Oct. 6: Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I

William Blake, The Fall of Satan, from The Book or Job, 1825

Readings for Mass
First Reading: Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 69:33-35, 36-37
Gospel: Luke 10:17-24

Jesus said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning (NRSV, Luke 10:18).

Let us pray.

Father, you have given us a share in your own divine life and now you send us forth to combat evil with great power. There is nothing that can withstand the strength that you have given to us. May we be ever faithful to the charge that you have given us as you are always faithful to us.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen