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Today's Catholic Mass Readings

USCCB 30 Episodes Oct 14, 2026

This podcast delivers the daily Catholic Mass readings from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). It simplifies access by providing only the current day's reading, avoiding the need to scroll through a month of episodes. Each episode includes the full text of the readings and a bonus biography of the Saint of the Day from Catholic News Agency. The feed is designed for convenience and reduced bandwidth use.

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Today's Catholic Mass Readings Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Oct 14, 2026 Full Text of Readings Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 469 The Saint of the day is Saint Carlo Acutis Saint Carlo Acutis’ Story Born in London and raised in Milan, Saint Carlo’s wealthy parents were not particularly religious. Upon receiving his first communion at age seven, Carlo became a frequent communicant, making a point

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Oct 13, 2026 Full Text of Readings Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 468 The Saint of the day is Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher’s Story Canada was one diocese from coast to coast during the first eight years of Marie-Rose Durocher’s life. Its half-million Catholics had received civil and religious liberty from the En

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Monday, October 12, 2026 Oct 12, 2026 Full Text of Readings Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 467 The Saint of the day is Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos’ Story Zeal as a preacher and a confessor led Father Seelos to works of compassion as well. Born in southern Bavaria, he studied philosophy and theology in Munich. On hearing about the wo

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Sunday, October 11, 2026 Oct 11, 2026 Full Text of Readings Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 142 The Saint of the day is Saint John XXIII Saint John XXIII’s Story Although few people had as great an impact on the 20th century as Pope John XXIII, he avoided the limelight as much as possible. Indeed, one writer has noted that his “ordinariness” seems one of his most remarkable qu

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Saturday, October 10, 2026 Oct 10, 2026 Full Text of Readings Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 466 The Saint of the day is Saint Francis Borgia Saint Francis Borgia’s Story Today’s saint grew up in an important family in 16th-century Spain, serving in the imperial court and quickly advancing in his career. But a series of events—including the death of his beloved w

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Friday, October 09, 2026 Oct 9, 2026 Full Text of Readings Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 465 The Saint of the day is Saint Denis and Companions Saint Denis and Companions’ Story This martyr and patron of France is regarded as the first bishop of Paris. His popularity is due to a series of legends, especially those connecting him with the great abbey church of S

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Thursday, October 08, 2026 Oct 8, 2026 Full Text of Readings Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 464 The Saint of the day is Saint John Leonardi Saint John Leonardi’s Story “I am only one person! Why should I do anything? What good would it do?” Today, as in any age, people seem plagued with the dilemma of getting involved. In his own way, John Leonardi answered thes

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Wednesday, October 07, 2026 Oct 7, 2026 Full Text of Readings Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary Lectionary: 463 The Saint of the day is Our Lady of the Rosary The Story of Our Lady of the Rosary Saint Pius V established the feast of Our Lady of Victory to thank God for the Christian defeat of the Turks at Lepanto—a victory attributed to praying the rosary. Pope Gregory XIII changed the name to F

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Tuesday, October 06, 2026 Oct 6, 2026 Full Text of Readings Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 462 The Saint of the day is Saint Bruno Saint Bruno’s Story This saint has the honor of having founded a religious order which, as the saying goes, has never had to be reformed because it was never deformed. No doubt both the founder and the members would reject such high

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Monday, October 05, 2026 Oct 5, 2026 Full Text of Readings Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 461 The Saint of the day is Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska’s Story Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska’s name is forever linked to the annual feast of the Divine Mercy, the Divine Mercy chaplet, and the Divine Mercy prayer recited each day at 3 p.m. b

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Sunday, October 04, 2026 Oct 4, 2026 Full Text of Readings Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 139 The Saint of the day is Saint Francis of Assisi Saint Francis of Assisi’s Story The patron saint of Italy, Saint Francis of Assisi was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually follow

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Saturday, October 03, 2026 Oct 3, 2026 Full Text of Readings Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 460 The Saint of the day is Saint Theodora Guérin Saint Theodora Guérin’s Story Trust in God’s Providence enabled Mother Theodore to leave her homeland, sail halfway around the world, and found a new religious congregation. Born in Etables, France, Theodora Guérin’s life wa

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Friday, October 02, 2026 Oct 2, 2026 Full Text of Readings Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels Lectionary: 459/650 The Saint of the day is Feast of the Guardian Angels The Story of the Feast of the Guardian Angels Perhaps no aspect of Catholic piety is as comforting to parents as the belief that an angel protects their little ones from dangers real and imagined. Yet angels are not only for ch

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Thursday, October 01, 2026 Oct 1, 2026 Full Text of Readings Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 458 The Saint of the day is Saint Thérèse of Lisieux Saint Thérèse of Lisieux’s Story “I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.” These are the words of Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmeli

