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November 2025 Sunday Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Scripture<\/strong> Readings for Sundays in November 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays of the Year. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select Month:<\/strong> January<\/a><\/strong> \/ February<\/strong><\/a> \/ March<\/strong><\/a> \/ April<\/strong><\/a> \/ May<\/strong><\/a> \/ June<\/strong><\/a> \/ July<\/strong><\/a> \/ August<\/strong><\/a> \/ September<\/strong><\/a> \/ October<\/strong><\/a> \/ November<\/strong><\/a> \/ December<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday Mass Readings for<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

November 2025  – Year C<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 2nd November 2025 – 31st Sunday of the Year<\/a>
Sunday 9th November 2025 – 32nd Sunday of the Year<\/a>
Sunday 16th November 2025 – 33rd Sunday of the Year<\/a>
Sunday 23rd November 2025 – Feast of Christ the King<\/a>
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Sunday 30th November is with the Advent and Christmas readings in December<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday 2nd November 2025 – 31st Sunday of the Year <\/b><\/p> \n\n

31st Sunday of the Year<\/p>\n\n\n

A reading from the Book of Wisdom 11:22-12:2<\/b><\/font color>
\n\nYou are merciful to all, because you love all that exists<\/i><\/p>\n\n

In your sight, Lord, the whole world is like a grain of dust that tips the scales,
\nlike a drop of morning dew falling on the ground.
\nYet you are merciful to all, because you can do all things
\nand overlook men\u2019s sins so that they can repent.
\nYes, you love all that exists, you hold nothing of what you have made in abhorrence,
\nfor had you hated anything, you would not have formed it.
\nAnd how, had you not willed it, could a thing persist,
\nhow be conserved if not called forth by you?
\nYou spare all things because all things are yours, Lord, lover of life,
\nyou whose imperishable spirit is in all.
\nLittle by little, therefore, you correct those who offend,
\nyou admonish and remind them of how they have sinned,
\nso that they may abstain from evil and trust in you, Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n

\nPsalm: 144(145):1-2, 8-11, 13b-14<\/font>
<\/b>\n\nI will give you glory, O God my king,
\nI will bless your name for ever.
\nI will bless you day after day
\nand praise your name for ever.<\/p>\n\n

The Lord is kind and full of compassion,
\nslow to anger, abounding in love.
\nHow good is the Lord to all,
\ncompassionate to all his creatures.<\/p>\n\n

All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,
\nand your friends shall repeat their blessing.
\nThey shall speak of the glory of your reign
\nand declare your might, O God.<\/p>\n\n

The Lord is faithful in all his words
\nand loving in all his deeds.
\nThe Lord supports all who fall
\nand raises all who are bowed down.<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Second Letter of St Paul to Thessalonians 1:11-2:2<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nThe name of Christ will be glorified in you, and you in him<\/i><\/p>\n\n

We pray continually that our God will make you worthy of his call, and by his power fulfil all your desires for goodness and complete all that you have been doing through faith; because in this way the name of our Lord Jesus Christ will be glorified in you and you in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nTo turn now, brothers, to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we shall all be gathered round him: please do not get excited too soon or alarmed by any prediction or rumour or any letter claiming to come from us, implying that the Day of the Lord has already arrived.<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Luke 19:1-10<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nSalvation comes to the house of Zacchaeus<\/i><\/p>\n\n

Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the town when a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance: he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man. He was anxious to see what kind of man Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way. When Jesus reached the spot he looked up and spoke to him: \u2018Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today.\u2019 And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully. They all complained when they saw what was happening. \u2018He has gone to stay at a sinner\u2019s house\u2019 they said. But Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord, \u2018Look, sir, I am going to give half my property to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will pay him back four times the amount.\u2019 And Jesus said to him, \u2018Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek out and save what was lost.\u2019<\/p>
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Sunday 9th November 2025 – 32nd Sunday of the Year<\/b><\/p>\n\n

32nd Sunday of the Year<\/p> \n\n\n

A reading from the Second Book of the Maccabees 7:1-2,9-14<\/b><\/font color>
\n\n\u2018The King of the world will raise us up to live for ever\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n\n

