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title: "Mass Readings for November 15, 2026: 33rd Sunday in OT"
url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/11/15/
description: "November 15, 2026: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, green. Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; Matthew 25:14-30. Gospel in the CPDV."
updated: 2026-10-20
---

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

# Mass Readings *for Sunday, November 15, 2026*

On Sunday, November 15, 2026, the Church in the United States celebrates the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A); the liturgical color is green. The Gospel is Matthew 25:14-30.

Updated October 20, 2026

## The liturgical day

Liturgical color

Green

- **Celebration**: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
- **Season**: Ordinary Time · Week 33
- **Rank**: Sunday
- **Sunday cycle**: Year A
- **Weekday cycle**: Cycle II

## Mass readings (US)

### First Reading: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31

Read in the CPDV: [Proverbs 31](https://blessbible.app/bible/proverbs/31/)

### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5

Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 128 (127 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/127/)

### Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6

- 1 But concerning dates and times, brothers, you do not need us to write to you.
- 2 For you yourselves thoroughly understand that the day of the Lord shall arrive much like a thief in the night.
- 3 For when they will say, “Peace and security!” then destruction will suddenly overwhelm them, like the labor pains of a woman with child, and they will not escape.
- 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that you would be overtaken by that day as by a thief.
- 5 For all of you are sons of light and sons of daytime; we are not of nighttime, nor of darkness.
- 6 Therefore, let us not sleep, as the rest do. Instead, we should be vigilant and sober.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 Thessalonians 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-thessalonians/5/)

### Alleluia: John 15:4a, 5b

Read in the CPDV: [John 15](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/15/)

### Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30

or Matthew 25:14-15, 19-21

- 14 For it is like a man setting out on a long journey, who called his servants and delivered to them his goods.
- 15 And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, yet to another he gave one, to each according to his own ability. And promptly, he set out.
- 16 Then he who had received five talents went out, and he made use of these, and he gained another five.
- 17 And similarly, he who had received two gained another two.
- 18 But he who had received one, going out, dug into the earth, and he hid the money of his lord.
- 19 Yet truly, after a long time, the lord of those servants returned and he settled accounts with them.
- 20 And when he who had received five talents approached, he brought another five talents, saying: ‘Lord, you delivered five talents to me. Behold, I have increased it by another five.’
- 21 His lord said to him: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Since you have been faithful over a few things, I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the gladness of your lord.’
- 22 Then he who had received two talents also approached, and he said: ‘Lord, you delivered two talents to me. Behold, I have gained another two.’
- 23 His lord said to him: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Since you have been faithful over a few things, I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the gladness of your lord.’
- 24 Then he who had received one talent, approaching, said: ‘Lord, I know that you are a hard man. You reap where you have not sown, and gather where you have not scattered.
- 25 And so, being afraid, I went out and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’
- 26 But his lord said to him in response: ‘You evil and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered.
- 27 Therefore, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and then, at my arrival, at least I would have received what is mine with interest.
- 28 And so, take the talent away from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.
- 29 For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he shall have in abundance. But from him who has not, even what he seems to have, shall be taken away.
- 30 And cast that useless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Matthew 25](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/25/)

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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## Saint of the day

[St. Albert the Great](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-albert-the-great/)

Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Remembered on November 15

Patron of scientists and philosophers

[Read about St. Albert the Great](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-albert-the-great/)

The day’s Mass celebrates the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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