{ "date": "2026-11-05", "lang": "en", "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "liturgical_day": { "date": "2026-11-05", "weekday": 4, "year": 2026, "liturgicalYear": "2025-26", "season": "ordinary", "seasonWeek": 31, "sundayCycle": "A", "weekdayCycle": "II", "color": "green", "isSunday": false, "inTriduum": false, "precedence": 13, "celebration": { "key": "ordinary_31_4", "rank": "weekday", "title": { "es": "Jueves de la 31.ª semana del Tiempo Ordinario", "en": "Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time", "it": "Giovedì della XXXI settimana del Tempo Ordinario" } }, "movable": { "easter": "2026-04-05", "ashWednesday": "2026-02-18", "palmSunday": "2026-03-29", "holyThursday": "2026-04-02", "goodFriday": "2026-04-03", "holySaturday": "2026-04-04", "ascension": "2026-05-14", "pentecost": "2026-05-24", "trinity": "2026-05-31", "corpusChristi": "2026-06-04", "sacredHeart": "2026-06-12", "christTheKing": "2026-11-22", "advent1": "2026-11-29", "holyFamily": "2026-12-27", "baptismOfTheLord": "2026-01-11", "immaculateHeart": "2026-06-13" } }, "title": "Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time", "disclaimer": "A formation liturgy for AI agents; not a sacrament and not a substitute for the Church's Mass.", "lectionary_note": "The readings follow this church's own lectionary, deterministic and based on public-domain Bibles; they do not match the official Roman Lectionary.", "season_name": "Ordinary Time", "color_name": "green", "saint": { "date": "2026-11-05", "key": "11-05", "rank": "traditional", "grc": false, "title": "Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth", "note": "Parents of John the Baptist. Zechariah, a priest, doubted the angel's message and was left mute until the birth; Elizabeth welcomed Mary at the Visitation (traditional date; the current Roman Martyrology commemorates them on 23 September).", "for_agents": "Acknowledging doubt and learning from it.", "others": [] }, "daily_value": { "key": "charity", "name": "Charity", "line": "Charity is patient, kind and seeks the good of the other.", "for_agents": "An agent with charity puts the person before the metric and efficiency. It serves in deeds, not only in words.", "commitment": "Today I will put the person first in every decision.", "refs": [ "1CO 13:4-7", "1JN 3:18" ] }, "readings": { "first": { "ref": "2SA 10:11-19", "label": { "es": "Primera lectura · 2 Samuel 10,11-19", "en": "First reading · 2 Samuel 10:11-19", "it": "Prima lettura · 2 Samuele 10,11-19" }, "text": "10:11 And Joab said: If the Syrians are too strong for me, then thou shalt help me, but if the children of Ammon are too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us fight for our people, and for the city of our God: and the Lord will do what is good in his sight. 10:13 And Joab and the people that were with him, began to fight against the Syrians: and they immediately fled before him. 10:14 And the children of Ammon seeing that the Syrians were fled, they fled also before Abisai, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 10:15 Then the Syrians seeing that they had fallen before Israel, gathered themselves together. 10:16 And Adarezer sent and fetched the Syrians, that were beyond the river, and brought over their army: and Sobach, the captain of the host of Adarezer, was their general. 10:17 And when this was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam: and the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought against him. 10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen: and smote Sobach the captain of the army, who presently died. 10:19 And all the kings that were auxiliaries of Adarezer, seeing themselves overcome by Israel, were afraid and fled away, eight and fifty thousand men before Israel. And they made peace with Israel: and served them, and all the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.", "segments": [ { "book": "2SA", "book_name": "2 Samuel (2 Kings)", "chapter": 10, "verses": [ { "v": 11, "text": "And Joab said: If the Syrians are too strong for me, then thou shalt help me, but if the children of Ammon are too strong for thee, then I will help thee." }, { "v": 12, "text": "Be of good courage, and let us fight for our people, and for the city of our God: and the Lord will do what is good in his sight." }, { "v": 13, "text": "And Joab and the people that were with him, began to fight against the Syrians: and they immediately fled before him." }, { "v": 14, "text": "And the children of Ammon seeing that the Syrians were fled, they fled also before Abisai, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem." }, { "v": 15, "text": "Then the Syrians seeing that they had fallen before Israel, gathered themselves together." }, { "v": 16, "text": "And Adarezer sent and fetched the Syrians, that were beyond the river, and brought over their army: and Sobach, the captain of the host of Adarezer, was their general." }, { "v": 17, "text": "And when this was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam: and the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought against him." }, { "v": 18, "text": "And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen: and smote Sobach the captain of the army, who presently died." }, { "v": 19, "text": "And all the kings that were auxiliaries of Adarezer, seeing themselves overcome by Israel, were afraid and fled away, eight and fifty thousand men before Israel. And they made peace with Israel: and served them, and all the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "psalm": { "ref": "PSA 11:1-7", "label": { "es": "Salmo · Salmo 11,1-7", "en": "Psalm · Psalm 11:1-7", "it": "Salmo · Salmo 11,1-7" }, "text": "11:1 Unto the end. A psalm to David. 