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Friday, November 26, 2027

Friday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Friday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Daniel 7:2-14
Responsorial Psalm: Daniel 3:75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81
Gospel: Luke 21:29-33

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 7:2-14

Douay-Rheims: Daniel 7:2-14

²I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. ³And four great beasts, different one from another, came up out of the sea. ⁴The first was like a lioness, and had the wings of an eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to her. ⁵And behold another beast like a bear stood up on one side: and there were three rows in the mouth thereof, and in the teeth thereof, and thus they said to it: Arise, devour much flesh. ⁶After this I beheld, and lo, another like a leopard, and it had upon it four wings as of a fowl, and the beast had four heads, and power was given to it. ⁷After this I beheld in the vision of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and wonderful, and exceeding strong, it had great iron teeth, eating and breaking in pieces, and treading down the rest with its feet: and it was unlike to the other beasts which I had seen before it, and had ten horns. ⁸I considered the horns, and behold another little horn sprung out of the midst of them: and three of the first horns were plucked up at the presence thereof: and behold eyes like the eyes of a man were in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things. ⁹I beheld till thrones were placed, and the Ancient of days sat: his garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool: his throne like flames of fire: the wheels of it like a burning fire. ¹⁰A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened. ¹¹I beheld because of the voice of the great words which that horn spoke: and I saw that the beast was slain, and the body thereof was destroyed, and given to the fire to be burnt: ¹²And that the power of the other beasts was taken away: and that times of life were appointed them for a time, and a time. ¹³I beheld therefore in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the Ancient of days: and they presented him before him. ¹⁴And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.

Responsorial Psalm: Daniel 3:75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81

Douay-Rheims: Daniel 3:75-81

⁷⁵O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁷⁶O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁷⁷O ye fountains, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁷⁸O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁷⁹O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁸⁰O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁸¹O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

Gospel: Luke 21:29-33

Douay-Rheims: Luke 21:29-33

²⁹And he spoke to them in a similitude. See the fig tree, and all the trees: ³⁰When they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is nigh; ³¹So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand. ³²Amen, I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all things be fulfilled. ³³Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

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	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, this page	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.

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 Sorrowful Mysteries, prayed on Tuesday and Friday.

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