The 25th of November, 2022 is Friday in the Thirty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time. The Holy Bible verses for the mass readings for this day came from the Liturgical Calendar Year 2022.
Reading 1: RV 20:1-4, 11-21:2
The first reading from the Book of Revelation.
I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
He seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.
Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
Responsorial Psalm: PS 84:2, 3, 4-5A and 7A
Response: “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people”
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
R: “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people”
Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.
R: “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people”
Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you.
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
They go from strength to strength.
R: “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people”
Gospel of the Day: LK 21:29-33
From the gospel scripture according to Luke.
He told them a parable. “See the fig tree and all the trees.
When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that God’s Kingdom is near.
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.”
Other Celebration
An optional celebration on this day is the Memorial of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr.