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Wednesday, November 25, 2026

Wednesday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Wednesday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Revelation 15:1-4
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 7-8, 9
Gospel: Luke 21:12-19

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 15:1-4

Douay-Rheims: Apocalypse 15:1-4

¹And I saw another sign in heaven, great and wonderful: seven angels having the seven last plagues. For in them is filled up the wrath of God. ²And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, and them that had overcome the beast, and his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God: ³And singing the canticle of Moses, the servant of God, and the canticle of the Lamb, saying: Great and wonderful are thy works, O Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, O King of ages. ⁴Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou only art holy: for all nations shall come, and shall adore in thy sight, because thy judgments are manifest.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 7-8, 9

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 97:1-3, 7-9 (Psalm 98 at Mass)

¹Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: because he hath done wonderful things. His right hand hath wrought for him salvation, and his arm is holy. ²The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles. ³He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁷Let the sea be moved and the fulness thereof: the world and they that dwell therein. ⁸The rivers shall clap their hands, the mountains shall rejoice together ⁹At the presence of the Lord: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with equity.

Gospel: Luke 21:12-19

Douay-Rheims: Luke 21:12-19

¹²But before all these things, they will lay their hands upon you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for my name’s sake. ¹³And it shall happen unto you for a testimony. ¹⁴Lay it up therefore into your hearts, not to meditate before how you shall answer: ¹⁵For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist and gainsay. ¹⁶And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren, and kinsmen and friends; and some of you they will put to death. ¹⁷And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake. ¹⁸But a hair of your head shall not perish. ¹⁹In your patience you shall possess your souls.

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	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, this page	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.

Saint of the day

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and MartyrOptional memorial. Died about 305.

A word for the day

There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of God?

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 2. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Glorious Mysteries, prayed on Wednesday and Sunday.

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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.