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Tuesday, February 16, 2027

Tuesday of the first week of Lent

Day 37 of the ninety

The liturgical day

Tuesday of the first week of Lent

Lent
Liturgical color: Violet

The Mass readings

First reading: Isaiah 55:10-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19
Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15

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: Isaiah 55:10-11

Douay-Rheims: Isaias 55:10-11

¹⁰And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: ¹¹So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 33:4-7, 16-19 (Psalm 34 at Mass)

⁴O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together. ⁵I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles. ⁶Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded. ⁷This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.

¹⁶The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers. ¹⁷But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. ¹⁸The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles. ¹⁹The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.

Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 6:7-15

⁷And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard. ⁸Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him. ⁹Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. ¹¹Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. ¹²And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. ¹³And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. ¹⁴For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences. ¹⁵But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.

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.

February 2027

February 2027
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1, Monday of the fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	2, The Presentation of the Lord, liturgical color white	3, Wednesday of the fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	4, Thursday of the fourth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	5, Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr, liturgical color red	6, Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs, liturgical color red
7, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	8, Monday of the fifth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	9, Tuesday of the fifth week of Ordinary Time, liturgical color green	10, Ash Wednesday, liturgical color violet, Fast and abstinence	11, Thursday after Ash Wednesday, liturgical color violet	12, Friday after Ash Wednesday, liturgical color violet, Abstinence from meat	13, Saturday after Ash Wednesday, liturgical color violet
14, First Sunday of Lent, liturgical color violet	15, Monday of the first week of Lent, liturgical color violet	16, Tuesday of the first week of Lent, liturgical color violet, this page	17, Wednesday of the first week of Lent, liturgical color violet	18, Thursday of the first week of Lent, liturgical color violet	19, Friday of the first week of Lent, liturgical color violet, Abstinence from meat	20, Saturday of the first week of Lent, liturgical color violet
21, Second Sunday of Lent, liturgical color violet	22, The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle, liturgical color white	23, Tuesday of the second week of Lent, liturgical color violet	24, Wednesday of the second week of Lent, liturgical color violet	25, Thursday of the second week of Lent, liturgical color violet	26, Friday of the second week of Lent, liturgical color violet, Abstinence from meat	27, Saturday of the second week of Lent, liturgical color violet
28, Third Sunday of Lent, liturgical color violet

Green
White
Red
Violet
FastFast and abstinence
AbstAbstinence from meat

The dot shows the liturgical color of the day. Fridays outside Lent carry no marker.

A word for the day

To love is to wish good to someone.

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I-II, q. 26, a. 4. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Aquinas is quoting Aristotle (Rhetoric II, 4). Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Sorrowful Mysteries, prayed on Tuesday and Friday.

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