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Saturday, November 6, 2027

Saturday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Saturday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:2-3, 4-5, 10-11
Gospel: Luke 16:9-15

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: Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27

Douay-Rheims: Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27

³Salute Prisca and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus, ⁴(Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not I only give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles,) ⁵And the church which is in their house. Salute Epenetus, my beloved: who is the firstfruits of Asia in Christ. ⁶Salute Mary, who hath laboured much among you. ⁷Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellow prisoners: who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. ⁸Salute Ampliatus, most beloved to me in the Lord. ⁹Salute Urbanus, our helper in Christ Jesus, and Stachys, my beloved.

¹⁶Salute one another with an holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.

²²I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. ²³Caius, my host, and the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, saluteth you, and Quartus, a brother. ²⁴The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. ²⁵Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret from eternity, ²⁶(Which now is made manifest by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the precept of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith,) known among all nations; ²⁷To God the only wise, through Jesus Christ, to whom be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:2-3, 4-5, 10-11

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 144:2-5, 10-11 (Psalm 145 at Mass)

²Every day I will bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever. ³Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end. ⁴Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power. ⁵They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.

¹⁰Let all thy works, O Lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee. ¹¹They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy power:

Gospel: Luke 16:9-15

Douay-Rheims: Luke 16:9-15

⁹And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity; that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. ¹⁰He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in that which is greater. ¹¹If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will trust you with that which is the true? ¹²And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s; who will give you that which is your own? ¹³No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. ¹⁴Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. ¹⁵And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.

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, 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, this page
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

White
Violet
Green
Red
SolSolemnity

The dot shows the liturgical color of the day. Fridays outside Lent carry no marker.

A word for the day

If thou wouldst profit by thy reading, read humbly, simply, honestly, and not desiring to win a character for learning.

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 5. 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.