On Wednesday, November 4, 2026, the Church in the United States celebrates the memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop (Cycle II); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 14:25-33.
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The liturgical day
Liturgical color
White
Celebration
St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Season
Ordinary Time · Week 31
Rank
Memorial
Sunday cycle
Year A
Weekday cycle
Cycle II
Mass readings US
First ReadingPhilippians 2:12-18
12And so, my most beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but even more so now in my absence: work toward your salvation with fear and trembling.
13For it is God who works in you, both so as to choose, and so as to act, in accord with his good will.
14And do everything without murmuring or hesitation.
15So may you be without blame, simple sons of God, without reproof, in the midst of a depraved and perverse nation, among whom you shine like lights in the world,
16holding to the Word of Life, until my glory in the day of Christ. For I have not run in vain, nor have I labored in vain.
17Moreover, if I am to be immolated because of the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and give thanks with all of you.
18And over this same thing, you also should rejoice and give thanks, together with me.
25Now great crowds traveled with him. And turning around, he said to them:
26“If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.
27And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
28For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it?
29Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him,
30saying: ‘This man began to build what he was not able to finish.’
31Or, what king, advancing to engage in war against another king, would not first sit down and consider whether he may be able, with ten thousand, to meet one who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32If not, then while the other is still far away, sending a delegation, he would ask him for terms of peace.
33Therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all that he possesses is not able to be my disciple.
Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar.
In US parishes the readings are proclaimed from the NABRE; the text shown here is the Catholic Public Domain Version.
Old Testament readings and the psalm are listed with a link to their chapter: the US Lectionary numbers some of their verses differently from the CPDV, so their text is not printed here. Psalm citations keep the Lectionary’s Hebrew numbering; the CPDV numbers the Psalms as the Vulgate does.
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