Week 26 of Ordinary Time

Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Today’s verse

About today

Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael are named in Scripture as messengers and ministers of the Most High: the one who stands against the dragon, the one who announces the Incarnation, the one who heals and guides. Their feast on 29 September is not a story about ourselves, but a confession that God is not alone in his court, and that we are not alone in the fight. Ask today for the protection of the holy angels, and for a will aligned with “Who is like God?”

Original – Prayer on Fire.

Scripture

Mass – First Reading

Daniel 7:9–10, 13–14

I watched until thrones were set up, and the Ancient of days sat down. His garment was radiant like snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool; his throne was flames of fire, its wheels had been set on fire. A river of fire rushed forth from his presence. Thousands upon thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times hundreds of thousands attended before him. The trial began, and the books were opened. I watched, therefore, in the vision of the night, and behold, with the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man arrived, and he approached all the way to the Ancient of days, and they presented him before him. And he gave him power, and honor, and the kingdom, and all peoples, tribes, and languages will serve him. His power is an eternal power, which will not be taken away, and his kingdom, one which will not be corrupted.

Text: Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV) · Mass – First Reading

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