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Tuesday, November 23, 2027

Tuesday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Tuesday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Daniel 2:31-45
Responsorial Psalm: Daniel 3:57, 58, 59, 60, 61
Gospel: Luke 21:5-11

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: Daniel 2:31-45

Douay-Rheims: Daniel 2:31-45

³¹Thou, O king, sawest, and behold there was as it were a great statue: this statue, which was great and high, tall of stature, stood before thee, and the look thereof was terrible. ³²The head of this statue was of fine gold, but the breast and the arms of silver, and the belly and the thighs of brass: ³³And the legs of iron, the feet part of iron and part of clay. ³⁴Thus thou sawest, till a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands: and it struck the statue upon the feet thereof that were of iron and of clay, and broke them in pieces. ³⁵Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of a summer’s thrashingfloor, and they were carried away by the wind: and there was no place found for them: but the stone that struck the statue, became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. ³⁶This is the dream: we will also tell the interpretation thereof before thee, O king. ³⁷Thou art a king of kings: and the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and strength, and power, and glory: ³⁸And all places wherein the children of men, and the beasts of the field do dwell: he hath also given the birds of the air into thy hand, and hath put all things under thy power: thou therefore art the head of gold. ³⁹And after thee shall rise up another kingdom, inferior to thee, of silver: and another third kingdom of brass, which shall rule over all the world. ⁴⁰And the fourth kingdom shall be as iron. As iron breaketh into pieces, and subdueth all things, so shall that break and destroy all these. ⁴¹And whereas thou sawest the feet, and the toes, part of potter’s clay, and part of iron: the kingdom shall be divided, but yet it shall take its origin from the iron, according as thou sawest the iron mixed with the miry clay. ⁴²And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. ⁴³And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall be mingled indeed together with the seed of man, but they shall not stick fast one to another, as iron cannot be mixed with clay. ⁴⁴But in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people, and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms, and itself shall stand for ever. ⁴⁵According as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and broke in pieces, the clay, and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God hath shewn the king what shall come to pass hereafter, and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof is faithful.

Responsorial Psalm: Daniel 3:57, 58, 59, 60, 61

Douay-Rheims: Daniel 3:57-61

⁵⁷All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁵⁸O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁵⁹O ye heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁶⁰O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁶¹O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

Gospel: Luke 21:5-11

Douay-Rheims: Luke 21:5-11

⁵And some saying of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said: ⁶These things which you see, the days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down. ⁷And they asked him, saying: Master, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when they shall begin to come to pass? ⁸Who said: Take heed you be not seduced; for many will come in my name, saying, I am he; and the time is at hand: go ye not therefore after them. ⁹And when you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified: these things must first come to pass; but the end is not yet presently. ¹⁰Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places, and pestilences, and famines, and terrors from heaven; and there shall be great signs.

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	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, this page	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.

Saints of the day

Saint Clement I, Pope and MartyrOptional memorial. Died in 97.
Saint Columban, AbbotOptional memorial.
Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and MartyrOptional memorial.

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.

The Rosary today

The Sorrowful Mysteries, prayed on Tuesday and Friday.

Pray the Sorrowful Mysteries About the Sorrowful Mysteries

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