Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for October 25, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Proper 25; Roman Catholic keeps Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonProper 25Year A · Oct 25 | Roman CatholicThirtieth Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Oct 25 | LSB Three-YearProper 25Year A · Oct 25 | Historic One-YearThe Twenty-First Sunday after TrinityOne-year · Oct 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 22 | Matthew 22:34-46 | Matthew 22:34-40 | Matthew 22:34-46 | John 4:46-54 |
| Epistle / Second Reading2 of 4 read 1 Thessalonians 2 | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 | 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10 | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-13 | Ephesians 6:10-17 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingEvery one differs | Deuteronomy 34:1-12or Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 | Exodus 22:20-26 | Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 | Genesis 1:1-2:3 |
| PsalmEvery one differs | Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17or Psalm 1 | Psalm 18:2-3a, 3b-4, 47+51 (2) | Psalm 1 | not appointed |
Every citation above opens its own page: the passage, verse-by-verse commentary, background and word study, the Church Fathers, and worship resources. An “or” line is the second track a lectionary offers for the same day, not a different Sunday. Agreement is judged by chapter, because the four rarely cut a passage to the same length.
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