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 Full Text of Readings Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 457 The Saint of the day is Saint Jerome Saint Jerome’s Story Most of the saints are remembered for some outstanding virtue or devotion which they practiced, but Jerome is frequently remembered for his bad temper! It is true that he had a very bad temper and could us

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Sep 29, 2026 Full Text of Readings Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels Lectionary: 647 The Saint of the day is Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael’s Story Angels—messengers from God—appear frequently in Scripture, but only Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are named. Michael appears in Daniel’s vision as “the great

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Monday, September 28, 2026 Sep 28, 2026 Full Text of Readings Monday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 455 The Saint of the day is Saint Wenceslaus Saint Wenceslaus’ Story If saints have been falsely characterized as “other worldly,” the life of Wenceslaus stands as an example to the contrary: He stood for Christian values in the midst of the political intrigues which characte

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Sunday, September 27, 2026 Sep 27, 2026 Full Text of Readings The Saint of the day is Saint Vincent de Paul Saint Vincent de Paul’s Story The deathbed confession of a dying servant opened Saint Vincent de Paul’s eyes to the crying spiritual needs of the peasantry of France. This seems to have been a crucial moment in the life of the man from a small farm in Gascony, France, who had become a prie

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Saturday, September 26, 2026 Sep 26, 2026 Full Text of Readings Saturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 454 The Saint of the day is Saint Paul VI Saint Paul VI’s Story Born near Brescia in northern Italy, Giovanni Battista Montini was the second of three sons. His father, Giorgio, was a lawyer, editor, and eventually a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. His mother, Gi

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Friday, September 25, 2026 Sep 25, 2026 Full Text of Readings Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 453 The Saint of the day is Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin’s Story Born into a military family in Bordeaux, Louis trained to become a watchmaker. His desire to join a religious community went unfulfilled because he didn’t know Latin.

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Thursday, September 24, 2026 Sep 24, 2026 Full Text of Readings Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 452 The Saint of the day is Saint John Henry Newman Saint John Henry Newman’s Story Saint John Henry Newman, the 19th-century’s most important English-speaking Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as an Anglican and the second half as a Roman Catholic. He w

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Sep 23, 2026 Full Text of Readings The Saint of the day is Saint Pio of Pietrelcina Saint Pio of Pietrelcina’s Story In one of the largest such ceremonies in history, Pope John Paul II canonized Saint Pio of Pietrecina on June 16, 2002. It was the 45th canonization ceremony in Pope John Paul’s pontificate. More than 300,000 people braved blistering heat as they filled

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Tuesday, September 22, 2026 Sep 22, 2026 Full Text of Readings Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 450 The Saint of the day is Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions’ Story Saint Lorenzo Ruiz was born in Manila of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, both Christians. Thus he learned Chinese and Tagalog from them, and Spanish from the Domini

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Monday, September 21, 2026 Sep 21, 2026 Full Text of Readings Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist Lectionary: 643 The Saint of the day is Saint Matthew Saint Matthew’s Story Saint Matthew was a Jew who worked for the occupying Roman forces, collecting taxes from other Jews. The Romans were not scrupulous about what the “tax farmers” got for themselves. Hence the latter, known as “publi

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Sunday, September 20, 2026 Sep 20, 2026 Full Text of Readings Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 133 The Saint of the day is Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions’ Stories The first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of Christian converts. Following his baptism at the age of 15, Andrew

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Saturday, September 19, 2026 Sep 19, 2026 Full Text of Readings Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 448 The Saint of the day is Saint Januarius Saint Januarius’ Story Little is known about the life of Januarius. He is believed to have been martyred in the Emperor Diocletian’s persecution of 305. Legend has it that Januarius and his companions were thrown to the bears in

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Friday, September 18, 2026 Sep 18, 2026 Full Text of Readings Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 447 The Saint of the day is Saint Joseph of Cupertino Saint Joseph of Cupertino’s Story Saint Joseph of Cupertino is most famous for levitating at prayer. Already as a child, Joseph showed a fondness for prayer. After a short career with the Capuchins, he joined the Conventu

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Thursday, September 17, 2026 Sep 17, 2026 Full Text of Readings Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 446 The Saint of the day is Saint Robert Bellarmine Saint Robert Bellarmine’s Story When Saint Robert Bellarmine was ordained in 1570, the study of Church history and the fathers of the Church was in a sad state of neglect. A promising scholar from his youth in Tuscany, he

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Wednesday, September 16, 2026 Sep 16, 2026 Full Text of Readings Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs Lectionary: 445 The Saint of the day is Saint Cornelius Saint Cornelius’ Story There was no pope for 14 months after the martyrdom of Saint Fabian because of the intensity of the persecution of the Church. During the interval, the Church was governed by a college of pries

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