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Saints of October 22

I came to cast fire upon the earth
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Thursday, October 22, 2026

Thursday of the twenty-ninth week of Ordinary Time

  • Green
  • Year II
  • Psalter week 1

Optional memorial: Saint John Paul II, Pope

Gospel · Lk 12:49-53

Jesus has come to cast fire on the earth, bringing not peace but division

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I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?

Lk 12:49 · Gospel of the day
  • Saint Philip of Heraclea
  • Saint Abercius of Hierapolis
  • Saint Donatus of Fiesole
  • Saint Moderanus of Rennes
  • Saint Cordula of Cologne
  • Saint Mellonius of Rouen
  • Saint Bertharius of Montecassino
  • Saint Mary Salome

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