Daily readings

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Saint Martin de Porres, Religious. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationSaint Martin de Porres, Religious

TypeOptional Memorial

SeasonOrdinary Time

Year2026 archive

The Roman Catholic readings for this date are shown below on-site. Use plain reading mode if you want clearer modern wording, or switch back to the original Douay-Rheims wording at any time.

Reading mode

Plain mode helps modern readers follow the text more easily.

On-site scripture text: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition. Plain mode is a built-in reading aid that modernizes older wording for easier understanding while keeping the same Roman Catholic reading references for the day.

1

First Reading

Philippians 2:5-11

How to approach it

Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.

5For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man.

8He humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even to the death of the cross.

9For which cause God also has exalted him, and has given him a name which is above all names:

10That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth:

11And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.

2

Psalm

Psalm 22:26b-27, 28-30ab, 30e, 31-32

How to pray it

The psalm is meant to be prayed, not rushed. If the wording feels older, focus on the main movement of the prayer: trust, praise, sorrow, gratitude, or hope.

31And to him my soul shall live: and my offspring shall serve him.

32There shall be told to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall show forth his righteousness to a people that shall be born, which the Lord has made.

3

Gospel

Luke 14:15-24

What to watch for

The Gospel is the center of the reading set. Pay close attention to what Jesus says, what Jesus does, and what response he is asking for.

15When one of them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is the one who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.

17And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready.

18And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I ask you, hold me excused.

19And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I ask you, hold me excused.

20And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

21And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame.

22And the servant said: Lord, it is done as you have commanded, and yet there is room.

23And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be satisfied.

24But I say to you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.

Source note

This page uses the Catholic Readings API for the day's references and liturgical celebration data, while the on-site scripture text is rendered from the public-domain Douay-Rheims Bible distributed through the Open Bibles project.