Readings at Mass

Thursday 15 October 2026

Saint Teresa of Ávila, Virgin, Doctor 

 on Thursday of week 28 in Ordinary Time

Liturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).

Readings at Mass

Readings for the feria (Thursday)

There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Thursday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise.

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First reading

Ephesians 1:1-10

‘God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world.’

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,

To the saints who are in Ephesus,

and are faithful in Christ Jesus:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

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Responsorial Psalm

Ps 98(97):1. 2-3b. 3c-4. 5-6. ℟3cd

The LORD has made known his salvation.

O sing a new song to the LORD,

for he has worked wonders.

His right hand and his holy arm

have brought salvation. 

The LORD has made known his salvation.

The LORD has made known his salvation,

has shown his deliverance to the nations.

He has remembered his merciful love

and his truth for the house of Israel. 

The LORD has made known his salvation.

All the ends of the earth have seen

the salvation of our God.

Shout to the LORD, all the earth;

break forth into joyous song,

and sing out your praise. 

The LORD has made known his salvation.

Sing psalms to the LORD with the harp,

with the harp and the sound of song.

With trumpets and the sound of the horn,

raise a shout before the King, the LORD. 

The LORD has made known his salvation.

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Gospel Acclamation

John 14:6

Alleluia, alleluia.

I am the way, and the truth, and the life, says the Lord.

No one comes to the Father except through me.

Alleluia.

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Gospel

Luke 11:47-54

‘The blood of the prophets may be charged against this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah.’

At that time: Jesus said, ‘Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, “I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute”, so that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation. Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.’

    As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.