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Friday, November 20, 2026

Friday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Friday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Revelation 10:8-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131
Gospel: Luke 19:45-48

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 10:8-11

Douay-Rheims: Apocalypse 10:8-11

⁸And I heard a voice from heaven again speaking to me, and saying: Go, and take the book that is open, from the hand of the angel who standeth upon the sea, and upon the earth. ⁹And I went to the angel, saying unto him, that he should give me the book. And he said to me: Take the book, and eat it up: and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey. ¹⁰And I took the book from the hand of the angel, and ate it up: and it was in my mouth, sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. ¹¹And he said to me: Thou must prophesy again to many nations, and peoples, and tongues, and kings.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 118:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 (Psalm 119 at Mass)

¹⁴I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.

²⁴For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel.

⁷²The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.

¹⁰³How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.

¹¹¹I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.

¹³¹I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.

Gospel: Luke 19:45-48

Douay-Rheims: Luke 19:45-48

⁴⁵And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought. ⁴⁶Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves. ⁴⁷And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him: ⁴⁸And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

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	20, Friday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green, this page	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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The dot shows the liturgical color of the day. Fridays outside Lent carry no marker.

A word for the day

For man proposeth, but God disposeth.

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 19. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Sorrowful Mysteries, prayed on Tuesday and Friday.

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Calendar computed with romcal (MIT License). Reading citations from the Catholic Readings API (MIT License), with gaps checked against the USCCB pages. Douay-Rheims text courtesy of eBible.org.