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November 2026 Sunday Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Scripture<\/strong> Readings for Sundays in November 2026<\/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 2026\u00a0 – Year A<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

Sunday 1st November 2026 – Solemn Feast of All Saints<\/a>
Sunday 8th November 2026 – 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/a>
Sunday 15th November 2026 – 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/a>
Sunday 22nd November 2026 – Solemn Feast of Christ the King<\/a>\n
Sunday 29th November 2026 – 1st Sunday of Advent – see December<\/a><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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\"\"<\/figure> <\/p>\n\n\n Sunday 1st November – The Solemn Feast of All Saints <\/b><\/p> \n\n

\"All<\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Book of the Apocalypse 7:2-4, 9-14 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\n I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

I, John, saw another angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land and sea, \u2018Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.\u2019 Then I heard how many were sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel.
After that I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. They shouted aloud, \u2018Victory to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!\u2019 And all the angels who were standing in a circle round the throne, surrounding the elders and the four animals, prostrated themselves before the throne, and touched the ground with their foreheads, worshipping God with these words, \u2018Amen. Praise and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.\u2019
One of the elders then spoke, and asked me, \u2018Do you know who these people are, dressed in white robes, and where they have come from?\u2019 I answered him, \u2018You can tell me, my lord.\u2019 Then he said, \u2018These are the people who have been through the great persecution, and they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb.\u2019<\/p>\n \n

\nPsalm: 23(24):1-6 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\nThe Lord\u2019s is the earth and its fullness,
\nthe world and all its peoples.
\nIt is he who set it on the seas;
\non the waters he made it firm.<\/p>\n\n

Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?
\nWho shall stand in his holy place?
\nThe man with clean hands and pure heart,
\nwho desires not worthless things.<\/p>\n\n

He shall receive blessings from the Lord
\nand reward from the God who saves him.
\nSuch are the men who seek him,
\nseek the face of the God of Jacob.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n A reading from the First Letter of St John 3:1-3
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n We shall be like God because we shall see him as he really is <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us,
by letting us be called God\u2019s children;
and that is what we are.
Because the world refused to acknowledge him,
therefore it does not acknowledge us.
My dear people, we are already the children of God
but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed;
all we know is, that when it is revealed
we shall be like him
because we shall see him as he really is.
Surely everyone who entertains this hope
must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ<\/p>\n\n A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 5:1-12a
<\/font color> <\/b>\n\nHow happy are the poor in spirit <\/i> <\/p>\n\n

Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:<\/p>\u2018How happy are the poor in spirit;
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy the gentle:
they shall have the earth for their heritage.
Happy those who mourn:
they shall be comforted.
Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right:
they shall be satisfied.
Happy the merciful:
they shall have mercy shown them.
Happy the pure in heart:
they shall see God.
Happy the peacemakers:
they shall be called sons of God.
Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right:
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\u2018Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure> <\/p>\n\n\n Sunday 8th November – 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time <\/p> \n\n

\"32nd<\/p> \n\n

A reading from the Book of Wisdom 6:12-16 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\nWisdom is found by those who look for her<\/i> <\/p>\n\n

Wisdom is bright, and does not grow dim.
By those who love her she is readily seen,
and found by those who look for her.
Quick to anticipate those who desire her, she makes herself known to them.
Watch for her early and you will have no trouble;
you will find her sitting at your gates.
Even to think about her is understanding fully grown;
be on the alert for her and anxiety will quickly leave you.
She herself walks about looking for those who are worthy of her
and graciously shows herself to them as they go,
in every thought of theirs coming to meet them.<\/p>\n\n

Psalm: 62(63):2-8 <\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nO God, you are my God, for you I long;
\nfor you my soul is thirsting.
\nMy body pines for you
\nlike a dry, weary land without water.<\/p>\n\n

So I gaze on you in the sanctuary
\nto see your strength and your glory.
\nFor your love is better than life,
\nmy lips will speak your praise.<\/p>\n\n

So I will bless you all my life,
\nin your name I will lift up my hands.
\nMy soul shall be filled as with a banquet,
\nmy mouth shall praise you with joy.<\/p>\n\n