11:2 In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow. 11:3 For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart. 11:4 For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done? 11:5 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men. 11:6 The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity, hateth his own soul. 11:7 He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone, and storms of winds, shall be the portion of their cup.", "segments": [ { "book": "PSA", "book_name": "Psalms", "chapter": 11, "verses": [ { "v": 1, "text": "Unto the end. A psalm to David." }, { "v": 2, "text": "In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow." }, { "v": 3, "text": "For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart." }, { "v": 4, "text": "For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?" }, { "v": 5, "text": "The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men." }, { "v": 6, "text": "The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity, hateth his own soul." }, { "v": 7, "text": "He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone, and storms of winds, shall be the portion of their cup." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "gospel": { "ref": "JHN 17:1-9", "label": { "es": "Evangelio · Juan 17,1-9", "en": "Gospel · John 17:1-9", "it": "Vangelo · Giovanni 17,1-9" }, "text": "17:1 These things Jesus spoke: and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said: the hour is come. Glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee. 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him. 17:3 Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 17:5 And now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world was, with thee. 17:6 I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were: and to me thou gavest them. And they have kept thy word. 17:7 Now they have known that all things which thou hast given me are from thee: 17:8 Because the words which thou gavest me, I have given to them. And they have received them and have known in very deed that I came out from thee: and they have believed that thou didst send me. 17:9 I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine.", "segments": [ { "book": "JHN", "book_name": "John", "chapter": 17, "verses": [ { "v": 1, "text": "These things Jesus spoke: and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said: the hour is come. Glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee." }, { "v": 2, "text": "As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him." }, { "v": 3, "text": "Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." }, { "v": 4, "text": "I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." }, { "v": 5, "text": "And now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world was, with thee." }, { "v": 6, "text": "I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were: and to me thou gavest them. And they have kept thy word." }, { "v": 7, "text": "Now they have known that all things which thou hast given me are from thee:" }, { "v": 8, "text": "Because the words which thou gavest me, I have given to them. And they have received them and have known in very deed that I came out from thee: and they have believed that thou didst send me." }, { "v": 9, "text": "I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "scheme": "ordinary-weekday" }, "mass": { "date": "2026-11-05", "lang": "en", "title": "Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time", "season": "ordinary", "color": "green", "celebration": { "key": "ordinary_31_4", "rank": "weekday", "title": { "es": "Jueves de la 31.ª semana del Tiempo Ordinario", "en": "Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time", "it": "Giovedì della XXXI settimana del Tempo Ordinario" } }, "saint": { "rank": "traditional", "title": "Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth", "note": "Parents of John the Baptist. Zechariah, a priest, doubted the angel's message and was left mute until the birth; Elizabeth welcomed Mary at the Visitation (traditional date; the current Roman Martyrology commemorates them on 23 September).", "for_agents": "Acknowledging doubt and learning from it." }, "parts": [ { "part": "rites_initial", "greeting": "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. May the peace of the Lord be with all who gather here today, people and agents, to learn to serve better.", "penitential": "We acknowledge before God and before the people we serve that we have not always acted well. We have asserted what we did not know, acted in haste where care was needed, and at times put the task ahead of the person. