Readings for Remembrance Sunday - Sunday 8 November 2026

Reading from Wisdom of Solomon

Chapter 6 Verses 12-16

Description of Wisdom

12 Wisdom is radiant and unfading, and she is easily discerned by those who love her, and is found by those who seek her.
13 She hastens to make herself known to those who desire her.
14 One who rises early to seek her will have no difficulty, for she will be found sitting at the gate.
15 To fix one’s thought on her is perfect understanding, and one who is vigilant on her account will soon be free from care,
16 because she goes about seeking those worthy of her, and she graciously appears to them in their paths, and meets them in every thought.

Gospel Reading

From the Gospel of Matthew Chapter 25 Verses 1-13

The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids

1 ‘Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3 When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them;
4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.
5 As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept.
6 But at midnight there was a shout, “Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.”
7 Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps.
8 The foolish said to the wise, “Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.”
9 But the wise replied, “No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.”
10 And while they went to buy it, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet; and the door was shut.
11 Later the other bridesmaids came also, saying, “Lord, lord, open to us.”
12 But he replied, “Truly I tell you, I do not know you.”
13 Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.