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Tuesday, October 26, 2027

Tuesday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Tuesday of the thirtieth week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Romans 8:18-25
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 126:1b-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6
Gospel: Luke 13:18-21

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 8:18-25

Douay-Rheims: Romans 8:18-25

¹⁸For I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in us. ¹⁹For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God. ²⁰For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope: ²¹Because the creature also itself shall be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain, even till now. ²³And not only it, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body. ²⁴For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for? ²⁵But if we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it with patience.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 126:1b-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 125:1-7 (Psalm 126 at Mass)

¹When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted. ²Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them. ³The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful. ⁴Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south. ⁵They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. ⁶Going they went and wept, casting their seeds. ⁷But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their sheaves.

Gospel: Luke 13:18-21

Douay-Rheims: Luke 13:18-21

¹⁸He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it? ¹⁹It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof. ²⁰And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like? ²¹It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

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	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, this page	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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The dot shows the liturgical color of the day. Fridays outside Lent carry no marker.

A word for the day

For man proposeth, but God disposeth.

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 19. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Sorrowful Mysteries, prayed on Tuesday and Friday.

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