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21 November 2025 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Friday of week 33 in Ordinary TimePope Francis - Pastoral visit to the Roman parish "Pope Saint Gelasius I"Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Maccabees 4:36-37,52-59Judas and his brothers purify the sanctuary and dedicate itJudas and his brothers said, ‘Now that our enemies have been defeated, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and dedicate it.’ So they marshalled the whole army, and went up to Mount Zion. On the twenty-fifth of the...

20 November 2025 Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeSt Edmund, King and Martyr Church (London)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading1 Maccabees 2:15-29'Heaven preserve us from forsaking the Law and its ordinances'The commissioners of King Antiochus who were enforcing the apostasy came to the town of Modein to make them sacrifice. Many Israelites gathered round them, but Mattathias and his sons drew apart. The king’s commissioners then addressed Mattathias as follows, ‘You are a respected leader, a great man in this town; you have sons and brothers to support you. Be the first to step forward and...

19 November 2025Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Mechthild of Magdeburg commemorated near the Magdalene Chapel in MagdeburgReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading2 Maccabees 7:1,20-31The creator of the world will give you back both breath and lifeThere were seven brothers who were arrested with their mother. The king tried to force them to taste pig’s flesh, which the Law forbids, by torturing them with whips and scourges. But the mother was especially admirable and worthy of honourable remembrance, for she watched the death of seven sons in the course of a single day, and endured it...

18 November 2025 Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeSaint Rose Philippine Duchesne Catholic Church A Personal Parish of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in KansasReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading2 Maccabees 6:18-31'I will make a good death, eagerly and generously, for the holy laws'Eleazar, one of the foremost teachers of the Law, a man already advanced in years and of most noble appearance, was being forced to open his mouth wide to swallow pig’s flesh. But he, resolving to die with honour rather than to live disgraced, went to the block of his own accord, spitting the...

22 November 2024 Saint Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr on Friday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeSaint Cecilia Catholic Church, Haysville, KS Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingApocalypse 10:8-11I was told to swallow the scroll, and to prophesyI, John, heard the voice I had heard from heaven speaking to me again. ‘Go,’ it said ‘and take that open scroll out of the hand of the angel standing on sea and land.’ I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll, and he...

21 November 2024 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Presentation of Mary Catholic Church, Maplewood, MNReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingApocalypse 5:1-10The blood of the Lamb bought men for GodI, John, saw that in the right hand of the One sitting on the throne there was a scroll that had writing on back and front and was sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a powerful angel who called with a loud voice, ‘Is there anyone...

20 November 2024 Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St Edmund, King and Martyr Church, LondonReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingApocalypse 4:1-11He was, he is, and he is to comeIn my vision, I, John, saw a door open in heaven and heard the same voice speaking to me, the voice like a trumpet, saying, ‘Come up here: I will show you what is to come in the future.’ With that, the Spirit possessed me and I saw a throne standing in heaven, and the One who was sitting on the throne, and the Person sitting there...

19 November 2024Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St. Maria church, Helfta Monastery, Germany Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingApocalypse 3:1-6,14-22If one of you hears me calling, I will come in to share his mealI, John, heard the Lord saying to me: ‘Write to the angel of the church in Sardis and say, “Here is the message of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know all about you: how you are reputed to be alive and yet are dead. Wake up; revive what little you have left: it...

24 November 2023 Saints Andrew Dũng-Lạc and his Companions, Martyrs on Friday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church, Norcross, GA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Maccabees 4:36-37,52-59 ©Judas and his brothers purify the sanctuary and dedicate itJudas and his brothers said, ‘Now that our enemies have been defeated, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and dedicate it.’ So they marshalled the whole army, and went up to Mount Zion. On the twenty-fifth of the ninth month, Chislev, in the...

22 November 2023 Saint Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr on Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeSaint Cecilia Catholic Church, Haysville, KSReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Maccabees 7:1,20-31 ©The creator of the world will give you back both breath and lifeThere were seven brothers who were arrested with their mother. The king tried to force them to taste pig’s flesh, which the Law forbids, by torturing them with whips and scourges. But the mother was especially admirable and worthy of honourable remembrance, for she watched the...

