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Saturday, November 28, 2026

Saturday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Saturday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Revelation 22:1-7
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 95:1-2, 3-5, 6-7ab
Gospel: Luke 21:34-36

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 22:1-7

Douay-Rheims: Apocalypse 22:1-7

¹And he shewed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. ²In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the river, was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruits every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ³And there shall be no curse any more; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him. ⁴And they shall see his face: and his name shall be on their foreheads. ⁵And night shall be no more: and they shall not need the light of the lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten them, and they shall reign for ever and ever. ⁶And he said to me: These words are most faithful and true. And the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to shew his servants the things which must be done shortly. ⁷And, Behold I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 95:1-2, 3-5, 6-7ab

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 94:1-7 (Psalm 95 at Mass)

¹Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour. ²Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms. ³For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. ⁴For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his. ⁵For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. ⁶Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us. ⁷For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

Gospel: Luke 21:34-36

Douay-Rheims: Luke 21:34-36

³⁴And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly. ³⁵For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the face of the whole earth. ³⁶Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come, and to stand before the Son of man.

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	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, this page
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

To love is to wish good to someone.

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I-II, q. 26, a. 4. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Aquinas is quoting Aristotle (Rhetoric II, 4). Read it on Project Gutenberg.

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