--- title: "Mass Readings for October 25, 2026: 30th Sunday in OT" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/10/25/ description: "October 25, 2026: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, green. Exodus 22:20-26; Psalm 18; 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10; Matthew 22:34-40. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time # Mass Readings *for Sunday, October 25, 2026* On Sunday, October 25, 2026, the Church in the United States celebrates the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Matthew 22:34-40. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 30 - **Rank**: Sunday - **Sunday cycle**: Year A - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Exodus 22:20-26 Read in the CPDV: [Exodus 22](https://blessbible.app/bible/exodus/22/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 18 (17 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/17/) ### Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10 - 5 For our Gospel has not been among you in word alone, but also in virtue, and in the Holy Spirit, and with a great fullness, in the same manner as you know we have acted among you for your sake. - 6 And so, you became imitators of us and of the Lord, accepting the Word in the midst of great tribulation, but with the joy of the Holy Spirit. - 7 So have you become a pattern for all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia. - 8 For from you, the Word of the Lord was spread, not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith, which is toward God, has advanced so much so that we do not need to speak to you about anything. - 9 For others are reporting among us of the kind of acceptance we had among you, and how you were converted from idols to God, to the service of the living and true God, - 10 and to the expectation of his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead), Jesus, who has rescued us from the approaching wrath. Catholic Public Domain Version · part-verses shown as whole verses Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 Thessalonians 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-thessalonians/1/) ### Alleluia: John 14:23 Read in the CPDV: [John 14](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/14/) ### Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40 - 34 But the Pharisees, hearing that he had caused the Sadducees to be silent, came together as one. - 35 And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him: - 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” - 37 Jesus said to him: “‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ - 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. - 39 But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ - 40 On these two commandments the entire law depends, and also the prophets.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 22](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/22/) Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. In US parishes the readings are proclaimed from the NABRE; the text shown here is the Catholic Public Domain Version. Old Testament readings and the psalm are listed with a link to their chapter: the US Lectionary numbers some of their verses differently from the CPDV, so their text is not printed here. Psalm citations keep the Lectionary’s Hebrew numbering; the CPDV numbers the Psalms as the Vulgate does. Spotted a wrong date, color or citation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. ## Saint of the day [Forty Martyrs of England and Wales](https://blessbible.app/saints/forty-martyrs-of-england-and-wales/) Martyrs · Remembered on October 25 [Read about Forty Martyrs of England and Wales](https://blessbible.app/saints/forty-martyrs-of-england-and-wales/) The day’s Mass celebrates the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. [October 2026, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/10/) [Liturgical calendar 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Sat, Oct 24](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/10/24/) [Next day Mon, Oct 26](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/10/26/)