Next Sunday: Third Sunday before Advent
The Common Worship lectionary readings for 8 November 2026.
8 November 2026Year Ared
The readings
- Continuous track
- First reading
- Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
- Psalm
- Psalm 78:1-7
- Second reading
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
- Gospel
- Matthew 25:1-13
- Related track
- First reading
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-16 or Amos 5:18-24
- Psalm
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:17-20 or Psalm 70
- Second reading
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
- Gospel
- Matthew 25:1-13
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Fuller notes, the colour, what changes in the service and when it next falls: Third Sunday before Advent, Year A.
Questions
What are the readings for 8 November 2026?
8 November 2026 is Third Sunday before Advent (Year A). First reading Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-16 or Amos 5:18-24; Psalm Wisdom of Solomon 6:17-20 or Psalm 70; second reading 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Gospel Matthew 25:1-13.
What liturgical colour is 8 November 2026?
Red. Red for the Spirit and for blood: Pentecost, Passiontide, and the feasts of martyrs.