21 November 2023 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Presentation of Virgin Mary Church, Ceske Budejovice, the Czech RepublicReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Maccabees 6:18-31 ©'I will make a good death, eagerly and generously, for the holy laws'Eleazar, one of the foremost teachers of the Law, a man already advanced in years and of most noble appearance, was being forced to open his mouth wide to swallow pig’s flesh. But he, resolving to die with...

18 November 2022Friday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Catholic Church, Westwood, Kansas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingApocalypse 10:8-11 ©I was told to swallow the scroll, and to prophesyI, John, heard the voice I had heard from heaven speaking to me again. ‘Go,’ it said ‘and take that open scroll out of the hand of the angel standing on sea and land.’ I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll, and he said, ‘Take it and eat it; it will turn your stomach sour, but in your...

17 November 2022Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church. - St. Paul Parish - Akron, OH Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingApocalypse 5:1-10 ©The blood of the Lamb bought men for GodI, John, saw that in the right hand of the One sitting on the throne there was a scroll that had writing on back and front and was sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a powerful angel who called with a...

16 November 2022 Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St Margaret of Scotland, Lowell, MA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingApocalypse 4:1-11 ©He was, he is, and he is to comeIn my vision, I, John, saw a door open in heaven and heard the same voice speaking to me, the voice like a trumpet, saying, ‘Come up here: I will show you what is to come in the future.’ With that, the Spirit possessed me and I saw a throne standing in heaven, and the One who was sitting on the throne, and the Person sitting there...

15 November 2022Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St. Albert the Great Catholic Church Austin, Texas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingApocalypse 3:1-6,14-22 ©If one of you hears me calling, I will come in to share his mealI, John, heard the Lord saying to me: ‘Write to the angel of the church in Sardis and say, “Here is the message of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know all about you: how you are reputed to be alive and yet are dead. Wake up; revive what little you have...

30 October 202231st Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez Church, Woodstock, MD Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingWisdom 11:22-12:2 ©You are merciful to all, because you love all that existsIn your sight, Lord, the whole world is like a grain of dust that tips the scales,like a drop of morning dew falling on the ground.Yet you are merciful to all, because you can do all thingsand overlook men’s sins so that they can repent.Yes, you love all that exists, you hold nothing of what you have made in abhorrence,for had you hated anything, you would not have...

November 24, 2021 Saints Andrew Dũng-Lạc and his Companions, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Saint Andrew Dung-Lac Catholic ChurchOklahoma City Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingDaniel 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28 ©The writing on the wallKing Belshazzar gave a great banquet for his noblemen; a thousand of them attended, and he drank wine in company with this thousand. As he sipped his wine, Belshazzar gave orders for the gold and silver vessels to be brought which his father Nebuchadnezzar had looted from the sanctuary in Jerusalem, so that...

November 19, 2021 Friday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Our Lady of Hope Catholic ChurchPotomac Falls, Virginia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Maccabees 4:36-37,52-59 ©Judas and his brothers purify the sanctuary and dedicate itJudas and his brothers said, ‘Now that our enemies have been defeated, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and dedicate it.’ So they marshalled the whole army, and went up to Mount Zion. On the twenty-fifth of the ninth month, Chislev, in the year one hundred and forty-eight, they rose at dawn and offered a lawful sacrifice on the new altar of holocausts...

November 18, 2021 Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Catholic ChurchKansas City Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Maccabees 2:15-29 ©'Heaven preserve us from forsaking the Law and its ordinances'The commissioners of King Antiochus who were enforcing the apostasy came to the town of Modein to make them sacrifice. Many Israelites gathered round them, but Mattathias and his sons drew apart. The king’s commissioners then addressed Mattathias as follows, ‘You are a respected leader, a great man in this town; you have sons and brothers to support you. Be the first to step forward and...

November 17, 2021 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church Pflugerville, TX Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Maccabees 7:1,20-31 ©The creator of the world will give you back both breath and lifeThere were seven brothers who were arrested with their mother. The king tried to force them to taste pig’s flesh, which the Law forbids, by torturing them with whips and scourges. But the mother was especially admirable and worthy of honourable remembrance, for she...