Sunday, November 15, 2026

Douay-Rheims: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31

¹⁰Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her. ¹¹The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils. ¹²She will render him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. ¹³She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.

¹⁹She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle. ²⁰She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.

³⁰Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. ³¹Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 127:1-5 (Psalm 128 at Mass)

¹Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways. ²For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. ³Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table. ⁴Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. ⁵May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayest thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

Douay-Rheims: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6

¹But of the times and moments, brethren, you need not, that we should write to you; ²For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall so come, as a thief in the night. ³For when they shall say, peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape. ⁴But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. ⁵For all you are the children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. ⁶Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch, and be sober.

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 25:14-30

¹⁴For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants, and delivered to them his goods; ¹⁵And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey. ¹⁶And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, and gained other five. ¹⁷And in like manner he that had received the two, gained other two. ¹⁸But he that had received the one, going his way digged into the earth, and hid his lord’s money. ¹⁹But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them. ²⁰And he that had received the five talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents, behold I have gained other five over and above. ²¹His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²²And he also that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me: behold I have gained other two. ²³His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴But he that had received the one talent, came and said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed. ²⁵And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold here thou hast that which is thine. ²⁶And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed: ²⁷Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury. ²⁸Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents. ²⁹For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: but from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be taken away. ³⁰And the unprofitable servant cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.