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Tuesday, November 2, 2027

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)

The liturgical day

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)

Solemnity
Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Violet or Black

The Mass readings

First reading: Wisdom 3:1-9
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6
Second reading: Romans 5:5-11
Gospel: John 6:37-40

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: Wisdom 3:1-9

Douay-Rheims: Wisdom 3:1-9

¹But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them. ²In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery: ³And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in peace. ⁴And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality. ⁵Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself. ⁶As gold in the furnace he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect had to them. ⁷The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds. ⁸They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever. ⁹They that trust in him, shall understand the truth: and they that are faithful in love shall rest in him: for grace and peace is to his elect.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 22:1-6 (Psalm 23 at Mass)

¹The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing. ²He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment: ³He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice, for his own name’s sake. ⁴For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me. ⁵Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it! ⁶And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days.

Second reading: Romans 5:5-11

Douay-Rheims: Romans 5:5-11

⁵And hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost, who is given to us. ⁶For why did Christ, when as yet we were weak, according to the time, die for the ungodly? ⁷For scarce for a just man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man some one would dare to die. ⁸But God commendeth his charity towards us; because when as yet we were sinners, according to the time, ⁹Christ died for us; much more therefore, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him. ¹⁰For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. ¹¹And not only so; but also we glory in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received reconciliation.

Gospel: John 6:37-40

Douay-Rheims: John 6:37-40

³⁷All that the Father giveth to me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me, I will not cast out. ³⁸Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. ³⁹Now this is the will of the Father who sent me: that of all that he hath given me, I should lose nothing; but should raise it up again in the last day. ⁴⁰And this is the will of my Father that sent me: that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth in him, may have life everlasting, and I will raise him up in the last day.

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 2027

November 2027
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1, All Saints, liturgical color white, Solemnity	2, The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day), liturgical color violet or black, this page, Solemnity	3, Wednesday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	4, Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop, liturgical color white	5, Friday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	6, Saturday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
7, Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	8, Monday of the thirty-second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	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, Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	15, Monday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	16, Tuesday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	17, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious, liturgical color white	18, Thursday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	19, Friday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	20, Saturday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
21, Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, liturgical color white, Solemnity	22, Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr, liturgical color red	23, Tuesday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	24, Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs, liturgical color red	25, Thursday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	26, Friday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	27, Saturday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
28, First Sunday of Advent, liturgical color violet	29, Monday of the first week of Advent, liturgical color violet	30, Saint Andrew, Apostle, liturgical color red

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A word for the day

Leave vain things to vain men, and mind thou the things which God hath commanded thee.

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 20. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Sorrowful Mysteries, prayed on Tuesday and Friday.

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