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Mass Readings

Sunday, November 21, 2027

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

Solemnity · Ordinary Time · Cycle B · Year I · White

Reading I

Dan 7:13-14

I beheld, therefore, in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the ancient of days: and they presented him before him.

And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes, and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 93:1a, 1b-2, 5

The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.

My throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting.

Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

Reading II

Rev 1:5-8

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth, who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood

And hath made us a kingdom, and priests to God and his Father. To him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.

Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him: and they also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall bewail themselves because of him. Even so. Amen.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Gospel Acclamation

Mark 11:9b+10a

And they that went before and they that followed cried, saying: Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Blessed be the kingdom of our father David that cometh: Hosanna in the highest.

Gospel

John 18:33b-37

Pilate therefore went into the hall again and called Jesus and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews?

Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of me?

Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me. What hast thou done?

Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.

Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

About These Readings

Scripture text from the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision, 1899), which is in the public domain. The Mass readings follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the dioceses of the United States.

The Douay-Rheims follows the Vulgate numbering, which in the Psalms, Sirach, and a few other books can differ by a chapter or a few verses from the numbering in the modern Lectionary. The text is the same passage.

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