Friday 9 October 2026 (other days)
Saint John Henry Newman, Priest, Doctor
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| First reading | 2 Timothy 4:1-5 |
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‘Do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry.’
Beloved: I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 96(95):1-2a. 2b-3. 7-8a. 10. ℟3 |
Proclaim the wonders of the Lord among all the peoples.
or: Alleluia.
O sing a new song to the Lord;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
O sing to the Lord; bless his name.
Proclaim the wonders of the Lord among all the peoples.
or: Alleluia.
Proclaim his salvation day by day.
Tell among the nations his glory,
and his wonders among all the peoples.
Proclaim the wonders of the Lord among all the peoples.
or: Alleluia.
Ascribe to the Lord, you families of peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and power;
ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name.
Proclaim the wonders of the Lord among all the peoples.
or: Alleluia.
Say to the nations, ‘The Lord is king.’
The world he made firm in its place;
he will judge the peoples in fairness.
Proclaim the wonders of the Lord among all the peoples.
or: Alleluia.
| Gospel Acclamation | John 15:5 |
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Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the vine; you are the branches, says the Lord.
Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit.
Alleluia.
| Gospel | John 15:9-17 |
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‘Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.’
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, ‘As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another.’
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Universalis podcast: The week ahead – from 11 to 17 October
Saint Callistus, and forgiveness. Saint Teresa of Ávila, and reform. Our Lady of Aparecida, and the poor and simple. (24 minutes)
Episode notes.
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