October 26
Monday, week 30 in Ordinary Time
Year II
Today in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar is a 'ferial day,' meaning that there is no mandatory saint or particular feast to be celebrated; instead, the liturgy focuses on the prayers and readings proper to the weekday of Ordinary Time. The Ordinary Time period, marked by the color green, centers on daily growth in faith and calls each Christian to a deeper discipleship in the midst of everyday life.
Weekdays in Ordinary Time invite the faithful to contemplate Jesus’ teachings and miracles, as presented in the daily Mass readings, and to apply these lessons to one's personal journey of faith. This time in the Church year avoids the intense celebrations of major seasons such as Advent, Christmas, Lent, or Easter, providing space for spiritual maturity and steady perseverance in prayer, charity, and holiness. It is a quiet but essential part of the Christian rhythm, emphasizing the sanctification of daily life. The Church uses these days as reminders that even ordinary moments are filled with opportunities for grace, conversion, and service.
On ferial days, the presider at Mass may use the prayers and readings assigned for that day's week and year, or, if appropriate, may commemorate an optional saint from the Sanctoral cycle. This flexibility is designed to foster daily engagement with sacred Scripture and prayer, whatever the external circumstances of the day.
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ReadingEp 4, 32 – 5, 8
Brothers and sisters,
be full of generosity and tenderness toward one another.
Forgive each other,
as God forgave you in Christ.
Yes, strive to imitate God,
since you are his beloved children.
Live in love,
as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us,
offering himself as a sacrifice to God, a fragrant offering.
As is fitting for the faithful,
debauchery, impurity in all its forms, and greed
are things that should not even be mentioned among you;
nor any coarse, foolish or obscene talk
– all that is inappropriate –
instead, let there be thanksgiving.
Know this well: neither the immoral, nor the depraved, nor the greedy
– who are true idolaters –
will inherit anything in the kingdom of Christ and of God;
let no one mislead you with empty words.
All this brings the wrath of God upon those who disobey.
Therefore, have nothing to do with such people.
Once, you were darkness;
but now, in the Lord, you are light;
live as children of light.
– The word of the Lord.
PsalmPs 1, 1-2, 3, 4.6
Happy is the one
who does not follow the counsel of the wicked,
nor walks in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the company of scoffers,
but delights in the law of the Lord
and murmurs his law day and night!
He is like a tree
planted by a stream,
bearing fruit in due season,
whose foliage never withers;
all that he does prospers.
Such is not the fate of the wicked.
But they are like chaff
swept away by the wind.
The Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
GospelLc 13, 10-17
At that time,
Jesus was teaching in a synagogue
on the sabbath day.
There was a woman there, possessed by a spirit
that had made her crippled for eighteen years;
she was completely bent over
and utterly unable to straighten herself.
When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her:
“Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
And he laid his hands on her.
Immediately she stood up straight again
and gave glory to God.
But the leader of the synagogue, indignant
that Jesus had healed on the sabbath,
spoke to the crowd:
“There are six days to work;
come to be healed on those days,
and not on the sabbath day.”
The Lord answered him:
“Hypocrites!
Does not each one of you, on the sabbath,
untie his ox or his donkey from the manger
and lead it to drink?
Then this woman, a daughter of Abraham,
whom Satan had bound for eighteen years,
should she not be freed from this bondage on the sabbath day?”
At these words of Jesus,
all his adversaries were put to shame,
and all the crowd rejoiced
because of all the glorious deeds he was doing.
– Let us acclaim the Word of God.
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