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Friday, October 15, 2027

Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

The liturgical day

Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

Memorial
Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: White

The Mass readings

First reading: Romans 4:1-8
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 32:1b-2, 5, 11
Gospel: Luke 12:1-7

Read today's Mass readings on the USCCB site

The readings open on the USCCB website. They follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the United States, a different translation from the Douay-Rheims we use on this site. Desert Road Catholic is not affiliated with the USCCB.

First reading: Romans 4:1-8

Douay-Rheims: Romans 4:1-8

¹What shall we say then that Abraham hath found, who is our father according to the flesh. ²For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God. ³For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. ⁴Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt. ⁵But to him that worketh not, yet believeth in him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reputed to justice, according to the purpose of the grace of God. ⁶As David also termeth the blessedness of a man, to whom God reputeth justice without works: ⁷Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. ⁸Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 32:1b-2, 5, 11

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 31:1-2, 5, 11 (Psalm 32 at Mass)

¹Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. ²Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

⁵I have acknowledged my sin to thee, and my injustice I have not concealed. I said I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord: and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin.

¹¹Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory, all ye right of heart.

Gospel: Luke 12:1-7

Douay-Rheims: Luke 12:1-7

¹And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. ²For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed: nor hidden, that shall not be known. ³For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the chambers, shall be preached on the housetops. ⁴And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. ⁵But I will shew you whom you shall fear: fear ye him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him. ⁶Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? ⁷Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

The same passages in the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), the translation we use on this site. The words read at Mass come from the Lectionary for Mass and differ. Where a reading begins or ends partway through a verse, the whole verse is shown. For the official text, open the readings on the USCCB site.

October 2027

October 2027
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	2, The Holy Guardian Angels, liturgical color white
3, Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	4, Saint Francis of Assisi, liturgical color white	5, Tuesday of the twenty-seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	6, Wednesday of the twenty-seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	7, Our Lady of the Rosary, liturgical color white	8, Friday of the twenty-seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	9, Saturday of the twenty-seventh week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
10, Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	11, Monday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	12, Tuesday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	13, Wednesday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	14, Thursday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	15, Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white, this page	16, Saturday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
17, Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	18, Saint Luke, Evangelist, liturgical color red	19, Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs, liturgical color red	20, Wednesday of the twenty-ninth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	21, Thursday of the twenty-ninth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	22, Friday of the twenty-ninth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	23, Saturday of the twenty-ninth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
24, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	25, Monday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	26, Tuesday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	27, Wednesday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	28, Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles, liturgical color red	29, Friday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	30, Saturday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
31, Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green

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Saint of the day

Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchMemorial. Died in 1582.

A word for the day

Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it.

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I, q. 1, a. 8, reply to objection 2. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Sorrowful Mysteries, prayed on Tuesday and Friday.

Pray the Sorrowful Mysteries About the Sorrowful Mysteries

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