Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Liturgical Season: 
Special Significance: 
Establishment of the Throne of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archiepiscopate (2005)

Phil 3:12-14

Forward in Christ.* 12k It is not that I have already taken hold of it or have already attained perfect maturity,* but I continue my pursuit in hope that I may possess it, since I have indeed been taken possession of by Christ [Jesus]. 13Brothers, I for my part do not consider myself to have taken possession. Just one thing: forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God’s upward calling, in Christ Jesus.l

Lk 9:18-20

Peter’s Confession About Jesus.* 18j Once when Jesus was praying in solitude,* and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” 19They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”k 20Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Messiah of God.”*