Mass Readings

First Reading – Is 2:1-5

This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come, the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it; many peoples shall come and say: “Come, let us climb the LORD’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may instruct us in His ways, and we may walk in His paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and impose terms on many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; one nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!

Responsorial Psalm – Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9

R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

I rejoiced because they said to me,
“We will go up to the house of the LORD.”
And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem. R.

Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD. R.

According to the decree for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David. R.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
May those who love you prosper!
May peace be within your walls,
prosperity in your buildings. R.

Because of my brothers and friends
I will say, “Peace be within you!”
Because of the house of the LORD, our God,
I will pray for your good. R.

Second Reading – Rom 13:11-14

Brothers and sisters: You know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and lust, not in rivalry and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

Gospel – Mt 24:37-44

Jesus said to His disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. In those days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark. They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be also at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be out in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”

Featured Saints

Sunday has precedence over the feast of St. Andrew, Apostle. Brother of St. Peter, and initially a disciple of St. John the Baptist, he was the first to receive the call of Jesus. He died by crucifixion in Patras, after having preached the Gospel in Achaea and in other regions of Greece.

St. Tudwal, abbot and bishop (†sixth century). After emigrating to Brittany from Wales,  he became the first Bishop of Tréguier, in Lower Brittany, France, where he built several monasteries.

St. Cuthbert Mayne, priest and martyr (†1577). He converted to Catholicism and was ordained priest. While exercising his ministry in England he was discovered and condemned to death during the reign of Elizabeth I.

St.­ Galgano­ Guidotti,­ hermit (†1181). After a dissolute youth, he lived as a penitent in the hermitage of Montesiepi, in Tuscany, Italy.

St. Thaddeus Liu Ruiting, priest and martyr (†1823). After enduring torture and more than two years of imprisonment, he was strangled to death in Quxian, China.

St. Joseph Marchand, priest and martyr (†1835). Priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society; during the reign of Emperor Minh Mang, he was condemned to death by a hundred lashes in Huê, Vietnam.

Blessed John of Vercelli, priest (†1283). Ardent preacher of devotion to the Most Holy Name of Jesus. For nineteen years he held the post of Master General of the Dominican Order.

Blessed Frederick of Ratisbon, confessor (†1329). Religious from the Order of St. Augustine, a skilled carpenter, he stood out for his fervent prayer, obedience and charity.

Blessed Alexander Crow, priest and martyr (†1586). Imprisoned for exercising his priestly ministry in England, he was drawn and quartered during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Blessed Ludwik Roch Gientyngier, priest and martyr (†1941). Executed near Munich, Germany, during military occupation of Poland.

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St. Andrew, Apostle

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Other Saints of November 30

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