--- title: "Mass Readings for October 16, 2028 (Monday) · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/16/ description: "October 16, 2028: Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Year C, Cycle II, green. Luke 11:29-32. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time · Weekday # Mass Readings *for Monday, October 16, 2028* On Monday, October 16, 2028, the Church in the United States keeps Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle II); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Luke 11:29-32. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color Green - **Celebration**: Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 28 - **Rank**: Weekday - **Sunday cycle**: Year C - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31—5:1 - 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a servant woman, and one by a free woman. - 23 And he who was of the servant was born according to the flesh. But he who was of the free woman was born by the promise. - 24 These things are said through an allegory. For these represent the two testaments. Certainly the one, on Mount Sinai, gives birth unto servitude, which is Hagar. - 26 But that Jerusalem which is above is free; the same is our mother. - 27 For it was written: “Rejoice, O barren one, though you do not conceive. Burst forth and cry out, though you do not give birth. For many are the children of the desolate, even more than of her who has a husband.” - 31 And so, brothers, we are not the sons of the servant woman, but rather of the free woman. And this is the freedom with which Christ has set us free. - 5:1 Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Galatians 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/galatians/4/) [The whole of Galatians 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/galatians/5/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5a, 6-7 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 113 (112 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/112/) ### Alleluia: Psalm 95:8 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 95 (94 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/94/) ### Gospel: Luke 11:29-32 - 29 Then, as the crowds were quickly gathering, he began to say: “This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign. But no sign will be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah. - 30 For just as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be to this generation. - 31 The queen of the South will rise up, at the judgment, with the men of this generation, and she will condemn them. For she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, more than Solomon is here. - 32 The men of Nineveh will rise up, at the judgment, with this generation, and they will condemn it. For at the preaching of Jonah, they repented. And behold, more than Jonah is here. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Luke 11](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/11/) 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. 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 [St. Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/) Virgin · Remembered on October 16 [Read about St. Margaret Mary Alacoque](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/) The day’s Mass is of the weekday (Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time). [October 2028, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/) [Liturgical calendar 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Sun, Oct 15](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/15/) [Next day Tue, Oct 17](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/17/)