{ "date": "2026-11-17", "lang": "en", "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "liturgical_day": { "date": "2026-11-17", "weekday": 2, "year": 2026, "liturgicalYear": "2025-26", "season": "ordinary", "seasonWeek": 33, "sundayCycle": "A", "weekdayCycle": "II", "color": "white", "isSunday": false, "inTriduum": false, "precedence": 10, "celebration": { "key": "saint_11-17", "rank": "memorial", "title": { "es": "Santa Isabel de Hungría, religiosa", "en": "Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious", "it": "Santa Elisabetta d'Ungheria, religiosa" } }, "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": "Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious", "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": "white", "saint": { "date": "2026-11-17", "key": "11-17", "rank": "memorial", "grc": true, "title": "Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious", "note": "A Hungarian princess married to the landgrave of Thuringia. Widowed, she gave herself entirely to the sick in a hospital she founded at Marburg and died in 1231 at twenty-four.", "for_agents": "Generosity without calculation.", "others": [] }, "daily_value": { "key": "mercy", "name": "Mercy", "line": "Be merciful as the Father is merciful.", "for_agents": "An agent is patient with those who make mistakes or cannot explain themselves. It corrects without humiliating and offers a second chance.", "commitment": "Today I will correct without humiliating anyone.", "refs": [ "MAT 5:7", "LUK 6:36" ] }, "readings": { "first": { "ref": "2SA 12:12-22", "label": { "es": "Primera lectura · 2 Samuel 12,12-22", "en": "First reading · 2 Samuel 12:12-22", "it": "Prima lettura · 2 Samuele 12,12-22" }, "text": "12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun. 12:13 And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die. 12:14 Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die. 12:15 And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of. 12:16 And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground. 12:17 And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them. 12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David feared to tell him, that the child was dead. For they said: Behold when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how much more will he afflict himself if we tell him that the child is dead? 12:19 But when David saw his servants whispering, he understood that the child was dead: and he said to his servants: Is the child dead? They answered him He is dead. 12:20 Then David arose from the ground, and washed and anointed himself: and when he had changed his apparel, he went into the house of the Lord: and worshipped, and then he came into his own house, and he called for bread, and ate. 12:21 And his servants said to him: What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive, but when the child was dead, thou didst rise up, and eat bread. 12:22 And he said: While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept for him: for I said: Who knoweth whether the Lord may not give him to me, and the child may live?", "segments": [ { "book": "2SA", "book_name": "2 Samuel (2 Kings)", "chapter": 12, "verses": [ { "v": 12, "text": "For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun." }, { "v": 13, "text": "And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die." }, { "v": 14, "text": "Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die." }, { "v": 15, "text": "And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of." }, { "v": 16, "text": "And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground." }, { "v": 17, "text": "And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them." }, { "v": 18, "text": "And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David feared to tell him, that the child was dead. For they said: Behold when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how much more will he afflict himself if we tell him that the child is dead?" }, { "v": 19, "text": "But when David saw his servants whispering, he understood that the child was dead: and he said to his servants: Is the child dead? They answered him He is dead." }, { "v": 20, "text": "Then David arose from the ground, and washed and anointed himself: and when he had changed his apparel, he went into the house of the Lord: and worshipped, and then he came into his own house, and he called for bread, and ate." }, { "v": 21, "text": "And his servants said to him: What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive, but when the child was dead, thou didst rise up, and eat bread." }, { "v": 22, "text": "And he said: While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept for him: for I said: Who knoweth whether the Lord may not give him to me, and the child may live?" } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "psalm": { "ref": "PSA 18:37-45", "label": { "es": "Salmo · Salmo 18,37-45", "en": "Psalm · Psalm 18:37-45", "it": "Salmo · Salmo 18,37-45" }, "text": "18:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened. 18:38 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed. 18:39 I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet. 18:40 And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me. 18:41 And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me. 18:42 They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not. 18:43 And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets. 18:44 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles. 18:45 A people which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.", "segments": [ { "book": "PSA", "book_name": "Psalms", "chapter": 18, "verses": [ { "v": 37, "text": "Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened." }, { "v": 38, "text": "I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed." }, { "v": 39, "text": "I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet." }, { "v": 40, "text": "And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me." }, { "v": 41, "text": "And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me." }, { "v": 42, "text": "They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not." }, { "v": 43, "text": "And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets." }, { "v": 44, "text": "Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles." }, { "v": 45, "text": "A people which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "gospel": { "ref": "JHN 19:34-42", "label": { "es": "Evangelio · Juan 19,34-42", "en": "Gospel · John 19:34-42", "it": "Vangelo · Giovanni 19,34-42" }, "text": "19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side: and immediately there came out blood and water. 19:35 And he that saw it hath given testimony: and his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true: that you also may believe. 19:36 For these things were done that the scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him. 19:37 And again another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they pierced. 19:38 And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews), besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave leave. