October falls during the liturgical season known as Tempus per Annum or Ordinary Time (formerly Time After Pentecost), which is represented by the liturgical color green. Green is a symbol of hope, as it is the color of the sprouting seed and arouses in the faithful the hope of reaping the eternal harvest of heaven, especially the hope of a glorious resurrection. The liturgical color green is worn during the praying of Offices and celebration of Masses of Ordinary Time.
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on October 7.
The Holy Father's Intentions for the Month of October 2025
For collaboration between different religious traditions: Let us pray that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice and human fraternity.
Focus of the Liturgy
The Gospels for the Sundays in October 2025 are taken from St. Luke for Cycle C; Weekdays follow Year I.
| October 5th Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Luke 17:5-10: If you have faith! |
| October 12th Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Luke 17:11-19: None but this foreigner has returned to give thanks to God. |
| October 19th Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Luke 18:1-8: God will secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him. |
| October 26th Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Luke 18:9-14: The tax collector, not the Pharisee, went home justified. |
Feasts for October 2025
1. St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus — Memorial
2. The Holy Guardian Angels — Memorial
4. St. Francis of Assisi — Memorial
5. Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time — Sunday
6. St. Bruno; Bl. Marie Rose Durocher (USA and CAN) — Optional Memorial
7. Our Lady of the Rosary — Memorial
11. St. John XXIII — Optional Memorial
12. Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Sunday
14. St. Callistus I — Optional Memorial
15. St. Teresa of Jesus (Teresa of Avila) — Memorial
16. St. Hedwig; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque — Optional Memorials
17. St. Ignatius of Antioch — Memorial
18. St. Luke, Evangelist — Feast
19. Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Sunday
20. St. Paul of the Cross — Optional Memorial
22. St. John Paul II — Optional Memorial
23. St. John of Capistrano — Optional Memorial
24. St. Anthony Mary Claret — Optional Memorial
26. Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Sunday
28. Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles — Feast
The feasts in October also include two of the most popular, time-honored devotions of Catholics, the devotion to the Holy Rosary (October 7) and the Guardian Angels (October 2).
From: catholic culture
