| Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | |
| [Season of Creation (1 Sep-4 Oct): Use optional Mass for the Care of Creation.] | |
| Cycle II | [453] Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b+2abc, 3-4; Luke 9:18-22. |
| Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [643A] Gal 2:19-20 (#740.5); Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 (#739.8); Matt 16:24-27 (#742.6). | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Rebecca, matriarch (cf. Gn. 24, 49:30–31) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Zachariah and Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist (cf. Lk. 1:13-14,41-42) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
