Saturday, January 23, 2027
Saturday of the second week of Ordinary Time
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
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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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.