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Thursday, November 19, 2026

Thursday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Thursday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Revelation 5:1-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6b, 9b
Gospel: Luke 19:41-44

Read today's Mass readings on the USCCB site

The readings open on the USCCB website. They follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the United States, a different translation from the Douay-Rheims we use on this site. Desert Road Catholic is not affiliated with the USCCB.

First reading: Revelation 5:1-10

Douay-Rheims: Apocalypse 5:1-10

¹And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book written within and without, sealed with seven seals. ²And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? ³And no man was able, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it. ⁴And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book, nor to see it. ⁵And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not; behold the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. ⁶And I saw: and behold in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes: which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth. ⁷And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne. ⁸And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures, and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints: ⁹And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. ¹⁰And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6b, 9b

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 149:1-6, 9

¹Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise be in the church of the saints. ²Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king. ³Let them praise his name in choir: let them sing to him with the timbrel and the psaltery. ⁴For the Lord is well pleased with his people: and he will exalt the meek unto salvation. ⁵The saints shall rejoice in glory: they shall be joyful in their beds. ⁶The high praise of God shall be in their mouth: and two-edged swords in their hands:

⁹To execute upon them the judgment that is written: this glory is to all his saints. Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke 19:41-44

Douay-Rheims: Luke 19:41-44

⁴¹And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying: ⁴²If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace; but now they are hidden from thy eyes. ⁴³For the days shall come upon thee, and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and straiten thee on every side, ⁴⁴And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee: and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.

The same passages in the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), the translation we use on this site. The words read at Mass come from the Lectionary for Mass and differ. Where a reading begins or ends partway through a verse, the whole verse is shown. For the official text, open the readings on the USCCB site.

November 2026

November 2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9, The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, liturgical color white	10, Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white	11, Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop, liturgical color white	12, Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr, liturgical color red	13, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin, liturgical color white	14, Saturday of the thirty-second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
15, Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	16, Monday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	17, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious, liturgical color white	18, Wednesday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	19, Thursday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green, this page	20, Friday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	21, The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, liturgical color white
22, Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, liturgical color white, Solemnity	23, Monday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	24, Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs, liturgical color red	25, Wednesday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	26, Thursday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	27, Friday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	28, Saturday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
29, First Sunday of Advent, liturgical color violet	30, Saint Andrew, Apostle, liturgical color red

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A word for the day

Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it.

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I, q. 1, a. 8, reply to objection 2. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

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