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26 November 2025 Wednesday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Cathedral of St. John Berchmans, Shreveport, LAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingDaniel 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28The 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 the king, his noblemen, his wives and his singing women could drink out of them. The gold and...

25 November 2025 Tuesday of week 34 in Ordinary Time church of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Brodnica, PolandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingDaniel 2:31-45Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dreamDaniel said to Nebuchadnezzar, ‘You have had a vision, O king; this is what you saw: a statue, a great statue of extreme brightness, stood before you, terrible to see. The head of this statue was of fine gold, its chest and arms were of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet part iron, part earthenware. While you were gazing, a stone broke away,...

24 November 2025 Saints Andrew Dũng-Lạc and his Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 34 in Ordinary Time St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions Parish, Abbeville, LA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingDaniel 1:1-6,8-20Daniel and his companions are trained to be the king's servants in BabylonIn the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched on Jerusalem and besieged it. The Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hands, with some of the furnishings of the Temple of...

Sunday 23 November 2025 Christ the King Solemnity The Church of St. Clement, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).First reading2 Samuel 5:1-3They anointed David king of IsraelAll the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron. ‘Look’ they said ‘we are your own flesh and blood. In days past when Saul was our king, it was you who led Israel in all their exploits; and the Lord said to you, “You are the man who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you shall be the leader of Israel.”’ So all the elders of Israel came to the...

22 November 2025 Saint Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr on Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Monmouth Junction, NJReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Maccabees 6:1-13'I remember the wrong I did in Jerusalem'King Antiochus was making his way across the upper provinces; he had heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais, renowned for its riches, its silver and gold, and its very wealthy temple containing golden armour, breastplates and weapons, left there by Alexander son of Philip, the king...

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...

17 November 2025 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Monday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St Elizabeth of Hungary Church, Cleveland Ohio Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Maccabees 1:10-15,41-43,54-57,62-64The persecution of Antiochus EpiphanesThere grew a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus; once a hostage in Rome, he became king in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks. It was then that there emerged from Israel a set of renegades who led many people astray. ‘Come,’ they said...

16 November 202533rd Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Margaret of Scotland Parish TorontoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingMalachi 3:19-20For you the sun of righteousness will shine outThe day is coming now, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and the evil-doers will be like stubble. The day that is coming is going to burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, leaving them neither root nor stalk. But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will shine out with healing in its rays.How to listenResponsorial PsalmPsalm 97(98):5-9The Lord comes to rule the peoples...

15 November 2025 Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeSt. Albert The Great Catholic Church - Burbank, Illinois Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingWisdom 18:14-16,19:6-9The Red Sea became an unimpeded wayWhen peaceful silence lay over all,and night had run the half of her swift course,down from the heavens, from the royal throne, leapt your all-powerful Word;into the heart of a doomed land the stern warrior leapt.Carrying your unambiguous command like a sharp sword,he stood, and filled the universe with death;he touched the sky, yet trod the earth.For, to keep your children from all harm,the whole creation, obedient...

14 November 2025Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time St. Laurence O'Toole - Laramie, WY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingWisdom 13:1-9How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master?Naturally stupid are all men who have not known Godand who, from the good things that are seen, have not been able to discover Him-who-is,or, by studying the works, have failed to recognise the Artificer.Fire however, or wind, or the swift air,the sphere of the stars, impetuous water, heaven’s lamps,are what they have held to be the gods who govern the world.If, charmed by...

13 November 2025 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Thursday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Saint Francesca Xavier Cabrini Shrine in ChicagoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 7:22-8:1Wisdom is a breath of the power of GodWithin Wisdom is a spirit intelligent, holy,unique, manifold, subtle,active, incisive, unsullied,lucid, invulnerable, benevolent, sharp,irresistible, beneficent, loving to man,steadfast, dependable, unperturbed,almighty, all-surveying,penetrating all intelligent, pureand most subtle spirits;for Wisdom is quicker to move than any motion;she is so pure, she pervades and permeates all things.She is a breath of the power...

12 November 2025Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr on Wednesday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeSt. Josaphat Catholic Church, DetroitReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 6:1-11Kings, your power is a gift to you from the LordListen, kings, and understand;rulers of remotest lands, take warning;hear this, you who have thousands under your rule,who boast of your hordes of subjects.For power is a gift to you from the Lord,sovereignty is from the Most High;he himself will probe your acts and scrutinise your intentions.If, as administrators of his kingdom, you have...

11 November 2025 Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop on Tuesday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeSt. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Louisville, KY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 2:23-3:9The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of GodGod made man imperishable,he made him in the image of his own nature;it was the devil’s envy that brought death into the world,as those who are his partners will discover.But the souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God,no torment shall ever touch them.In...

10 November 2025 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor on Monday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeAltar of Saint Leo The Great, Basilica of Saint Peter's, VaticanReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 1:1-7Seek the Lord in simplicity of heartLove virtue, you who are judges on earth,let honesty prompt your thinking about the Lord,seek him in simplicity of heart;since he is to be found by those who do not put him to the test,he shows himself to those who do not distrust him.But selfish intentions divorce...

Sunday 9 November 2025 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Feast Armagh CathedralReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).First readingEzekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12Wherever the water flows, it will bring life and healthThe angel brought me to the entrance of the Temple, where a stream came out from under the Temple threshold and flowed eastwards, since the Temple faced east. The water flowed from under the right side of the Temple, south of the altar. He took me out by the north gate and led me right round outside as far as the outer east gate where the water flowed out on the right-hand...

8 November 2025 Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary TimePhoto published by SOCIETY OF TRADITIONAL ROMAN CATHOLICS, NIGERIAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 16:3-9,16,22-27The mystery kept secret for endless ages must be broadcast everywhereMy greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked death to save my life: I am not the only one to owe them a debt of gratitude, all the churches among the pagans do as well. My greetings also to the church that meets at their house. Greetings to my friend Epaenetus, the first of Asia’s gifts to Christ; greetings...

7 November 2025 Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Veiled images during Lent, Nigeria Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 15:14-21My duty is to bring the Good News from God to the pagansMy brothers, I am quite certain that you are full of good intentions, perfectly well instructed and able to advise each other. The reason why I have written to you, and put some things rather strongly, is to refresh your memories, since God has given me this special position. He has appointed me as a priest of Jesus Christ, and I am to carry...