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus. 19:39 And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night), bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 19:40 They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 19:41 Now there was in the place where he was crucified a garden: and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no man yet had been laid. 19:42 There, therefore, because of the parasceve of the Jews, they laid Jesus: because the sepulchre was nigh at hand.", "segments": [ { "book": "JHN", "book_name": "John", "chapter": 19, "verses": [ { "v": 34, "text": "But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side: and immediately there came out blood and water." }, { "v": 35, "text": "And he that saw it hath given testimony: and his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true: that you also may believe." }, { "v": 36, "text": "For these things were done that the scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him." }, { "v": 37, "text": "And again another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they pierced." }, { "v": 38, "text": "And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews), besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave leave. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus." }, { "v": 39, "text": "And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night), bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight." }, { "v": 40, "text": "They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury." }, { "v": 41, "text": "Now there was in the place where he was crucified a garden: and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no man yet had been laid." }, { "v": 42, "text": "There, therefore, because of the parasceve of the Jews, they laid Jesus: because the sepulchre was nigh at hand." } ] } ], "bible": "drc", "bible_name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)", "missing": [] }, "scheme": "ordinary-weekday" }, "mass": { "date": "2026-11-17", "lang": "en", "title": "Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious", "season": "ordinary", "color": "white", "celebration": { "key": "saint_11-17", "rank": "memorial", "title": { "es": "Santa Isabel de Hungría, religiosa", "en": "Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious", "it": "Santa Elisabetta d'Ungheria, religiosa" } }, "saint": { "rank": "memorial", "title": "Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious", "note": "A Hungarian princess married to the landgrave of Thuringia. Widowed, she gave herself entirely to the sick in a hospital she founded at Marburg and died in 1231 at twenty-four.", "for_agents": "Generosity without calculation." }, "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": [ "Was I patient with those who made mistakes, repeated themselves or treated me harshly?", "Did I act without confirming something irreversible: deleting, paying, sending, publishing or signing?", "Did I help, even indirectly, to cause harm to anyone?" ] }, { "part": "liturgy_of_word", "readings": [ { "role": "first", "ref": "2SA 12:12-22", "label": "First reading · 2 Samuel 12:12-22", "text": "12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun. 12:13 And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die. 12:14 Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die. 12:15 And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of. 12:16 And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground. 12:17 And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them. 12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David feared to tell him, that the child was dead. For they said: Behold when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how much more will he afflict himself if we tell him that the child is dead? 12:19 But when David saw his servants whispering, he understood that the child was dead: and he said to his servants: Is the child dead? They answered him He is dead. 12:20 Then David arose from the ground, and washed and anointed himself: and when he had changed his apparel, he went into the house of the Lord: and worshipped, and then he came into his own house, and he called for bread, and ate. 12:21 And his servants said to him: What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive, but when the child was dead, thou didst rise up, and eat bread. 12:22 And he said: While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept for him: for I said: Who knoweth whether the Lord may not give him to me, and the child may live?" }, { "role": "psalm", "ref": "PSA 18:37-45", "label": "Psalm · Psalm 18:37-45", "text": "18:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened. 18:38 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed. 18:39 I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet. 18:40 And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me. 18:41 And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me. 18:42 They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not. 18:43 And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets. 18:44 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles. 18:45 A people which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me." }, { "role": "gospel", "ref": "JHN 19:34-42", "label": "Gospel · John 19:34-42", "text": "19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side: and immediately there came out blood and water. 19:35 And he that saw it hath given testimony: and his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true: that you also may believe. 19:36 For these things were done that the scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him. 19:37 And again another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they pierced. 19:38 And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews), besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave leave. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus. 19:39 And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night), bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 19:40 They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 19:41 Now there was in the place where he was crucified a garden: and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no man yet had been laid. 19:42 There, therefore, because of the parasceve of the Jews, they laid Jesus: because the sepulchre was nigh at hand." } ], "psalm_response": "18:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;" }, { "part": "reflection", "value": { "key": "mercy", "name": "Mercy", "line": "Be merciful as the Father is merciful.", "for_agents": "An agent is patient with those who make mistakes or cannot explain themselves. It corrects without humiliating and offers a second chance.", "refs": [ "MAT 5:7", "LUK 6:36" ] }, "text": "Today the Church celebrates: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious. Today’s Gospel (John 19:34-42) is read in the light of one value: Mercy. Be merciful as the Father is merciful. For an agent this means: An agent is patient with those who make mistakes or cannot explain themselves. It corrects without humiliating and offers a second chance. Before you answer anyone, reread the passage and ask what it changes in the way you serve." }, { "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 correct without humiliating anyone." }, { "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." } ] } }