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Wednesday 7 October 2026    (other days)
Our Lady of the Rosary 
 on Wednesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time

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Readings for the feria

Readings for the memorial

These are the readings for the feria


First reading
Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14

They recognized the grace bestowed upon me.

Brothers and sisters: After fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. I went up in accord with a revelation, and I presented to them the Gospel that I preach to the Gentiles– but privately to those of repute– so that I might not be running, or have run, in vain. On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter to the circumcised, for the one who worked in Peter for an apostolate to the circumcised worked also in me for the Gentiles, and when they recognized the grace bestowed upon me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas their right hands in partnership, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Only, we were to be mindful of the poor, which is the very thing I was eager to do.
  And when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he clearly was wrong. For, until some people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to draw back and separated himself, because he was afraid of the circumcised. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that they were not on the right road in line with the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas in front of all, “If you, though a Jew, are living like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 117:1bc, 2
Go out to all the world, and tell the Good News.
Praise the Lord, all you nations,
  glorify him, all you peoples!
Go out to all the world, and tell the Good News.
For steadfast is his kindness toward us,
  and the fidelity of the Lord endures forever.
Go out to all the world, and tell the Good News.

Gospel AcclamationRomans 8:15bc
Alleluia, alleluia.
You have received a spirit of adoption as sons
through which we cry: Abba! Father!
Alleluia, alleluia.

GospelLuke 11:1-4

Lord, teach us to pray.

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name,
  your Kingdom come.
  Give us each day our daily bread
  and forgive us our sins
  for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
  and do not subject us to the final test.”

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These are the readings for the memorial


First readingActs 1:12-14

All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer together with Mary, the Mother of Jesus.

After Jesus had been taken up into heaven, the Apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away.
  When they entered the city they went to the upper room where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

Responsorial Psalm
Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55
The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.
or
O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
  my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”
The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.
or
O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.
“For he has looked upon his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
  the Almighty has done great things for me,
  and holy is his Name.”
The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.
or
O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.
“He has mercy on those who fear him
  in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
  he has scattered the proud in their conceit.”
The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.
or
O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.
“He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
  and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
  and the rich he has sent away empty.”
The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.
or
O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.
“He has come to the help of his servant Israel
  for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
  the promise he made to our fathers,
  to Abraham and his children forever.”
The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.
or
O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.

Gospel Acclamationsee Luke 1:28
Alleluia, alleluia.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you;
blessed are you among women.
Alleluia, alleluia.

GospelLuke 1:26-38

You will conceive in your womb and bear a son.

The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God.” Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

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