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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...

10 October 2026 Saturday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Saint Paulinus Catholic Church, Syracuse Nebraska 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 3:22-29There are no...

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...

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...

15 August 2026 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, ca. 1715, BavariaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.These readings are for the day of the feast itself.These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.First reading1 Chronicles 15:3-4,15-16,16:1-2They brought in the ark of God and put it inside the tent that David had pitched for itDavid gathered all Israel together to bring the ark of God up to the place he had prepared for it. David called together...

12 March 2026 Thursday of the 3rd week of Lent St Fina Chapel, Collegiate Church of the Assumption in San Gimignano, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 7:23-28Here is the nation that will not listen to the voice of the Lord its GodThese were my orders: Listen to my voice, then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Follow right to the end the way that I mark out for you, and you will prosper. But they did not listen, they did not pay attention; they followed the dictates of their own...

25 February 2026 Wednesday of the 1st week of LentChapel of St Tarasios, Church of St Zacharias, Venice (photo)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingJonah 3:1-10The Ninevites repent, and God spares themThe word of the Lord was addressed to Jonah: ‘Up!’ he said ‘Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to them as I told you to.’ Jonah set out and went to Nineveh in obedience to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a city great beyond compare: it took three days to cross it. Jonah went on into the city, making a day’s journey....

16 October 2025 Thursday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeAlter of St. Hedwig of Silesia, Assumption church, Zagan, PolandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 3:21-30It is the same justice of God that comes to Jew and pagan alikeGod’s justice that was made known through the Law and the Prophets has now been revealed outside the Law, since it is the same justice of God that comes through faith to everyone, Jew and pagan alike, who believes in Jesus Christ. Both Jew and pagan sinned and forfeited God’s glory, and both are justified through the free gift of...

15 October 2025 Saint Teresa of Ávila, Virgin, Doctor on Wednesday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeBasilica of St. Teresa, ÁvilaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRomans 2:1-11Do you think you will escape God's judgement?No matter who you are, if you pass judgement you have no excuse. In judging others you condemn yourself, since you behave no differently from those you judge. We know that God condemns that sort of behaviour impartially: and when you judge those who behave like this while you are doing exactly...

14 October 2025 Tuesday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeThe Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, where Callixtus' relics are housedReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 1:16-25These people knew God and failed to honour himI am not ashamed of the Good News: it is the power of God saving all who have faith – Jews first, but Greeks as well – since this is what reveals the justice of God to us: it shows how faith leads to faith, or as scripture says: The upright man finds life through faith. The anger of God is being revealed...

13 October 2025 Monday of week 28 in Ordinary Time St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, Tallulah, LouisianaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 1:1-7Our apostolic mission is to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nationsFrom Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus who has been called to be an apostle, and specially chosen to preach the Good News that God promised long ago through his prophets in the scriptures. This news is about the Son of God who, according to the human nature he took was a descendant of David: it is about Jesus Christ our...

12 October 2025 28th Sunday in Ordinary TimeRipon Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire, EnglandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading2 Kings 5:14-17Naaman the leper returned to Elisha and acknowledged the LordNaaman the leper went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, as Elisha had told him to do. And his flesh became clean once more like the flesh of a little child. Returning to Elisha with his whole escort, he went in and stood before him. ‘Now I know’ he said ‘that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. Now, please, accept a present...

11 October 2025Saturday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St. John XXIII Parish at Christmas, PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingJoel 4:12-21The day of the Lord is near; sun and moon grow darkThe Lord says this:‘Let the nations rouse themselves, let them marchto the Valley of Jehoshaphat,for I am going to sit in judgement thereon all the nations round.Put the sickle in:the harvest is ripe;come and tread:the winepress is full,the vats are overflowing,so great is their wickedness!’Host on hostin the Valley of Decision!For the day of the Lord is nearin the Valley of Decision!Sun and moon grow dark,the...

10 October 2025 Friday of week 27 in Ordinary TimeSt Paulinus Church, Crayford, UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingJoel 1:13-15,2:1-2Let all tremble, for the day of the Lord is comingPriests, put on sackcloth and lament.Ministers of the altar, wail.Come, pass the night in sackcloth,you ministers of my God.For the house of our God has been deprivedof oblation and libation.Order a fast,proclaim a solemn assembly;elders, call togetherall the inhabitants of the countryto the house of the Lord your God.Cry out to the Lord,‘Oh, what a day!For the day of the Lord is near,it comes as a devastation from...

9 October 2025 Thursday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church, TorontoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingMalachi 3:13-20The day that is coming will burn up the wickedYou say harsh things about me, says the Lord. You ask, ‘What have we said against you?’ You say, ‘It is useless to serve God; what is the good of keeping his commands or of walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts? Now we have reached the point when we call the arrogant blessed; yes, they prosper, these evil-doers; they try God’s patience and yet go...

8 October 2025 Wednesday of week 27 in Ordinary TimeChurch of St. Pelagia, Novigrad, Istria County, Croatia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingJonah 4:1-11Jonah is angry at God's mercyJonah was very indignant; he fell into a rage. He prayed to the Lord and said, ‘Ah, Lord, is not this just as I said would happen when I was still at home? That was why I went and fled to Tarshish: I knew that you were a God of tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in graciousness, relenting from evil. So now, Lord, please take away my...

Friday 15 August 2025 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity St. Mary`s Church of the Assumption in Praha, TexasReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.These readings are for the day of the feast itself.These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.First reading1 Chronicles 15:3-4,15-16,16:1-2They brought in the ark of God and put it inside the tent that David had pitched for itDavid gathered all Israel together to bring the ark of God up to the place he had prepared for...

27 July 2025 17th Sunday in Ordinary TimeSt. Pantaleon Church - Cologne, GermanyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 18:20-32Abraham negotiates with the LordThe Lord said, ‘How great an outcry there is against Sodom and Gomorrah! How grievous is their sin! I propose to go down and see whether or not they have done all that is alleged in the outcry against them that has come up to me. I am determined to know.’ The men left there and went to Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Approaching him he said, ‘Are you really going to...

27 March 2025 Thursday of the 3rd week of Lent St. John of Damascus Orthodox Church, Dedham, MassachusettsReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingJeremiah 7:23-28Here is the nation that will not listen to the voice of the Lord its GodThese were my orders: Listen to my voice, then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Follow right to the end the way that I mark out for you, and you will prosper. But they did not listen, they did not pay attention; they followed the dictates of their own evil hearts, refused to face...