Monday, February 22, 2027
The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle
The liturgical day
The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle
- Feast
- Lent
- Liturgical color: White
The Mass readings
- First reading
- 1 Peter 5:1-4
- Responsorial Psalm
- Psalm 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6
- Gospel
- Matthew 16:13-19
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: 1 Peter 5:1-4
Douay-Rheims: 1 Peter 5:1-4
1The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come: 2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint, but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre’s sake, but voluntarily: 3Neither as lording it over the clergy, but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart. 4And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6
Douay-Rheims: Psalm 22:1-6 (Psalm 23 at Mass)
1The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing. 2He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment: 3He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice, for his own name’s sake. 4For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me. 5Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it! 6And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days.
Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19
Douay-Rheims: Matthew 16:13-19
13And Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? 14But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? 16Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. 17And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 18And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
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
Key
- 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
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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