Daily readings

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSaint Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor

TypeMemorial

SeasonOrdinary Time

Year2026 archive

The Roman Catholic readings for this date are shown below on-site. Use plain reading mode if you want clearer modern wording, or switch back to the original Douay-Rheims wording at any time.

Reading mode

Plain mode helps modern readers follow the text more easily.

On-site scripture text: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition. Plain mode is a built-in reading aid that modernizes older wording for easier understanding while keeping the same Roman Catholic reading references for the day.

1

First Reading

Job 19:21-27

How to approach it

Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.

21Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord has touched me.

22Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?

23Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?

24With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone.

25For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.

26And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.

27Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall look, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.

2

Psalm

Psalm 27:7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14

How to pray it

The psalm is meant to be prayed, not rushed. If the wording feels older, focus on the main movement of the prayer: trust, praise, sorrow, gratitude, or hope.

13I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

14Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let your heart take courage, and wait you for the Lord.

3

Gospel

Luke 10:1-12

What to watch for

The Gospel is the center of the reading set. Pay close attention to what Jesus says, what Jesus does, and what response he is asking for.

1And after these things the Lord appointed also other seventy-two: and he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself was to come.

2And he said to them: The harvest indeed is great, but the workers are few. Pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send workers into his harvest.

3Go: Look I send you as lambs among wolves.

4Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes; and salute no man by the way.

5Into whatever house you enter, first say: Peace be to this house.

6And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you.

7And in the same house, remain, eating and drinking such things as they have: for the worker is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house.

8And into what city soever you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.

9And heal the sick that are in it, and say to them: The kingdom of God is come nigh to you.

10But into whatever city you enter, and they receive you not, going forth into the streets thereof, say:

11Even the very dust of your city that cleaveth to us, we wipe off against you. Yet know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand.

12I say to you, it shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom, than for that city.

Source note

This page uses the Catholic Readings API for the day's references and liturgical celebration data, while the on-site scripture text is rendered from the public-domain Douay-Rheims Bible distributed through the Open Bibles project.