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Saints of October 16

Fear not: you are worth more than many sparrows
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Friday, October 16, 2026

Friday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time

  • Green
  • Year II
  • Psalter week 4

Optional memorial: Saint Hedwig, Religious

Optional memorial: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin

Gospel · Lk 12:1-7

Jesus warns against hypocrisy and teaches not to fear men

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Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

Lk 12:7 · Gospel of the day
  • Saint Marguerite d'Youville
  • Saint Hedwig of Silesia
  • Saint Bertrand of Comminges
  • Saint Gall
  • Saint Gerard Majella
  • Saint Bonita of Brioude
  • Saint Lull of Hersfeld
  • Saint Longinus

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