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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Liturgy of the Hours

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

Prayer Hours

About Today

Invitatory

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Office of Readings - Memorial

Morning Prayer - Memorial

Midmorning Prayer

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Midday Prayer

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Midafternoon Prayer

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Evening Prayer - Memorial

Night Prayer

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Mass Readings

Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

First Reading

Job 19:21-27

Job said:Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me! Why do you hound me as though you were divine, and insatiably prey upon me?Oh, would that my words were written down! Would that they were inscribed in a record: That with an iron chisel and with lead they were cut in the rock forever! But as for me, I know that my Vindicator lives, and that he will at last stand forth upon the dust; Whom I myself shall see: my own eyes, not another’s, shall behold him, And from my f...

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 27:7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14

Refrain: I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

Gospel

Luke 10:1-12

Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ If a peaceful person lives t...

Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.