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Thursday, November 11, 2027

Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop

The liturgical day

Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop

Memorial
Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: White

The Mass readings

First reading: Wisdom 7:22b–8:1
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119:89, 90, 91, 130, 135, 175
Gospel: Luke 17:20-25

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 7:22b–8:1

Douay-Rheims: Wisdom 7:22-30; 8:1

^7:22For in her is the spirit of understanding: holy, one, manifold, subtile, eloquent, active, undefiled, sure, sweet, loving that which is good, quick, which nothing hindereth, beneficent, ²³Gentle, kind, steadfast, assured, secure, having all power, overseeing all things, and containing all spirits, intelligible, pure, subtile. ²⁴For wisdom is more active than all active things: and reacheth everywhere by reason of her purity. ²⁵For she is a vapour of the power of God, and a certain pure emanation of the glory of the almighty God: and therefore no defiled thing cometh into her. ²⁶For she is the brightness of eternal light, and the unspotted mirror of God’s majesty, and the image of his goodness. ²⁷And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself the same, she reneweth all things, and through nations conveyeth herself into holy souls, she maketh the friends of God and prophets. ²⁸For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom. ²⁹For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of the stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it. ³⁰For after this cometh night, but no evil can overcome wisdom.

^8:1She reacheth therefore from end to end mightily, and ordereth all things sweetly.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119:89, 90, 91, 130, 135, 175

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 118:89-91, 130, 135, 175 (Psalm 119 at Mass)

⁸⁹For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven. ⁹⁰Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth. ⁹¹By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.

¹³⁰The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.

¹³⁵Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.

¹⁷⁵My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.

Gospel: Luke 17:20-25

Douay-Rheims: Luke 17:20-25

²⁰And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come? he answered them, and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: ²¹Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you. ²²And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man; and you shall not see it. ²³And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not after, nor follow them: ²⁴For as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day. ²⁵But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.

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

Saint of the day

Saint Martin of Tours, BishopMemorial. Died in 397.

A word for the day

It is better to be unknown and take heed to oneself than to neglect oneself and work wonders.

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

The Rosary today

The Luminous Mysteries, prayed on Thursday.

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