There were seven brothers who were arrested with their mother. The king tried to force them to taste pig\u2019s flesh, which the Law forbids, by torturing them with whips and scourges. One of them, acting as spokesman for the others, said, \u2018What are you trying to find out from us? We are prepared to die rather than break the laws of our ancestors.\u2019
\nWith his last breath the second brother exclaimed, \u2018Inhuman fiend, you may discharge us from this present life, but the King of the world will raise us up, since it is for his laws that we die, to live again for ever.\u2019
\nAfter him, they amused themselves with the third, who on being asked for his tongue promptly thrust it out and boldly held out his hands, with these honourable words, \u2018It was heaven that gave me these limbs; for the sake of his laws I disdain them; from him I hope to receive them again.\u2019 The king and his attendants were astounded at the young man\u2019s courage and his utter indifference to suffering.
\nWhen this one was dead they subjected the fourth to the same savage torture. When he neared his end he cried, \u2018Ours is the better choice, to meet death at men\u2019s hands, yet relying on God\u2019s promise that we shall be raised up by him; whereas for you there can be no resurrection, no new life.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n

\nPsalm: 16(17):1,5-6,8,15<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nLord, hear a cause that is just,
\npay heed to my cry.
\nTurn your ear to my prayer:
\nno deceit is on my lips.<\/p>\n\n

I kept my feet firmly in your paths;
\nthere was no faltering in my steps.
\nI am here and I call, you will hear me, O God.
\nTurn your ear to me; hear my words.<\/p>\n\n

Guard me as the apple of your eye.
\nHide me in the shadow of your wings
\nAs for me, in my justice I shall see your face
\nand be filled, when I awake, with the sight of your glory.<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Second Letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians 2:16-3:5<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\n“May the Lord strengthen you in everything good that you do or say<\/i><\/p>\n\n

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who has given us his love and, through his grace, such inexhaustible comfort and such sure hope, comfort you and strengthen you in everything good that you do or say.
\nFinally, brothers, pray for us; pray that the Lord\u2019s message may spread quickly, and be received with honour as it was among you; and pray that we may be preserved from the interference of bigoted and evil people, for faith is not given to everyone. But the Lord is faithful, and he will give you strength and guard you from the evil one, and we, in the Lord, have every confidence that you are doing and will go on doing all that we tell you. May the Lord turn your hearts towards the love of God and the fortitude of Christ.<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Luke 20:27-38<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nHe is God, not of the dead, but of the living<\/i><\/p>\n\n

Some Sadducees \u2013 those who say that there is no resurrection \u2013 approached Jesus and they put this question to him, \u2018Master, we have it from Moses in writing, that if a man\u2019s married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother. Well then, there were seven brothers. The first, having married a wife, died childless. The second and then the third married the widow. And the same with all seven, they died leaving no children. Finally the woman herself died. Now, at the resurrection, to which of them will she be wife since she had been married to all seven?\u2019
\nJesus replied, \u2018The children of this world take wives and husbands, but those who are judged worthy of a place in the other world and in the resurrection from the dead do not marry because they can no longer die, for they are the same as the angels, and being children of the resurrection they are sons of God. And Moses himself implies that the dead rise again, in the passage about the bush where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now he is God, not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all men are in fact alive.\u2019<\/p>
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33rd Sunday of the Year<\/p> \n\n\n

A reading from the Prophet Malachi 3:19-20<\/b><\/font color>
\n\nFor you the sun of righteousness will shine out<\/i><\/p>\n\n

The day is coming now, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and the evil-doers will be like stubble. The day that is coming is going to burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, leaving them neither root nor stalk. But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will shine out with healing in its rays.<\/p>\n\n\n

\nPsalm: 97(98):5-9<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nSing psalms to the Lord with the harp
\nwith the sound of music.
\nWith trumpets and the sound of the horn
\nacclaim the King, the Lord.<\/p>\n\n

Let the sea and all within it, thunder;
\nthe world, and all its peoples.
\nLet the rivers clap their hands
\nand the hills ring out their joy
\nat the presence of the Lord.<\/p>\n\n

For the Lord comes,
\nhe comes to rule the earth.
\nHe will rule the world with justice
\nand the peoples with fairness.<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Second Letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians 3:7-12<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nDo not let anyone have food if he refuses to work<\/i><\/p>\n\n

