutting-edge tech executives. Newman says, “It is definitely pagan worship. It is worse than anyone can imagine. There are literally naked people dancing around the fire. They get into orgies. There are kids watching some of...

11 October 2026 28th Sunday in Ordinary TimePope St. John XXIII Parish, Tacoma, WA Readings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 25:6-10The Lord will prepare a...

9 October 2026 Friday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church (Toronto) Readings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingGalatians 3:7-14The sons...

8 October 2026Thursday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Cave Church of Saint Pelagia, Kythera, Greece Readings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingGalatians 3:1-5You received the...

When NBC sent Tony Dungy packing, they said it was a youthful revamp of Football Night In America. The former NFL head coach and analyst for over 17 years thinks something else had to do with it. The two time Super Bowl winner (one as a coach, one as a player) was a staple of NBC’s Sunday Night Football across two decades. He brought expertise and experience to the network’s pregame, halftime and postgame shows… that is until NBC wanted to go a different way. In an interview with Sage Steele, Dungy said that the writing was on the wall...

7 October 2026 Our Lady of the Rosary on Wednesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Basilica of Santa Giustina in Padua Readings at Mass · Office of Readings · Morning Prayer · Terce · Sext · None · Evening Prayer · Night Prayer · Yearly calendarLinks · Spoken Word · Donate · Tweet · Show QR codeReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the...