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Monday, November 23, 2026

Monday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Monday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Revelation 14:1-3, 4b-5
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
Gospel: Luke 21:1-4

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 14:1-3, 4b-5

Douay-Rheims: Apocalypse 14:1-5

¹And I beheld, and lo a lamb stood upon mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads. ²And I heard a voice from heaven, as the noise of many waters, and as the voice of great thunder; and the voice which I heard, was as the voice of harpers, harping on their harps. ³And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the ancients; and no man could say the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand, who were purchased from the earth. ⁴These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb: ⁵And in their mouth there was found no lie; for they are without spot before the throne of God.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 23:1-6 (Psalm 24 at Mass)

¹The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein. ²For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers. ³Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall stand in his holy place? ⁴The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour. ⁵He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour. ⁶This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

Gospel: Luke 21:1-4

Douay-Rheims: Luke 21:1-4

¹And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury. ²And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites. ³And he said: Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: ⁴For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of God: but she of her want, hath cast in all the living that she had.

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	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, this page	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.

Saints of the day

Saint Clement I, Pope and MartyrOptional memorial. Died in 97.
Saint Columban, AbbotOptional memorial.
Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and MartyrOptional memorial.

A word for the day

For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man dear to God.

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

The Rosary today

The Joyful Mysteries, prayed on Monday and Saturday.

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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.