Wednesday, January 20, 2027
Wednesday of the second week of Ordinary Time
The liturgical day
Wednesday of the second week of Ordinary Time
- Ordinary Time
- Liturgical color: Green
The Mass readings
- First reading
- Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17
- Responsorial Psalm
- Psalm 110:1, 2, 3, 4
- Gospel
- Mark 3:1-6
Read today's Mass readings on the USCCB site
The readings open on the USCCB website. They follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the United States, a different translation from the Douay-Rheims we use on this site. Desert Road Catholic is not affiliated with the USCCB.
First reading: Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17
Douay-Rheims: Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17
1For this Melchisedech was king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him: 2To whom also Abraham divided the tithes of all: who first indeed by interpretation, is king of justice: and then also king of Salem, that is, king of peace: 3Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, continueth a priest for ever.
15And it is yet far more evident: if according to the similitude of Melchisedech there ariseth another priest, 16Who is made not according to the law of a carnal commandment, but according to the power of an indissoluble life: 17For he testifieth: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 110:1, 2, 3, 4
Douay-Rheims: Psalm 109:1-4 (Psalm 110 at Mass)
1The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool. 2The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies. 3With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee. 4The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
Gospel: Mark 3:1-6
Douay-Rheims: Mark 3:1-6
1And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. 2And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days; that they might accuse him. 3And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst. 4And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace. 5And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him. 6And the Pharisees going out, immediately made a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
The same passages in the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), the translation we use on this site. The words read at Mass come from the Lectionary for Mass and differ. Where a reading begins or ends partway through a verse, the whole verse is shown. For the official text, open the readings on the USCCB site.
January 2027
Key
- White
- Green
- Red
- ObligHoly day of obligation (also a solemnity)
- SolSolemnity
The dot shows the liturgical color of the day. Fridays outside Lent carry no marker.
Saints of the day
- Saint Fabian, Pope and MartyrOptional memorial. Died in 250.
- Saint Sebastian, MartyrOptional memorial. Died about 284.
A word for the day
If thou wouldst profit by thy reading, read humbly, simply, honestly, and not desiring to win a character for learning.
The Rosary today
The Glorious Mysteries, prayed on Wednesday and Sunday.
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Calendar computed with romcal (MIT License). Reading citations from the Catholic Readings API (MIT License), with gaps checked against the USCCB pages. Douay-Rheims text courtesy of eBible.org.