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Saints of October 24

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
Fides Viva illustration after Carl Rahl, “The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree” · original work

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Saturday of the twenty-ninth week of Ordinary Time

  • Green
  • Year II
  • Psalter week 1

Optional memorial: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop

Gospel · Lk 13:1-9

Unless you do penance, you will all perish; the parable of the barren fig tree

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Lord, let it alone this year also

Lk 13:8 · Gospel of the day
  • Saint Luigi Guanella
  • Saint Felix of Thibiuca
  • Saint Evergislus of Tongeren
  • Saint Magloire
  • Saint Senoch of Tours
  • Saint Martin of Vertou
  • Saints Arethas and companions
  • Saint Proclus of Constantinople

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