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Saturday, January 23, 2027

Saturday of the second week of Ordinary Time

Day 13 of the ninety

The liturgical day

Saturday of the second week of Ordinary Time

  • Ordinary Time
  • Liturgical color: Green

The Mass readings

First reading
Hebrews 9:2-3, 11-14
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
Gospel
Mark 3:20-21

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 9:2-3, 11-14

Douay-Rheims: Hebrews 9:2-3, 11-14

2For there was a tabernacle made the first, wherein were the candlesticks, and the table, and the setting forth of loaves, which is called the holy. 3And after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is called the holy of holies:

11But Christ, being come an high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, that is, not of this creation: 12Neither by the blood of goats, or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the holies, having obtained eternal redemption. 13For if the blood of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of an heifer being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh: 14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God?

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 46:2-3, 6-9 (Psalm 47 at Mass)

2O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of Joy, 3For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.

6God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet. 7Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye. 8For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely. 9God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.

Gospel: Mark 3:20-21

Douay-Rheims: Mark 3:20-21

20And they come to a house, and the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad.

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

January 2027
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1, The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord: Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, liturgical color white, Holy day of obligation (also a solemnity)2, Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church, liturgical color white
3, The Epiphany of the Lord, liturgical color white, Solemnity4, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious, liturgical color white5, Saint John Neumann, Bishop, liturgical color white6, Wednesday after the Epiphany of the Lord, liturgical color white7, Thursday after the Epiphany of the Lord, liturgical color white8, Friday after the Epiphany of the Lord, liturgical color white9, Saturday after the Epiphany of the Lord, liturgical color white
10, The Baptism of the Lord, liturgical color white11, Monday of the first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green12, Tuesday of the first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green13, Wednesday of the first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green14, Thursday of the first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green15, Friday of the first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green16, Saturday of the first week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
17, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green18, Monday of the second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green19, Tuesday of the second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green20, Wednesday of the second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green21, Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, liturgical color red22, Friday of the second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green23, Saturday of the second week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green, this page
24, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, or Sunday of the Word of God, liturgical color green25, The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle, liturgical color white26, Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops, liturgical color white27, Wednesday of the third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green28, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church, liturgical color white29, Friday of the third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green30, Saturday of the third week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green
31, Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green

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 Vincent, Deacon and MartyrOptional memorial. Died in 304.
  • Saint Marianne Cope, VirginOptional memorial.

A word for the day

I had rather feel contrition than be skilful in the definition thereof.

The Rosary today

The Joyful Mysteries, prayed on Monday and Saturday.

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This calendar follows the General Roman Calendar for the United States. Some feasts are kept on other days in some provinces and dioceses, so check your parish calendar.

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.