Roman Catholic Daily Readings For Saturday, 27 November

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Saints/Feasts/Fasts to be commemmorated/celebrated:  Fast of the Nativity

St. James Intercisus


Feastday: November 27
James was a favorite of King Yezdigerd I of Persia and a Christian. He abandoned his religion when Yesdigerd launched a persecution of the Christians. When the king died, James repented of his apostasy and declared himself to be a Christian to the new king, Bahram. When James refused to apostasize, he was executed by having his body cut apart piece by piece, beginning with his fingers (hence his surname Intercisus - cut to pieces), and then beheaded. His feast day is November 27.


More Saints of the Day


•St. Secundinus

•St. Acacius

•St. Acharius

•Bl. Alexius Nakamura

•Bl. Anthony Kimura

•St. Apollinaris

•Bl. Bartholomew Sheki

•St. Basileus and Companions

•St. Bilhild

•St. Valerian

•St. Virgilius

•Bl. Thomas Kotenda and Companions

•St. Seachnall

•St. Severinus

•St. Fergus

•St. Gallgo

•St. Facundus

•St. John Angeloptes

•Bl. John Ivanango & John Montajana

•Bl. Leo Nakanishi

•Bl. Romanus

•Bl. Matthias Kosaka & Matthias Nakano

•St. Maximus of Reiz

•Bl. Michael Takeshita



Daily Readings for Saturday November 27, 2010


Reading 1, Rv 22:1-7

1 Then the angel showed me the river of life, rising from the throne of God and of the Lamb and flowing crystal-clear.



2 Down the middle of the city street, on either bank of the river were the trees of life, which bear twelve crops of fruit in a year, one in each month, and the leaves of which are the cure for the nations.



3 The curse of destruction will be abolished. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city; his servants will worship him,



4 they will see him face to face, and his name will be written on their foreheads.



5 And night will be abolished; they will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will be shining on them. They will reign for ever and ever.



6 The angel said to me, 'All that you have written is sure and will come true: the Lord God who inspires the prophets has sent his angel to reveal to his servants what is soon to take place.



7 I am coming soon!' Blessed are those who keep the prophetic message of this book.



Gospel, Lk 21:34-36

34 'Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened by debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day will come upon you unexpectedly,



35 like a trap. For it will come down on all those living on the face of the earth.



36 Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to hold your ground before the Son of man.'