Readings for the main services of Holy Communion on Sundays and Wednesdays during October.
1 October – Harvest Festival
Deuteronomy 8.7-18; Psalm 65; 2 Corinthians 9.6-15; Luke 17.11-19
4 October – Francis of Assisi
Jeremiah 22.13-16; Psalm 148.7-14; Galatians 6.14-18; Matthew 11.25-30
8 October
Exodus 20.1-4,7-9,12-20; Psalm 19.7-14; Philippians 3.4b-14; Matthew 21.33-46
11 October
Jonah 4; Psalm 86.1-9; Luke 11.1-4
15 October
Exodus 32.1-14; Psalm 106.1-6; Philippians 4.1-9; Matthew 22.1-14
18 October – Luke, Evangelist and Physician
Isaiah 35.3-6; Psalm 147.1-7; 2 Timothy 4.5-17; Luke 10.1-9
22 October
Exodus 33.12-23; Psalm 99; 1 Thessalonians 1.1-10; Matthew 22.15-22
25 October
Romans 6.12-18; Psalm 124; Luke 12.39-48
29 October
Deuteronomy 34.1-12; Psalm 90.1-6,13-17; 1 Thessalonians 2.1-8; Matthew 22.34-45
Additional Festivals & Commemorations During OctoberÂ
- Oct 6
William Tyndale, translator, martyr, 1536 - Oct 9
Denys, bishop, and companions, martyrs, c 250
Robert Grosseteste, bishop, philosopher, scientist, 1253 - Oct 10
Paulinus, bishop, missionary, 644
Thomas Traherne, poet, spiritual writer, 1674 - Oct 11
Ethelburga, abbess, 675
James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th century - Oct 12
Wilfrid, bishop, missionary, 709
Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer, 1845
Edith Cavell, nurse, 1915 - Oct 13
Edward the Confessor, king, 1066 - Oct 16
Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer, bishops, martyrs, 1555 - Oct 17
Ignatius, bishop, martyr, c 107 - Oct 19
Henry Martyn, translator, missionary, 1812 - Oct 25
Crispin and Crispinian, martyrs, c 287 - Oct 26
Alfred, king, scholar, 899
Cedd, abbot, bishop, 664 - Oct 28
Simon and Jude, Apostles - Oct 31
Martin Luther, reformer, 1546
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