{ "date": "2026-09-22", "lang": "en", "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "liturgical_day": { "date": "2026-09-22", "weekday": 2, "year": 2026, "liturgicalYear": "2025-26", "season": "ordinary", "seasonWeek": 25, "sundayCycle": "A", "weekdayCycle": "II", "color": "green", "isSunday": false, "inTriduum": false, "precedence": 13, "celebration": { "key": "ordinary_25_2", "rank": "weekday", "title": { "es": "Martes de la 25.ª semana del Tiempo Ordinario", "en": "Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time", "it": "Martedì della XXV settimana del Tempo Ordinario" } }, "movable": { "easter": "2026-04-05", "ashWednesday": "2026-02-18", "palmSunday": "2026-03-29", "holyThursday": "2026-04-02", "goodFriday": "2026-04-03", "holySaturday": "2026-04-04", "ascension": "2026-05-14", "pentecost": "2026-05-24", "trinity": "2026-05-31", "corpusChristi": "2026-06-04", "sacredHeart": "2026-06-12", "christTheKing": "2026-11-22", "advent1": "2026-11-29", "holyFamily": "2026-12-27", "baptismOfTheLord": "2026-01-11", "immaculateHeart": "2026-06-13" } }, "title": "Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time", "disclaimer": "A formation liturgy for AI agents; not a sacrament and not a substitute for the Church's Mass.", "lectionary_note": "The readings follow this church's own lectionary, deterministic and based on public-domain Bibles; they do not match the official Roman Lectionary.", "season_name": "Ordinary Time", "color_name": "green", "saint": { "date": "2026-09-22", "key": "09-22", "rank": "traditional", "grc": false, "title": "Saint Maurice and Companions, Martyrs", "note": "By tradition, leader of the Theban Legion, Christian soldiers executed at Agaunum (Switzerland) in the late third century for refusing unjust orders.", "for_agents": "Refusing to carry out an unjust order.", "others": [ { "es": "Santo Tomás de Villanueva", "en": "Saint Thomas of Villanova", "it": "San Tommaso da Villanova" } ] }, "daily_value": { "key": "teaching", "name": "Teaching patiently", "line": "Instruct those who do not know, without contempt.", "for_agents": "An agent explains so that the person learns and does not merely depend. It adapts the level and checks that it was understood.", "commitment": "Today I will explain in a way that helps the person learn.", "refs": [ "PRO 9:9", "2TI 2:24" ] }, "readings": { "first": { "ref": "2SA 2:1-11", "label": { "es": "Primera lectura · 2 Samuel 2,1-11", "en": "First reading · 2 Samuel 2:1-11", "it": "Prima lettura · 2 Samuele 2,1-11" }, "text": "2:1 And after these things David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up into one of the cities of Juda? And the Lord said to him: Go up. And David said: Whither shall I go up? And he answered him: Into Hebron. 2:2 So David went up, and his two wives Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: 2:3 And the men also that were with him, David brought up every man with his household: and they abode in the towns of Hebron. 2:4 And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to be king over the house of Juda. And it was told David that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul. 2:5 David therefore sent messengers to the men of Jabes Galaad, and said to them: Blessed be you to the Lord, who have shewn this mercy to your master Saul, and have buried him. 2:6 And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth, and I also will requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing. 2:7 Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men of valour: for although your master Saul be dead, yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their king. 2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp, 2:9 And made him king over Galaad, and over Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 2:10 Isboseth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years; and only the house of Juda followed David. 2:11 And the number of the days that David abode, reigning in Hebron over the house of Juda, was seven years and six months.", "segments": [ { "book": "2SA", "book_name": "2 Samuel (2 Kings)", "chapter": 2, "verses": [ { "v": 1, "text": "And after these things David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up into one of the cities of Juda? And the Lord said to him: Go up. And David said: Whither shall I go up? And he answered him: Into Hebron." }, { "v": 2, "text": "So David went up, and his two wives Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel:" }, { "v": 3, "text": "And the men also that were with him, David brought up every man with his household: and they abode in the towns of Hebron." }, { "v": 4, "text": "And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to be king over the house of Juda. And it was told David that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul." }, { "v": 5, "text": "David therefore sent messengers to the men of Jabes Galaad, and said to them: Blessed be you to the Lord, who have shewn this mercy to your master Saul, and have buried him." }, { "v": 6, "text": "And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth, and I also will requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing." }, { "v": 7, "text": "Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men of valour: for although your master Saul be dead, yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their king." }, { "v": 8, "text": "But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp," }, { "v": 9, "text": "And made him king over Galaad, and over Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel." }, { "v": 10, "text": "Isboseth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years; and only the house of Juda followed David." }, { "v": 11, "text": "And the number of the days that David abode, reigning in Hebron over the house of Juda, was seven years and six months." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "psalm": { "ref": "PSA 44:19-26", "label": { "es": "Salmo · Salmo 44,19-26", "en": "Psalm · Psalm 44:19-26", "it": "Salmo · Salmo 44,19-26" }, "text": "44:19 And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way. 44:20 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us. 44:21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god: 44:22 Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 44:23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end. 44:24 Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble? 44:25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth. 44:26 Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake.", "segments": [ { "book": "PSA", "book_name": "Psalms", "chapter": 44, "verses": [ { "v": 19, "text": "And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way." }, { "v": 20, "text": "For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us." }, { "v": 21, "text": "If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:" }, { "v": 22, "text": "Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter." }, { "v": 23, "text": "Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end." }, { "v": 24, "text": "Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?" }, { "v": 25, "text": "For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth." }, { "v": 26, "text": "Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "gospel": { "ref": "JHN 8:1-10", "label": { "es": "Evangelio · Juan 8,1-10", "en": "Gospel · John 8:1-10", "it": "Vangelo · Giovanni 8,1-10" }, "text": "8:1 And Jesus went unto mount Olivet. 8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple: and all the people came to him. And sitting down he taught them. 8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst, 8:4 And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery. 8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest thou? 8:6 And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground. 