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Saturday, November 27, 2027

Saturday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

The liturgical day

Saturday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time
Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading: Daniel 7:15-27
Responsorial Psalm: Daniel 3:82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87
Gospel: Luke 21:34-36

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 7:15-27

Douay-Rheims: Daniel 7:15-27

¹⁵My spirit trembled, I Daniel was affrighted at these things, and the visions of my head troubled me. ¹⁶I went near to one of them that stood by, and asked the truth of him concerning all these things, and he told me the interpretation of the words, and instructed me: ¹⁷These four great beasts are four kingdoms, which shall arise out of the earth. ¹⁸But the saints of the most high God shall take the kingdom: and they shall possess the kingdom for ever and ever. ¹⁹After this I would diligently learn concerning the fourth beast. which was very different from all, and exceeding terrible: his teeth and claws were of iron: he devoured and broke in pieces, and the rest he stamped upon with his feet: ²⁰And concerning the ten horns that he had on his head: and concerning the other that came up, before which three horns fell: and of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and was greater than the rest. ²¹I beheld, and lo, that horn made war against the saints, and prevailed over them, ²²Till the Ancient of days came and gave judgment to the saints of the most High, and the time came, and the saints obtained the kingdom. ²³And thus he said: The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be greater than all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. ²⁴And the ten horns of the same kingdom, shall be ten kings: and another shall rise up after them, and he shall be mightier than the former, and he shall bring down three kings. ²⁵And he shall speak words against the High One, and shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time. ²⁶And judgment shall sit, that his power may be taken away, and be broken in pieces, and perish even to the end. ²⁷And that the kingdom, and power, and the greatness of the kingdom, under the whole heaven, may be given to the people of the saints of the most High: whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all kings shall serve him, and shall obey him.

Responsorial Psalm: Daniel 3:82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87

Douay-Rheims: Daniel 3:82-87

⁸²O ye sons of men, bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁸³O let Israel bless the Lord: let them praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁸⁴O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁸⁵O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁸⁶O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. ⁸⁷O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

Gospel: Luke 21:34-36

Douay-Rheims: Luke 21:34-36

³⁴And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly. ³⁵For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the face of the whole earth. ³⁶Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come, and to stand before the Son of man.

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	27, Saturday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green, this page
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

Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.

Saint Augustine, Confessions, Book I, 1. Translated by E. B. Pusey. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

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