First Reading Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17
Read in the CPDV: Ezekiel 34
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe · Solemnity
Mass Readings for Sunday, November 22, 2026
On Sunday, November 22, 2026, the Church in the United States celebrates the solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Year A); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Matthew 25:31-46.
The liturgical day
Liturgical color
White
- Celebration
- The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
- Season
- Ordinary Time · Week 34
- Rank
- Solemnity
- Sunday cycle
- Year A
- Weekday cycle
- Cycle II
Mass readings US
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 23 (22 in the Vulgate)
Second Reading 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28
The text isn’t printed here: Bless can’t yet confirm that these verses line up exactly between the US Lectionary and the CPDV.
Read in the CPDV: 1 Corinthians 15
Alleluia Mark 11:9, 10
Read in the CPDV: Mark 11
Gospel Matthew 25:31-46
31But when the Son of man will have arrived in his majesty, and all the Angels with him, then he will sit upon the seat of his majesty.
32And all the nations shall be gathered together before him. And he shall separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33And he shall station the sheep, indeed, on his right, but the goats on his left.
34Then the King shall say to those who will be on his right: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father. Possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
36naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’
37Then the just will answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when have we seen you hungry, and fed you; thirsty, and given you drink?
38And when have we seen you a stranger, and taken you in? Or naked, and covered you?
39Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit to you?’
40And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’
41Then he shall also say, to those who will be on his left: ‘Depart from me, you accursed ones, into the eternal fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
42For I was hungry, and you did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and you did not give me to drink;
43I was a stranger and you did not take me in; naked, and you did not cover me; sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.’
44Then they will also answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?’
45Then he shall respond to them by saying: ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did not do it to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.’
46And these shall go into eternal punishment, but the just shall go into eternal life.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
Read in the CPDV: The whole of 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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The day’s Mass celebrates the solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.