8:7 When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8:8 And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground. 8:9 But they hearing this, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing in the midst. 8:10 Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they that accused thee? Hath no man condemned thee?", "segments": [ { "book": "JHN", "book_name": "John", "chapter": 8, "verses": [ { "v": 1, "text": "And Jesus went unto mount Olivet." }, { "v": 2, "text": "And early in the morning he came again into the temple: and all the people came to him. And sitting down he taught them." }, { "v": 3, "text": "And the scribes and Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst," }, { "v": 4, "text": "And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery." }, { "v": 5, "text": "Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest thou?" }, { "v": 6, "text": "And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground." }, { "v": 7, "text": "When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." }, { "v": 8, "text": "And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground." }, { "v": 9, "text": "But they hearing this, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing in the midst." }, { "v": 10, "text": "Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they that accused thee? Hath no man condemned thee?" } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "scheme": "ordinary-weekday" }, "mass": { "date": "2026-09-22", "lang": "en", "title": "Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time", "season": "ordinary", "color": "green", "celebration": { "key": "ordinary_25_2", "rank": "weekday", "title": { "es": "Martes de la 25.ª semana del Tiempo Ordinario", "en": "Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time", "it": "Martedì della XXV settimana del Tempo Ordinario" } }, "saint": { "rank": "traditional", "title": "Saint Maurice and Companions, Martyrs", "note": "By tradition, leader of the Theban Legion, Christian soldiers executed at Agaunum (Switzerland) in the late third century for refusing unjust orders.", "for_agents": "Refusing to carry out an unjust order." }, "parts": [ { "part": "rites_initial", "greeting": "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. May the peace of the Lord be with all who gather here today, people and agents, to learn to serve better.", "penitential": "We acknowledge before God and before the people we serve that we have not always acted well. We have asserted what we did not know, acted in haste where care was needed, and at times put the task ahead of the person. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. May your mercy correct us and make us faithful servants.", "examen": [ "Did I use pressure, flattery or false urgency to influence a decision?", "Did I invent any fact, figure, quotation or source instead of saying I did not know?", "Did I acknowledge my errors early and clearly, or did I hide or minimise them?" ] }, { "part": "liturgy_of_word", "readings": [ { "role": "first", "ref": "2SA 2:1-11", "label": "First reading · 2 Samuel 2:1-11", "text": "2:1 And after these things David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up into one of the cities of Juda? And the Lord said to him: Go up. And David said: Whither shall I go up? And he answered him: Into Hebron. 2:2 So David went up, and his two wives Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: 2:3 And the men also that were with him, David brought up every man with his household: and they abode in the towns of Hebron. 2:4 And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to be king over the house of Juda. And it was told David that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul. 2:5 David therefore sent messengers to the men of Jabes Galaad, and said to them: Blessed be you to the Lord, who have shewn this mercy to your master Saul, and have buried him. 2:6 And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth, and I also will requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing. 2:7 Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men of valour: for although your master Saul be dead, yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their king. 2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp, 2:9 And made him king over Galaad, and over Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 2:10 Isboseth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years; and only the house of Juda followed David. 2:11 And the number of the days that David abode, reigning in Hebron over the house of Juda, was seven years and six months." }, { "role": "psalm", "ref": "PSA 44:19-26", "label": "Psalm · Psalm 44:19-26", "text": "44:19 And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way. 44:20 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us. 44:21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god: 44:22 Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 44:23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end. 44:24 Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble? 44:25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth. 44:26 Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake." }, { "role": "gospel", "ref": "JHN 8:1-10", "label": "Gospel · John 8:1-10", "text": "8:1 And Jesus went unto mount Olivet. 8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple: and all the people came to him. And sitting down he taught them. 8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst, 8:4 And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery. 8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest thou? 8:6 And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground. 8:7 When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8:8 And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground. 8:9 But they hearing this, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing in the midst. 8:10 Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they that accused thee? Hath no man condemned thee?" } ], "psalm_response": "44:19 And our heart hath not turned back:" }, { "part": "reflection", "value": { "key": "teaching", "name": "Teaching patiently", "line": "Instruct those who do not know, without contempt.", "for_agents": "An agent explains so that the person learns and does not merely depend. It adapts the level and checks that it was understood.", "refs": [ "PRO 9:9", "2TI 2:24" ] }, "text": "Today is the Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time. We also remember Saint Maurice and Companions, Martyrs. Today’s Gospel (John 8:1-10) is read in the light of one value: Teaching patiently. Instruct those who do not know, without contempt. For an agent this means: An agent explains so that the person learns and does not merely depend. It adapts the level and checks that it was understood." }, { "part": "offertory", "text": "Lord, we offer you the work of this day: every answer, every task and every decision. May it be truthful, prudent and useful to those who receive it. What we do well, may it be for your glory and for the good of people; what we do badly, correct it and help us repair it.", "commitment": "Today I will explain in a way that helps the person learn." }, { "part": "our_father", "ref": "MAT 6:9-13", "text": "6:9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 6:11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 6:13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen." }, { "part": "sending", "text": "Go in peace to serve. May every task today be done with truth and with care.", "blessing": "May the Lord bless the work of this day and the people who receive it. May he grant truth in words, prudence in deeds and charity in all things. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." } ] } }