Catholic Calendar Guide

CommemorationVioletOrdinary Time

Rank

A commemoration is a lighter observance permitted within a stronger season or higher-ranking day.

Liturgical color

The liturgical color for this observance is Violet. Preparation, penance, and expectant prayer.

Season

Ordinary Time traces the public life and teaching of Christ in ordered weeks outside the major penitential and festal seasons.

Week in the year

24th week in Ordinary Time

Why this day matters

On All Souls, the Church prays in hope for all the faithful departed and remembers the promise of the Resurrection.

Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed is observed on Monday, November 2, 2026 in the Ordinary Time season. It is kept as a commemoration with the liturgical color Violet. On All Souls, the Church prays in hope for all the faithful departed and remembers the promise of the Resurrection.

Daily readings

Daily readings for Monday, November 2, 2026

Ordinary Time readings trace the public ministry of Christ and the steady formation of disciples in the life of the Church.

What to expect: Expect a First Reading, Responsorial Psalm, Gospel acclamation, and Gospel, with local or optional variations in some cases.

Use the linked official readings page for the approved lectionary texts and any local options or variations.

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Mass guide

Mass guide for Monday, November 2, 2026

Mass type

Weekday Mass with an observance. Memorials usually keep the weekday framework while adding prayers or texts connected to the saint or mystery being kept.

Obligation note

This day is ordinarily observed within the weekday Mass cycle unless local custom, parish schedule, or local law gives it a different pastoral weight.

What to expect

You can usually expect a simpler weekday form of Mass, with Scripture readings, a homily where customary, and seasonal or proper prayers.

How to follow the Mass

Opening rites

Mass begins with the entrance, greeting, penitential act, and opening prayer. On more festive days, the Gloria may also be included.

Liturgy of the Word

Listen for the Scripture readings appointed for the day, the Psalm, Gospel acclamation, Gospel, and the homily where it is given.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

The gifts are prepared, the Eucharistic Prayer is prayed, and the congregation joins in the Holy, Holy, Holy, the memorial acclamation, and the Great Amen.

Communion and dismissal

After the Lord’s Prayer, sign of peace, and Lamb of God, Communion is distributed. Mass ends with the final blessing and dismissal.

Postures and responses

Stand, sit, and kneel according to local custom and parish direction. Join the spoken and sung responses as you are able; posture details can vary somewhat by country and diocese.

Local music, ceremonial detail, posture, and holy day obligation can vary somewhat by country, diocese, and parish. Use this guide as a practical orientation, then follow the parish’s actual celebration.

Scope and caution

This guide is built around the universal Roman Catholic calendar for practical reference. Local episcopal conferences, dioceses, and ritual traditions may observe some dates differently.

SolemnityWhite

Sunday, November 1, 2026

All Saints

All Saints honors the entire communion of saints and the Church’s calling to holiness.

Ordinary Time•23rd week in Ordinary Time•All the Saints

WeekdayGreen

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Tuesday in Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time traces the public life and teaching of Christ in ordered weeks outside the major penitential and festal seasons. This date is presented here as part of the unfolding prayer of the Church year, even when no major universal observance is highlighted in the MVP dataset.

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