On my bed I remember you.
\nOn you I muse through the night
\nfor you have been my help;
\nin the shadow of your wings I rejoice.<\/p>\n\n\n

A reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians 4:13-18 <\/font color>
<\/b>\nDo not grieve about those who have died in Jesus<\/i><\/p>\n\n

We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him. We can tell you this from the Lord\u2019s own teaching, that any of us who are left alive until the Lord\u2019s coming will not have any advantage over those who have died. At the trumpet of God, the voice of the archangel will call out the command and the Lord himself will come down from heaven; those who have died in Christ will be the first to rise, and then those of us who are still alive will be taken up in the clouds, together with them; to meet the Lord in the air. So we shall stay with the Lord for ever. With such thoughts as these you should comfort one another.<\/p>\n\n

A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 25:1-13 <\/font color>
<\/b>\nThe wise and foolish virgins<\/i><\/p>\n\n

Jesus told this parable to his disciples: \u2018The kingdom of heaven will be like this: Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible: the foolish ones did take their lamps, but they brought no oil, whereas the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps. The bridegroom was late, and they all grew drowsy and fell asleep. But at midnight there was a cry, \u201cThe bridegroom is here! Go out and meet him.\u201d At this, all those bridesmaids woke up and trimmed their lamps, and the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, \u201cGive us some of your oil: our lamps are going out.\u201d But they replied, \u201cThere may not be enough for us and for you; you had better go to those who sell it and buy some for yourselves.\u201d They had gone off to buy it when the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding hall and the door was closed. The other bridesmaids arrived later. \u201cLord, Lord,\u201d they said \u201copen the door for us.\u201d But he replied, \u201cI tell you solemnly, I do not know you.\u201d So stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure> <\/p>\n\n\n Sunday 15th November – 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time<\/p> \n\n

\"33rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A reading from the Book of Proverbs 31:10-13,19-20,30-31<\/b> <\/font color>
\n\nA perfect wife – who can find her?<\/i> <\/p>\n\n\n

A perfect wife \u2013 who can find her?
She is far beyond the price of pearls.
Her husband\u2019s heart has confidence in her,
from her he will derive no little profit.
Advantage and not hurt she brings him
all the days of her life.
She is always busy with wool and with flax,
she does her work with eager hands.
She sets her hands to the distaff,
her fingers grasp the spindle.
She holds out her hand to the poor,
she opens her arms to the needy.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty;
the woman who is wise is the one to praise.
Give her a share in what her hands have worked for,
and let her works tell her praises at the city gates.<\/p>\n\n Psalm 127(128):1-5 <\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nO blessed are those who fear the Lord
\nand walk in his ways!
\nBy the labour of your hands you shall eat.
\nYou will be happy and prosper.<\/p>\n\n

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
\nin the heart of your house;
\nyour children like shoots of the olive,
\naround your table.<\/p>\n\n

Indeed thus shall be blessed
\nthe man who fears the Lord.
\nMay the Lord bless you from Zion
\nall the days of your life!<\/p>\n\n\n

A reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians 5:1-6<\/font color>
<\/b>\nGod will bring with him those who have died in Jesus<\/i><\/p>\n\n

You will not be expecting us to write anything to you, brothers, about \u2018times and seasons\u2019, since you know very well that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night. It is when people are saying, \u2018How quiet and peaceful it is\u2019 that the worst suddenly happens, as suddenly as labour pains come on a pregnant woman; and there will be no way for anybody to evade it.
But it is not as if you live in the dark, my brothers, for that Day to overtake you like a thief. No, you are all sons of light and sons of the day: we do not belong to the night or to darkness, so we should not go on sleeping, as everyone else does, but stay wide awake and sober.<\/p>\n\n

A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 25:14-30 <\/font color>
<\/b>\nYou have been faithful in small things: come and join in your master’s happiness<\/i><\/p>\n\n

Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples: \u2018The kingdom of Heaven is like a man on his way abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third one; each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out.
\u2018The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more. The man who had received two made two more in the same way. But the man who had received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master\u2019s money.
\u2018Now a long time after, the master of those servants came back and went through his accounts with them. The man who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more. \u201cSir,\u201d he said \u201cyou entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made.\u201d
\u2018His master said to him, \u201cWell done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master\u2019s happiness.\u201d
\u2018Next the man with the two talents came forward. \u201cSir,\u201d he said \u201cyou entrusted me with two talents; here are two more that I have made.\u201d His master said to him, \u201cWell done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master\u2019s happiness.\u201d
\u2018Last came forward the man who had the one talent. \u201cSir,\u201d said he \u201cI had heard you were a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered; so I was afraid, and I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here it is; it was yours, you have it back.\u201d But his master answered him, \u201cYou wicked and lazy servant! So you knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered? Well then, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have recovered my capital with interest. So now, take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the five talents. For to everyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from the man who has not, even what he has will be taken away. As for this good-for-nothing servant, throw him out into the dark, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure> <\/p>\n\n\n Sunday 22nd November – Solemn Feast of Christ the King (34th Sunday of Ordinary Time) <\/p> \n\n

\"Feast<\/p> \n\n

A reading from the Prophet Ezekiel 34:11-12,15-17<\/font color>
<\/b>\nThe Lord will judge between sheep and sheep<\/i><\/p>\n\n

The Lord says this: I am going to look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view. As a shepherd keeps all his flock in view when he stands up in the middle of his scattered sheep, so shall I keep my sheep in view. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered during the mist and darkness. I myself will pasture my sheep, I myself will show them where to rest \u2013 it is the Lord who speaks. I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the wounded and make the weak strong. I shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them.
As for you, my sheep, the Lord says this: I will judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and he-goats.<\/p>\n\n

Psalm 22(23):1-3a, 5-6 <\/font color>
<\/b>\n\nThe Lord is my shepherd;
\nthere is nothing I shall want.
\nFresh and green are the pastures
\nwhere he gives me repose.<\/p>\n\n

Near restful waters he leads me,
\nto revive my drooping spirit.
\nHe guides me along the right path;
\nhe is true to his name.<\/p>\n\n

You have prepared a banquet for me
\nin the sight of my foes.
\nMy head you have anointed with oil;
\nmy cup is overflowing.<\/p>\n\n

Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me
\nall the days of my life.
\nIn the Lord\u2019s own house shall I dwell
\nfor ever and ever.<\/p>\n\n

A reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 15:20-26,28<\/font color>
<\/b>\nChrist will hand over the kingdom to God the Father; so that God may be all in all<\/i><\/p>\n\n

Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of all who have fallen asleep. Death came through one man and in the same way the resurrection of the dead has come through one man. Just as all men die in Adam, so all men will be brought to life in Christ; but all of them in their proper order: Christ as the first-fruits and then, after the coming of Christ, those who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, having done away with every sovereignty, authority and power. For he must be king until he has put all his enemies under his feet and the last of the enemies to be destroyed is death, for everything is to be put under his feet. And when everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subject in his turn to the One who subjected all things to him, so that God may be all in all.<\/p>\n\n

A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 25:31-46 <\/font color>
<\/b>\nI was naked and you clothed me; sick, and you visited me<\/i><\/p>\n\n

Jesus said to his disciples: \u2018When the Son of Man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. All the nations will be assembled before him and he will separate men one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.
\u2018Then the King will say to those on his right hand, \u201cCome, you whom my Father has blessed, take for your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you made me welcome; naked and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me.\u201d Then the virtuous will say to him in reply, \u201cLord, when did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome; naked and clothe you; sick or in prison and go to see you?\u201d And the King will answer, \u201cI tell you solemnly, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.\u201d
\u2018Next he will say to those on his left hand, \u201cGo away from me, with your curse upon you, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you never gave me food; I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink; I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, naked and you never clothed me, sick and in prison and you never visited me.\u201d Then it will be their turn to ask, \u201cLord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or naked, sick or in prison, and did not come to your help?\u201d Then he will answer, \u201cI tell you solemnly, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the least of these, you neglected to do it to me.\u201d
\u2018And they will go away to eternal punishment, and the virtuous to eternal life.\u2019<\/p>\n\n
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