Liturgical Calendar
Roman Missal of 1962 (Extraordinary Form)
St. Anicetus, Pope and Martyr
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1 St. Remigius, Bishop and Confessor2 Guardian Angels3 St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin4 19th Sunday after Pentecost5 Sts. Placidus and Companions Martyrs6 St. Bruno, Confessor7 Our Lady of the Rosary8 St. Birgitta, Widow9 St. John Leonard, Confessor10 St. Francis Borgia, Confessor11 20th Sunday after Pentecost12 Monday in the 20th Week after Pentecost13 St. Edward the Confessor, King14 St. Callistus, Pope and Martyr15 St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin16 St. Hedwig, Widow17 St. Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, Virgin18 21st Sunday after Pentecost19 St. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor20 St. John Cantius, Confessor21 St. Hilarion, Abbot22 Thursday in the 21st Week after Pentecost23 St. Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop and Confessor24 St. Raphael the Archangel;Duplex majus25 22nd Sunday after Pentecost26 St. Evaristus, Pope and Martyr27 Tuesday in the 22nd Week after Pentecost28 Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles29 Thursday in the 22nd Week after Pentecost30 Friday in the 22nd Week after Pentecost31 Saturday in the 22nd Week after Pentecost
Thursday, October 8, 2026 Class III
St. Birgitta, Widow
- Source
- sancti · sancti/10-08 (C7a)
Rubrics
Gloria: yes Credo: no
Commemorations
- Sts. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus and Apuleius, Martyrs Ferial
Mass propers
Collect
Dómine, Deus noster, qui beátæ Birgíttæ per Fílium tuum unigénitum secreta cœléstia revelásti: ipsíus pia intercessióne da nobis, fámulis tuis; in revelatióne sempitérna glóriæ tuæ gaudére lætántes.
O Lord, our God, Who through your only-begotten Son revealed secrets to blessed Bridget, grant that through her kind intercession, we, Your servants, may rejoice and be glad in the revelation of Your eternal glory.
Epistle
Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Timótheum
Lesson from the first letter of St Paul the Apostle to Timotheus
1 Tim 5:3-10
Caríssime: Víduas honóra, quæ vere víduæ sunt. Si qua autem vídua fílios aut nepótes habet, discat primum domum suam régere, et mútuam vicem réddere paréntibus: hoc enim accéptum est coram Deo. Quæ autem vere vídua est et desoláta, speret in Deum, et instet obsecratiónibus et oratiónibus nocte ac die. Nam quæ in delíciis est, vivens mórtua est. Et hoc prǽcipe, ut irreprehensíbiles sint. Si quis autem suórum, et máxime domesticórum curam non habet, fidem negávit, et est infidéli detérior. Vídua eligátur non minus sexagínta annórum, quæ fúerit uníus viri uxor, in opéribus bonis testimónium habens, si fílios educávit, si hospítio recépit, si sanctórum pedes lavit, si tribulatiónem patiéntibus subministrávit, si omne opus bonum subsecúta est.
Dearly beloved: Honor widows, that are widows indeed. But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house, and to make a return of duty to her parents: for this is acceptable before God. But she that is a widow indeed and desolate, let her trust in God, and continue in prayers and supplications night and day. For she that liveth in pleasures, is dead while she is living. And this give in charge, that they may be blameless. But if any man have not care of his own, and especially of those of his house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband, having testimony for her good words, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbor, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work.