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Friday, October 2, 2026

Liturgy of the Hours

The Holy Guardian Angels

Prayer Hours

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Invitatory

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Mass Readings

Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels

First Reading

Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5

The LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said:Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning and shown the dawn its place For taking hold of the ends of the earth, till the wicked are shaken from its surface? The earth is changed as is clay by the seal, and dyed as though it were a garment; But from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm of pride is shattered.Have you entered into the sources of the sea, or walked about in the depths of the abyss? Have the gates of death been sho...

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab

Refrain: Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.

Gospel

Matthew 18:1-5, 10

The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?” He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heav...

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.