--- title: "Daily Mass Readings & Saint of the Day App · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/features/today/ description: "Today’s liturgical season and color, the US Mass reading citations and the saint of the day, offline on iPhone, every day through 2028." updated: 2026-10-29 --- Today # Daily Mass readings and *the saint of the day* The Today tab in Bless: Scroll Catholic Bible opens on the Church’s day: the liturgical season and color, the celebration, the citations of the day’s Mass readings in the United States and a saint for every date of the year, through December 31, 2028. Free on iPhone · iOS 26 or later. No ads, no account. Updated October 29, 2026 The day ## Today, *from the app’s own calendar.* This card is built from the same calendar Bless ships: the season and its week, the color, the celebration and its rank, the Sunday and weekday cycles, the US Mass reading citations and the saint of the day. In the app, tap a reading and it opens in the translation you read in. Below it sit your own numbers — your streak, the verses you’ve read, your saved verses and Amens. The next seven days 1. **29**Thu Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Green Saint: [St. Narcissus of Jerusalem](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-narcissus-of-jerusalem/) 2. **30**Fri Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Green Saint: [St. Alphonsus Rodríguez](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-alphonsus-rodriguez/) 3. **31**Sat Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Green Saint: [St. Wolfgang](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-wolfgang/) 4. **1**Sun All Saints White Saint: [St. Benignus of Dijon](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benignus-of-dijon/) 5. **2**Mon The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed Violet Saint: [St. Malachy](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-malachy/) 6. **3**Tue Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Green Saint: [St. Martin de Porres](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-de-porres/) 7. **4**Wed St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop White Saint: [St. Charles Borromeo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-charles-borromeo/) From October 29, 2026. [The liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/) ## Today in the Church Thursday, October 29, 2026 Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 30 - **Color**: Green - **Cycle**: Year A · Cycle II - **Saint of the day**: [St. Narcissus of Jerusalem](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-narcissus-of-jerusalem/) Mass readings (US) - First Reading: Ephesians 6:10-20 - Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 144:1b, 2, 9-10 - Alleluia: See Luke 19:38; 2:14 - Gospel: Luke 13:31-35 Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. [Full readings for today](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/10/29/) [Today in full](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/) Good to know ## Honest about *the calendar.* Where the citations come from Through May 31, 2027, the citations are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. From then through December 31, 2028, Bless computes them from the US Lectionary’s cycle and checks them against the published years — so confirm with your parish missalette. A reading Bless doesn’t have says “not available”. Not the NABRE The citations follow the US Lectionary, but the text Bless shows is the CPDV or the Douay-Rheims, not the NABRE you hear at Mass in the United States. On this website, each day’s page prints the New Testament readings in the CPDV where its verse numbers match the Lectionary’s, and links the other readings to their chapter. The US calendar Bless follows the calendar of the United States. The Epiphany is kept on a Sunday (January 3, 2027 and January 2, 2028). In most US dioceses the Ascension moves from Thursday to the following Sunday, so check your diocese for that week. The saint of the day Bless gives every date a saint — 368 saints on 366 dates — so on Sundays, feasts of the Lord and many weekdays the saint of the day is not the one the Mass celebrates. On November 1, 2026, for example, the Church celebrates All Saints; Bless’s saint of the day is [St. Benignus of Dijon](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benignus-of-dijon/). Saints ## A saint for *every day of the year.* 368 saints, one for every date — April 11 and June 29 have two. Each has a life, a feast, and for 127 of them a patronage. 59 are quoted (56 of them with the work named), and every saying that no source confirms is marked so. Tell Bless your birthday and it finds your birthday saint; on their day, Today’s saint card says so. [Saints by feast day](https://blessbible.app/saints/) [Saint of the day](https://blessbible.app/saint-of-the-day/) [Find your birthday saint](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/) FAQ ## Questions, *answered.* ### Does Bless show the readings heard at Mass? It shows the citations of the US Mass readings. The text it opens is the CPDV or the Douay-Rheims, not the NABRE read at Mass in the United States. ### How far ahead does the calendar go? Through December 31, 2028: citations as published by the USCCB through May 31, 2027, computed by Bless after that. ### Is the saint of the day the one celebrated at Mass? Not always. Bless has a saint for every date, so on many days its saint is not the one the Mass celebrates. ### Does it work offline? Yes. The calendar, the citations, the saints and the Bible all ship inside the app. [All questions](https://blessbible.app/faq/) Keep exploring [Today Today in the Church The liturgical day, on this site.](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Calendar Liturgical calendar Every day through 2028.](https://blessbible.app/calendar/) [Widgets Saint of the Day widget On your Home Screen.](https://blessbible.app/features/widgets/)