Friday, 2 October 2026
Guardian Angels
Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide
First Reading
This passage is numbered differently in the Catholic Public Domain Version, so it can’t be shown verse by verse here. Read the chapter, or see the reading at USCCB.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab
1Unto the end. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me.
2You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.
3You have understood my thoughts from afar. My path and my fate, you have investigated.
7Where will I go from your Spirit? And where will I flee from your face?
8If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near.
9If I assume my feathers in early morning, and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea,
10even there, your hand will lead me forth, and your right hand will hold me.
13For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
14I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.
Gospel
1In that hour, the disciples drew near to Jesus, saying, “Whom do you consider to be greater in the kingdom of heaven?” 2And Jesus, calling to himself a little child, placed him in their midst. 3And he said: “Amen I say to you, unless you change and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4Therefore, whoever will have humbled himself like this little child, such a one is greater in the kingdom of heaven. 5And whoever shall accept one such little child in my name, accepts me.
10See to it that you do not despise even one of these little ones. For I say to you, that their Angels in heaven continually look upon the face of my Father, who is in heaven.
Same readings worldwide and in the United States.
Text: Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain). Reading citations: cpbjr/catholic-readings-api (MIT license). The Lectionary text used at Mass in the United States is the NABRE, which you can read at USCCB.