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Tuesday, November 30, 2027

Saint Andrew, Apostle

The liturgical day

Saint Andrew, Apostle

Feast
Advent
Liturgical color: Red

The Mass readings

First reading: Romans 10:9-18
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11
Gospel: Matthew 4:18-22

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: Romans 10:9-18

Douay-Rheims: Romans 10:9-18

⁹For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ¹⁰For, with the heart, we believe unto justice; but, with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. ¹¹For the scripture saith: Whosoever believeth in him, shall not be confounded. ¹²For there is no distinction of the Jew and the Greek: for the same is Lord over all, rich unto all that call upon him. ¹³For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved. ¹⁴How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without a preacher? ¹⁵And how shall they preach unless they be sent, as it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring glad tidings of good things! ¹⁶But all do not obey the gospel. For Isaias saith: Lord, who hath believed our report? ¹⁷Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ. ¹⁸But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, verily, their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the whole world.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 18:8-11 (Psalm 19 at Mass)

⁸The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones. ⁹The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes. ¹⁰The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves. ¹¹More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

Gospel: Matthew 4:18-22

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 4:18-22

¹⁸And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers). ¹⁹And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men. ²⁰And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him. ²¹And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them. ²²And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him.

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	29, Monday of the first week of Advent, liturgical color violet	30, Saint Andrew, Apostle, liturgical color red, this page

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Saint of the day

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A word for the day

There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of God?

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, chapter 2. Translated by William Benham. Read it on Project Gutenberg.

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