Ordinary Time · updated 6 October 2026
Today in the liturgical calendar
Today is Tuesday, October 6, 2026. The Catholic Church is in Ordinary Time, and the liturgical color is green. The Church celebrates St Bruno.
Liturgical color: Green
Saint of the day
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St Bruno
(c. 1030–1101) Master of the cathedral school of Reims who fled preferment to found, with six companions, the hermitage of the Grande Chartreuse in 1084 — beginning the Carthusians, the one order never reformed because never deformed.
What Ordinary Time is
Ordinary Time is the Church's ordered counting of weeks — 'ordinal', not 'ordinary' in the sense of plain. It falls in two stretches, after the Christmas season and after Pentecost, and it is where most of the Gospel is read straight through, Sunday by Sunday.
Coming up
- All Saints' DaySunday, November 1 · holy day of obligation in the US
- Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the UniverseSunday, November 22
- The Immaculate ConceptionTuesday, December 8 · holy day of obligation in the US
- Gaudete SundaySunday, December 13
Frequently asked
What liturgical season is it right now?
Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is the Church's ordered counting of weeks — 'ordinal', not 'ordinary' in the sense of plain. It falls in two stretches, after the Christmas season and after Pentecost, and it is where most of the Gospel is read straight through, Sunday by Sunday.
What color are the vestments today?
Green, the color of Ordinary Time. Green is worn through Ordinary Time. It is the color of growth and of hope.
Is today a holy day of obligation?
No.
Which saint is celebrated today?
St Bruno.
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