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Pentecost Season · All Souls: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed · Year A

Matthew 11:25-30 or 25:31-46 or Luke 7:11-17 or 23:44-46, 50, 52-53; 24:1-6a or 24:13-16, 28-35 or John 5:24-29 or 6:37-40, 6:51-59 or 11:17-27, 11:32-45 or 14:1-6

November 2, 2026

The Sermon on the Mount, Carl Bloch — The Sermon on the Mount, Carl Bloch, 1877Museum of National History, Frederiksborg · public domain

Roman Lectionary

GospelMatt. 5:1-12a Alt. GospelMatt. 11:25-30 or25:31-46 orLuke 7:11-17 or23:44-46, 50, 52-53; 24:1-6a or24:13-16, 28-35 orJohn 5:24-29 or6:37-40, 6:51-59 or11:17-27, 11:32-45 or14:1-6

First ReadingWis. 3:1-9 or4:7-15 Alt. 1st ReadingIsa. 25:6-9

Responsorial PsalmPs. 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Alt. PsalmPs. 25:6, 7b, 17-18, 20-21 or27:1, 4, 7, 8b, 9a, 13-14

Second ReadingRom. 5:5-11 or5:17-21 Alt. 2nd ReadingRom. 6:3-9 or8:14-23 or8:31b-35, 37-39 or14:7-9, 10c-12 or1 Cor. 15:20-28 or15:51-57 or2 Cor. 4:14-5:1 or5:1, 6-10 orPhil. 3:20-21 or1 Thess. 4:13-18 or2 Tim. 2:8-13

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