September 28, 2025
Liturgy Notes Sunday Prep
Liturgy Notes Sunday Prep
The Church
Governments and Salvation of the World
Those Burdened by Adversity
Local Parish / Faith Community
CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER
- Jubilee of Catechists (September
26–28) - September 22-28 (Last Week in September) — National Migration Week (USA)
- September 28 (Last Sunday in September) — World Day of Migrants and Refugees
OCTOBER
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Respect Life Month
- October 5 — Respect Life Sunday
- October 19 — World Mission Sunday
NOVEMBER
- Black Catholic History Month; Native American Heritage Month
- November 1: Solemnity of All Saints. See below.
- November 2: Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (“All Souls”). See below. Daylight Savings Time Ends.
- November 9: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran (replaces the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
- November 15: Feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral (a Solemnity at the Cathedral itself)
o The texts for the Anniversary of the Dedication of a Church are used. - November 16: World Day of the Poor (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
- November 23: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
- November 30: First Sunday of Advent (Year A)
SOURCE: Diocese of Davenport
Liturgy Links
- Art & Architecture
- Canon Law
- Centers of Study
- Gateways / Collections
- Liturgical Ministries (including Music)
- Liturgy of the Hours
- Mulitucultural / Intercultural Ministry
- Persons with Disabilities
- Professional Groups
- Publishers (Music, Resources, Ritual Texts)
- Recursos liturgicos en Español
- Sacraments (including RCIA)
- U.S. Church
- Websites of Individual Liturgists
- Youth in Liturgy
Preaching Links
Jubilee of Catechists (September
26–28)
The Jubilee of Catechists is a special event that is part of the larger Jubilee Year 2025, a worldwide celebration in the Catholic Church. Pope Francis declared 2025 a Jubilee Year with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope,” and it includes special days dedicated to different groups, including catechists.
26th Sunday of Year C
Penitential Rite
26th Sunday of Year C
- Lord Jesus, you warned the Pharisees of the dangers of ignoring the poor: Lord, have mercy.
- Christ Jesus, you reminded them of the prophets of old: Christ, have mercy.
- Lord Jesus, you called them and us to be people of compassion: Lord, have mercy.
SOURCE: CELEBRATION
Fr. Lawrence Mick
26th Sunday of Year C
1923-2017
The parable of the rich man and Lazarus surely challenges our whole society, as Pope John Paul II made explicit during his first visit to the United States. “We cannot stand idly by, enjoying our own riches and freedom, if, in any place, the Lazarus of the twentieth century stands at our doors” (homily at Yankee Stadium, Oct. 2, 1979).
It is a challenge for preachers and planners to address this issue in a way that might break through all the defenses that parishioners have constructed in their minds to justify the radical inequality that marks our world and even our own country. Even when Pope Francis speaks on this topic, many Catholics call him a socialist and dismiss what he says. But that does not give us permission to ignore the issue or to water down the Word of God.
