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Sunday, November 28, 2027

First Sunday of Advent

The liturgical day

First Sunday of Advent

Advent
Liturgical color: Violet

The Mass readings

First reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14
Second reading: 1 Thessalonians 3:12–4:2
Gospel: Luke 21:25-28, 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: Jeremiah 33:14-16

Douay-Rheims: Jeremias 33:14-16

¹⁴Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform the good word that I have spoken to the house of Israel, and to the house of Juda. ¹⁵In those days, and at that time, I will make the bud of justice to spring forth unto David, and he shall do judgment and justice in the earth. ¹⁶In those days shall Juda be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely: and this is the name that they shall call him, The Lord our just one.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 24:4-5, 8-10, 14 (Psalm 25 at Mass)

⁴Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths. ⁵Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long.

⁸The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way. ⁹He will guide the mild in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways. ¹⁰All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to them that seek after his covenant and his testimonies.

¹⁴The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.

Second reading: 1 Thessalonians 3:12–4:2

Douay-Rheims: 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13; 4:1-2

^3:12And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in charity towards one another, and towards all men: as we do also towards you, ¹³To confirm your hearts without blame, in holiness, before God and our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen.

^4:1For the rest therefore, brethren, we pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us, how you ought to walk, and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more. ²For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus.

Gospel: Luke 21:25-28, 34-36

Douay-Rheims: Luke 21:25-28, 34-36

²⁵And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves; ²⁶Men withering away for fear, and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall be moved; ²⁷And then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with great power and majesty. ²⁸But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand.

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
28, First Sunday of Advent, liturgical color violet, this page	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

For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man dear to God.

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

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