04 Oct 2025 – Saturday of Week 26 Memorial: St Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226, founded the Friars Minor and, with St Clare, the Poor Clares. Patron of ecologists. 1st Reading: Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29 Grieving for the Jews in exile, he begs them to turn again and seek God Take courage, my people, who perpetuate Israel’s…