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Week 30 of Ordinary Time

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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Feast · Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles

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About today

Simon the Cananean and Jude (Thaddeus) are named among the Twelve. Little else is recorded; the Church honors them together on 28 October as apostles sent, not as biographies we can fill in. Jude’s short letter urges the beloved to contend for the faith once delivered, without becoming quarrelsome. Their feast is a feast of the unnamed labor of apostles. Ask today for fidelity in obscurity, and for a heart that will remain when the story of our lives is known only to God.

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Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles — Choose how you want to pray this hour:

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening

Lord, open my lips. And my mouth will proclaim your praise.

Psalm I

Antiphon

Foundation stones of the Church, pray that we may be faithful.

Psalm 98 (97):1–3

Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)

Psalm

Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has performed wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have accomplished salvation. The Lord has made known his salvation. He has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations. He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon

Foundation stones of the Church, pray that we may be faithful.

First Reading

Ephesians 2:19–22

Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)

Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God, having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone. In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord. In him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.

Intentions

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Shared by the community

For Mary and Dewey as they prepare for their upcoming wedding, may the Holy Spirit be with them and help grow their love for one another through Holy Matrimony.

R. Lord, hear our prayer.

For the poor and the forgotten, that Christ’s friends may serve them with joy.

R. Lord, hear our prayer.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Closing prayer

God our Father, you give the Church this day of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles. Let the grace of this Hour stay with us in work and rest. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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