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title: "Mass Readings for October 4, 2028: St. Francis of Assisi"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/04/
description: "October 4, 2028: St. Francis of Assisi, Year C, Cycle II, white. Job 9:1-12, 14-16; Psalm 88:10bc-11, 12-13, 14-15; Luke 9:57-62. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

St. Francis of Assisi · Memorial

# Mass Readings *for Wednesday, October 4, 2028*

On Wednesday, October 4, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi (Cycle II); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 9:57-62.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

White

- **Celebration**: St. Francis of Assisi
- **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 26
- **Rank**: Memorial
- **Sunday cycle**: Year C
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Job 9:1-12, 14-16

Read in the CPDV: [Job 9](https://blessbible.app/bible/job/9/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 88:10bc-11, 12-13, 14-15

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 88 (87 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/87/)

### Alleluia: Philippians 3:8-9

Read in the CPDV: [Philippians 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/philippians/3/)

### Gospel: Luke 9:57-62

- 57 And it happened that, as they were walking along the way, someone said to him, “I will follow you, wherever you will go.”
- 58 Jesus said to him: “Foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have nests. But the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.”
- 59 Then he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”
- 60 And Jesus said to him: “Let the dead bury their dead. But you go and announce the kingdom of God.”
- 61 And another said: “I will follow you, Lord. But permit me first to explain this to those of my house.”
- 62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 9](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/9/)

Computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

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.

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## Saint of the day

[St. Francis of Assisi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-of-assisi/)

Religious · Feast day October 4

Patron of animals, ecology, and Italy

[Read about St. Francis of Assisi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-of-assisi/)

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