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Daily Readings - 26/11/2026

THURSDAY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, feria

Ordinary Time Week XXXIV Green

First Reading : Rv 18, 1-2. 21-23; 19, 1-3. 9a

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Psalm : Ps 100 (99)

R// Blessed are those called to the wedding feast of the Lamb.

For thanksgiving

100:1 Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth,

100:2 serve Yahweh gladly, come into his presence with songs of joy!

100:3 Know that he, Yahweh, is God, he made us and we belong to him, we are his people, the flock that he pastures.

100:4 Walk through his porticos giving thanks, enter his courts praising him, give thanks to him, bless his name!

100:5 Yes, Yahweh is good, his love is everlasting, his faithfulness endures from age to age.

Gospel : Lk 21, 20-28

The siege

21:20 ‘When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you must realise that she will soon be laid desolate.

21:21 Then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in country districts must not take refuge in it.

21:22 For this is the time of vengeance when all that scripture says[*b] must be fulfilled.

21:23 Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!

‘For great misery will descend on the land and wrath on this people.

21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive to every pagan country; and Jerusalem will be trampled down by the pagans until the age of the pagans is completely over.

Cosmic disasters and the coming of the Son of Man

21:25 ‘There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; on earth nations in agony, bewildered by the clamour of the ocean and its waves;

21:26 men dying of fear as they await what menaces the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.

21:27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

21:28 When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation[*c] is near at hand.’