The month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory whose feast is celebrated on November 2.

The Holy Father’s Intentions for the Month of November 2024

For anyone who has lost a child: We pray that all parents who

mourn the loss of a son or daughter find support in their community and

receive peace and consolation from the Holy Spirit.

Feasts for November

01. ALL SAINTS, Solemnity

02. ALL SOULS, Commem.

03. THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

04. Charles Borromeo, Memorial

09. Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, Feast

10. THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

11. Martin of Tours; Veterans Day (USA), Memorial

12. Josaphat, Memorial

13. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Memorial

15. Albert the Great, Opt. Mem.

16. Margaret of Scotland; Gertrude, Opt. Mem.

17. THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

18. Basilicas of Peter and Paul; Rose Philippine Duchesne (USA), Opt. Mem.

21. Presentation of Mary, Memorial

22. Cecilia, Memorial

23. Clement I; Columban; Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro (USA), Opt. Mem.

24. OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE, Memorial

25. Catherine of Alexandria, Opt. Mem.

30. Andrew, Apostle, Feast

Focus of the Liturgy

The Gospels for the Sundays in November 2024, are from St. Mark, Year B, and the Weekdays follow Cycle II.

November 3rd Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 12:28b-34: Love the Lord your God. Love your neighbor.

November 10th Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 12:38-44: This poor widow put in more than all the others.

November 17th Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 13:24-32: He will gather his elect form the four winds.

November 24th The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe – John 18:33b-37: You say I am a king.

Highlights of the Month

During November, as in all of Ordinary Time (Time After Pentecost), the Liturgy signifies and expresses the regenerated life from the coming of the Holy Spirit, which is to be spent on the model of Christ’s Life and under the direction of His Spirit. As we come to the end of the Church year we are asked to consider the end times, our own as well as the world’s. The culmination of the liturgical year is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. “This feast asserts the supreme authority of Christ over human beings and their institutions…. Beyond it we see Advent dawning with its perspective of the Lord’s coming in glory.”— The Liturgy and Time, A.G. Mortimort

The commemorations of St. Martin de Porres (November 3), St. Leo the Great (November 10), St. Elizabeth of Hungary (November 17), and St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (November 24) fall on Sundays and are superseded by the Sunday Liturgy.

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