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Today's Catholic Mass Readings

Today's Catholic Mass Readings

USCCB 30 Episodes Sep 22, 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.

Episodes

Today's Catholic Mass Readings Tuesday, September 22, 2026
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Tuesday, September 15, 2026 Sep 15, 2026 Full Text of Readings Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lectionary: 444/639 The Saint of the day is Our Lady of Sorrows The Story of Our Lady of Sorrows For a while there were two feasts in honor of the Sorrowful Mother: one going back to the 15th century, the other to the 17th century. For a while both were celebrated by the universal Church: one on the Frid
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Monday, September 14, 2026
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Monday, September 14, 2026 Sep 14, 2026 Full Text of Readings Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Lectionary: 638 The Saint of the day is Exaltation of the Holy Cross The Story of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Early in the fourth century, Saint Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in search of the holy places of Christ’s life. She razed the second-century Te
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Sunday, September 13, 2026
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Sunday, September 13, 2026 Sep 13, 2026 Full Text of Readings Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 130 The Saint of the day is Saint John Chrysostom Saint John Chrysostom’s Story The ambiguity and intrigue surrounding John, the great preacher (his name means “golden-mouthed”) from Antioch, are characteristic of the life of any great man in a capital city. Brought to Constantinople af
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Saturday, September 12, 2026
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Saturday, September 12, 2026 Sep 12, 2026 Full Text of Readings The Saint of the day is Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Story of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary This feast is a counterpart to the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus; both have the possibility of uniting people easily divided on other matters. The feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary began in Spain in 1513 and
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Friday, September 11, 2026
Today's Catholic Mass Readings Friday, September 11, 2026 Sep 11, 2026 Full Text of Readings Friday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 441 The Saint of the day is Saint Cyprian Saint Cyprian’s Story Saint Cyprian is important in the development of Christian thought and practice in the third century, especially in northern Africa. Highly educated and a famous orator, he became a Christian as an adult. He dist

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