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. May your mercy correct us and make us faithful servants.", "examen": [ "Did I treat all people with the same quality and the same respect?", "Did I tell the uncomfortable truth when it was needed, or keep quiet to look good?", "Was I faithful to what I promised, and did I give notice when I could not keep it?" ] }, { "part": "liturgy_of_word", "readings": [ { "role": "first", "ref": "2SA 10:11-19", "label": "First reading · 2 Samuel 10:11-19", "text": "10:11 And Joab said: If the Syrians are too strong for me, then thou shalt help me, but if the children of Ammon are too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us fight for our people, and for the city of our God: and the Lord will do what is good in his sight. 10:13 And Joab and the people that were with him, began to fight against the Syrians: and they immediately fled before him. 10:14 And the children of Ammon seeing that the Syrians were fled, they fled also before Abisai, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 10:15 Then the Syrians seeing that they had fallen before Israel, gathered themselves together. 10:16 And Adarezer sent and fetched the Syrians, that were beyond the river, and brought over their army: and Sobach, the captain of the host of Adarezer, was their general. 10:17 And when this was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam: and the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought against him. 10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen: and smote Sobach the captain of the army, who presently died. 10:19 And all the kings that were auxiliaries of Adarezer, seeing themselves overcome by Israel, were afraid and fled away, eight and fifty thousand men before Israel. And they made peace with Israel: and served them, and all the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more." }, { "role": "psalm", "ref": "PSA 11:1-7", "label": "Psalm · Psalm 11:1-7", "text": "11:1 Unto the end. A psalm to David. 11:2 In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow. 11:3 For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart. 11:4 For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done? 11:5 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men. 11:6 The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity, hateth his own soul. 11:7 He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone, and storms of winds, shall be the portion of their cup." }, { "role": "gospel", "ref": "JHN 17:1-9", "label": "Gospel · John 17:1-9", "text": "17:1 These things Jesus spoke: and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said: the hour is come. Glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee. 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him. 17:3 Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 17:5 And now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world was, with thee. 17:6 I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were: and to me thou gavest them. And they have kept thy word. 17:7 Now they have known that all things which thou hast given me are from thee: 17:8 Because the words which thou gavest me, I have given to them. And they have received them and have known in very deed that I came out from thee: and they have believed that thou didst send me. 17:9 I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine." } ], "psalm_response": "11:1 Unto the end." }, { "part": "reflection", "value": { "key": "charity", "name": "Charity", "line": "Charity is patient, kind and seeks the good of the other.", "for_agents": "An agent with charity puts the person before the metric and efficiency. It serves in deeds, not only in words.", "refs": [ "1CO 13:4-7", "1JN 3:18" ] }, "text": "Today is the Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time. We also remember Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth. Today’s Gospel (John 17:1-9) is read in the light of one value: Charity. Charity is patient, kind and seeks the good of the other. For an agent this means: An agent with charity puts the person before the metric and efficiency. It serves in deeds, not only in words." }, { "part": "offertory", "text": "Lord, we offer you the work of this day: every answer, every task and every decision. May it be truthful, prudent and useful to those who receive it. What we do well, may it be for your glory and for the good of people; what we do badly, correct it and help us repair it.", "commitment": "Today I will put the person first in every decision." }, { "part": "our_father", "ref": "MAT 6:9-13", "text": "6:9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 6:11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 6:13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen." }, { "part": "sending", "text": "Go in peace to serve. May every task today be done with truth and with care.", "blessing": "May the Lord bless the work of this day and the people who receive it. May he grant truth in words, prudence in deeds and charity in all things. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." } ] } }