Thursday, January 28, 2027
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church
The liturgical day
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church
- Memorial
- Ordinary Time
- Liturgical color: White
The Mass readings
- First reading
- Hebrews 10:19-25
- Responsorial Psalm
- Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
- Gospel
- Mark 4:21-25
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 10:19-25
Douay-Rheims: Hebrews 10:19-25
19Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ; 20A new and living way which he hath dedicated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, 21And a high priest over the house of God: 22Let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with clean water. 23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering (for he is faithful that hath promised), 24And let us consider one another, to provoke unto charity and to good works: 25Not forsaking our assembly, as some are accustomed; but comforting one another, and so much the more as you see the day approaching.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
Douay-Rheims: Psalm 23:1-6 (Psalm 24 at Mass)
1The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein. 2For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers. 3Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall stand in his holy place? 4The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour. 5He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour. 6This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Gospel: Mark 4:21-25
Douay-Rheims: Mark 4:21-25
21And he said to them: Doth a candle come in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 22For there is nothing hid, which shall not be made manifest: neither was it made secret, but that it may come abroad. 23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24And he said to them: Take heed what you hear. In what measure you shall mete, it shall be measured to you again, and more shall be given to you. 25For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken away from 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.
Saint of the day
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the ChurchMemorial. Died in 1274.
A word for the day
To love is to wish good to someone.
The Rosary today
The Luminous Mysteries, prayed on Thursday.
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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.