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For 14 October 2025, Tuesday of week 28 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 11:37-41, sent in from Turin, Italy.

For 13 October 2025, Monday of week 28 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 11:29-32, sent in from Great Bend, Kansas, USA.

For 12 October 2025, The Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 17:11-19, sent in from Kingston, Jamaica. (Photo by Fr. Lawrence Lew OP)

For 11 October 2025, The Memorial of Saint John XXIII, based on Luke 11:27-28, sent in from Manila, Philippines.

For 10 October 2025, Friday of week 27 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 11:15-26, sent in from Springfield, Illinois USA.

For 9 October 2025, Thursday of week 27 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 11:5-13, sent in from Lufkin, Texas, USA.

For 8 October 2025, Wednesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time, based on Jonah 4:1-11, sent in from Mombassa, Kenya.

For 7 October 2025, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, based on Luke 1:26-38, sent in from Cambridge, England. (Photo by Thérèse Westby on Unsplash)

For 6 October 2025, Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time, based on Jonah 1:1-2:2, 11, sent in from Fall Creek, Oregon, USA.

For 5 October 2025, The Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA. (Image: Detail of a miniature of Habbakuk crying to God, from The British Library Board (picryl.com), Public Domain)

For 4 October 2025, The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, based on Galatians 6:14-17, sent in from Leicester, England, UK.

For 3 October 2025, Friday of week 26 in Ordinary Time, based on Baruch 1:15-22, sent in from Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.

For 2 October 2025, thte Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels, based on Matthew 18:1-5, 10, sent in from Chandler, Arizona, USA.

For 1 October 2025, Feast of St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, based on Isaiah 66:10-14, Matthew 18:1-5, sent in from Hyde Park, Johannesburg.

For 30 September 2025, The Memorial of St. Jerome, based on Ephesians 4:29-32, sent in from Benedictine Community Kilbroney, County Down, Northern Ireland.

For 29 September 2025, Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels, based on Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, sent in from Muskego, Wisconsin, USA. (Photo by Fr. Lawrence Lew, OP. Terracotta lunette c.1475 by Andrea della Robbia, and now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.)

For 28 September 2025, The Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 16:19–31, sent in from Vechta, Germany.

For 27 September 2025, Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest , based on Luke 9:43b-45, sent in from Aurora, Illinois USA.

For 26 September 2025, Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 9:18-22, sent in from Dunedin, New Zealand.

For 25 September 2025, Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 9:7-9, sent in from Muskego, Wisconsin, USA.

For 24 September 2025, Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 9:1-6, sent in from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

For 23 September 2025, Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, based on Ezra 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20, Luke 8:19-21, sent in from Boise, Idaho, USA.

For 22 September 2025, Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 8:16-18, sent in from Fremont, California, USA.

For 21 September 2025, the Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Amos 8:4-7, sent in from Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA.

For 20 September 2025, Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 8:4-15, sent in from Chicago, IL USA.