← Prev Calendar Next →

Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Mass Readings → Liturgy of the Hours →

Selected Mass Reading

Gospel — Luke 10:17-24

And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: Lord, the devils also are subject to us in thy name. And he said to them: I saw Satan like lightning falling from heaven. Behold, I have given you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall hurt you. But yet rejoice not in this, that spirits are subject unto you: but rejoice in this, that your names are written in heaven. In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father: and who the Father is, but the Son and to whom the Son will reveal him. And turning to his disciples, he said: Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see. For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them.

Feast Days

Dionysius the Areopagite
Dionysius the Areopagite Bishop, Presbyter, Disciple of St. Paul 100–100

Saint Dionysius the Areopagite was born in Athens and lived in the first century, serving as a judge of the famed Areopagus court. In the providence of God, his life changed when he heard Saint Paul preach in Athens, speaking of the “unknown God” and proclaiming Jesus Christ. Moved by the Apostle’s witness, Dionysius embraced the faith, joining the small band of converts mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles alongside Damaris and others. After his conversion, Dionysius is remembered as the first Bishop of Athens, a shepherd called to guide a young Christian community in a city steeped in philosophy and pagan worship. Through his example, he stands as a sign that the Gospel can illumine every human search for truth, even within the halls of judgment and learning. For this reason he is honored as patron of Athens and is often invoked as a protector of judges and the work of the judiciary, as well as in places that bear his devotion. His feast day is celebrated on October 3.