Monday, 9 November 2026
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide
First Reading
1And he brought me again to the gate of the house, and behold waters issued out from under the threshold of the house toward the east: for the forefront, of the house looked toward the east: but the waters came down to the right side of the temple to the south part of the altar. 2And he led me out by the way of the north gate, and he caused me to turn to the way without the outward gate to the way that looked toward the east: and behold there ran out waters on the right side.
8And he said to me: These waters that issue forth toward the hillocks of sand to the east, and go down to the plains of the desert, shall go into the sea, and shall go out, and the waters shall be healed. 9And every living creature that creepeth whithersoever the torrent shall come, shall live: and there shall be fishes in abundance after these waters shall come thither, and they shall be healed, and all things shall live to which the torrent shall come.
12And by the torrent on the banks thereof on both sides shall grow all trees that bear fruit: their leaf shall not fall off, and their fruit shall not fail: every month shall they bring forth firstfruits, because the waters thereof shall issue out of the sanctuary: and the fruits thereof shall be for food, and the leaves thereof for medicine.
Responsorial Psalm
2Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.
3Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; and the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea.
5The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: the most High hath sanctified his own tabernacle.
6God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: God will help it in the morning early.
8The Lord of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our protector.
9Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon earth,
Second Reading
9For we are God's coadjutors: you are God's husbandry; you are God's building. 10According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid; which is Christ Jesus.
16Know you not, that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are.
Gospel
13And the pasch of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14And he found in the temple them that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting. 15And when he had made, as it were, a scourge of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, the sheep also and the oxen, and the money of the changers he poured out, and the tables he overthrew. 16And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic. 17And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up. 18The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to him: What sign dost thou shew unto us, seeing thou dost these things? 19Jesus answered, and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20The Jews then said: Six and forty years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days? 21But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22When therefore he was risen again from the dead, his disciples remembered, that he had said this, and they believed the scripture, and the word that Jesus had said.
Same readings worldwide and in the United States.
Text: Douay-Rheims (public domain). Reading citations: cpbjr/catholic-readings-api (MIT license). The Lectionary text used at Mass in the United States is the NABRE, which you can read at USCCB.