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November 2026

3 Tuesday
  greenTuesday of the thirty-first week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [486] Phil 2:5-11; Ps 22:26b-27, 28-30ab, 30e, 31-32; Luke 14:15-24.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteBl Rupert Mayer, priest [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
From the Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Pastors: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Isa 6:1, 6-8; Ps 40(39):2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10+12; Luke 4:16a-22.
II. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 67(66):2-3, 5, 7-8; John 17:20-26.
III. 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23(22):1-3, 4, 5, 6; John 10:11-16.
Common of Pastors: Readings during Easter Time
I. Acts 20:28-38; Ps 145(144):8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab; John 14:23-29.
Optional
  whiteSt Martin de Porres, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [669] Phil 4:4-9 (#740.10); Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3 (#739.9); Matt 22:34-40 (#742.10).
Optional
Anniversary:91st anniversary of the death of P. Victor Nicot (76) d. 1935 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:84th anniversary of the death of F. Stephen Borecki (54) d. 1942 at Tehran, Iran. Read Obituary
Anniversary:37th anniversary of the death of F. Bernard Gately (65) d. 1989 at Blackpool, England. Read Obituary
SJ NOTE:(Pre-2014) Monthly Mass for deceased Jesuits should be offered on November 3 (or 4).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Blessed Rupert Mayer, Priest (Optional Memorial)

Rupert Mayer (1876-1945) was born in Stuttgart, Germany, ordained a diocesan priest in 1899, and a year later entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Austria. In 1912 he was assigned to take care of immigrants in Munich. He formed a network of clergy and laity to cooperate in serving the migrants throughout the city, providing them food, clothing, shelter and jobs. He fearlessly opposed the rise of Communism, National Socialism, and Hitler in particular. After the war he returned to his parish in Munich, where he suffered a brain haemorrhage and died in November 1945.

1593The 5th General Congregation was the first where there was no election of a new General. It was convoked to solve problems between Pope Sixtus V, King Philip II of Spain, and Father General Claudio Aquaviva. The Pope died before making any change in the Society, and the following Pope, Gregory XIV, confirmed the Society’s institute as it stood. GC 5 finished on 18th January 1594.
1614The vessel which was bringing the right arm of Xavier to Rome miraculously escaped capture by Dutch pirates. The arm had been severed from the body at Goa by Father Acquaviva's order.
1939Herbert Thurston, S.J. dies. Writer, author on saints, on possessions, religious phenomena , spiritualists. Member of the English Province.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2026

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  13
Epact  xi
Solar Cycle 19
Letter of the Martyrology l
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6739
Years since the confirmation of the Society 486
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  470
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 5
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 5 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    12 April