You know how you are supposed to imitate us: now we were not idle when we were with you, nor did we ever have our meals at anyone\u2019s table without paying for them; no, we worked night and day, slaving and straining, so as not to be a burden on any of you. This was not because we had no right to be, but in order to make ourselves an example for you to follow.
\nWe gave you a rule when we were with you: do not let anyone have any food if he refuses to do any work. Now we hear that there are some of you who are living in idleness, doing no work themselves but interfering with everyone else\u2019s. In the Lord Jesus Christ, we order and call on people of this kind to go on quietly working and earning the food that they eat.<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Luke 21:5-19<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nThe destruction of the Temple foretold : Your endurance will win you your lives.<\/i><\/p>\n\n

When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, Jesus said, \u2018All these things you are staring at now \u2013 the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another: everything will be destroyed.\u2019 And they put to him this question: \u2018Master,\u2019 they said \u2018when will this happen, then, and what sign will there be that this is about to take place?\u2019
\n\u2018Take care not to be deceived,\u2019 he said \u2018because many will come using my name and saying, \u201cI am he\u201d and, \u201cThe time is near at hand.\u201d Refuse to join them. And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened, for this is something that must happen but the end is not so soon.\u2019 Then he said to them, \u2018Nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes and plagues and famines here and there; there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
\n\u2018But before all this happens, men will seize you and persecute you; they will hand you over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and bring you before kings and governors because of my name \u2013 and that will be your opportunity to bear witness. Keep this carefully in mind: you are not to prepare your defence, because I myself shall give you an eloquence and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to resist or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death. You will be hated by all men on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be lost. Your endurance will win you your lives.\u2019<\/p>
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Sunday 23rd November 2025 – Feast of Christ the King<\/b><\/p> \n\n

Christ the King<\/p>\n\n\n

A reading from the Second Book of Samuel 5:1-3<\/b><\/font color>
\n\nThey anointed David king of Israel<\/i><\/p>\n\n

All the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron. \u2018Look\u2019 they said \u2018we are your own flesh and blood. In days past when Saul was our king, it was you who led Israel in all their exploits; and the Lord said to you, \u201cYou are the man who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you shall be the leader of Israel.\u201d\u2019 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a pact with them at Hebron in the presence of the Lord, and they anointed David king of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n

\nPsalm: 121(122):1-5<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nI rejoiced when I heard them say:
\n\u2018Let us go to God\u2019s house.\u2019
\nAnd now our feet are standing
\nwithin your gates, O Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n

Jerusalem is built as a city
\nstrongly compact.
\nIt is there that the tribes go up,
\nthe tribes of the Lord.<\/p>\n\n

For Israel\u2019s law it is,
\nthere to praise the Lord\u2019s name.
\nThere were set the thrones of judgement
\nof the house of David.<\/p>\n\n

Strong is his love for us;
\nhe is faithful for ever.<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Colossians 1:12-20<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nThe Father has created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that he loves<\/i><\/p>\n\n

We give thanks to the Father who has made it possible for you to join the saints and with them to inherit the light.
Because that is what he has done: he has taken us out of the power of darkness and created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that he loves, and in him, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.

He is the image of the unseen God
and the first-born of all creation,
for in him were created
all things in heaven and on earth:
everything visible and everything invisible,
Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers \u2013
all things were created through him and for him.
Before anything was created, he existed,
and he holds all things in unity.
Now the Church is his body,
he is its head.

As he is the Beginning,
he was first to be born from the dead,
so that he should be first in every way;
because God wanted all perfection
to be found in him
and all things to be reconciled through him and for him,
everything in heaven and everything on earth,
when he made peace
by his death on the cross.<\/p>\n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Luke 23:35-43<\/font color>
<\/b>\n\n\u2018Today you will be with me in paradise\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n\n

The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. \u2018He saved others,\u2019 they said \u2018let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.\u2019 The soldiers mocked him too, and when they approached to offer vinegar they said, \u2018If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.\u2019 Above him there was an inscription: \u2018This is the King of the Jews.\u2019
\nOne of the criminals hanging there abused him. \u2018Are you not the Christ?\u2019 he said. \u2018Save yourself and us as well.\u2019 But the other spoke up and rebuked him. \u2018Have you no fear of God at all?\u2019 he said. \u2018You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus,\u2019 he said \u2018remember me when you come into your kingdom.\u2019 \u2018Indeed, I promise you,\u2019 he replied \u2018today you will be with me in paradise.\u2019<\/p>
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